The three and a half minute cinematic masterpiece features still waters, dreamy sunsets and wide-open spaces as the duo sing:
“Ooh-ooh, these minefields that I walk through,
Ooh-ooh, what I risk to be close to you.
Ooh-ooh, these minefields keeping me from you,
Ooh-ooh, what I risk to be close to you,”
Plus – a little tidbit here – it seems as if another famous musician is credited in making of the song: ‘One Call Away’ hitmaker Charlie Puth! Puth is credited as a writer as well as the piano and keys contributor for the song.
Faouzia, the 20-year-old Morroco-born Canadian beauty, told Broadway World that the song was meant to highlight the power of love, sharing:
“‘Minefields’ examines what we, as humans, are willing to do to reunite with a loved one – whoever it may be. It poses the question, during times of desperation or despair, what risks are we willing to take, driven by the power of love? This is especially poignant during these trying times.”
As for what it was like to work with EGOT holder John Legend, Faouzia gushed that it was ‘an absolute dream come true’ having him work on the song with her. “Minefields” is the follow-up to Faouzia’s 2020 debut EP, ‘Stripped’.
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*Cover image credit: Instagram / @faouzia