Ghali he is an artist who has repeatedly shown us his personal and sincere side: engaged in social issues, he is not afraid to protest for the liberation of the Palestinian people. Lately, he chose to share one of hardest moments of his life with a long post on X, revealing that his mother, for the third time, faces the cancer. Devastating news that pushed the singer to think deeply and find his lifeline in music. During the days spent next to his mother in the hospital, Ghali wrote the song Don’t panic, calling it the most important song of his life.
Ghali, the temptation to leave music
“My mother had to have surgery. A month ago, he was diagnosed with cancer for the third time. When we woke up that morning, the sky was gray. My mother started to pray and while she was doing it she was crying and so was I. I could hear her tears falling onto the carpet»: with these words, Ghali began his message, opening his heart to his fans.
He shared the doubts that tormented him, the questions he constantly asked himself: “What should I do before he enters the operating room?” How should I spend these last days with her? Should we watch movies together? Will the prayers we said together be enough? Going out to eat? Is being together enough? Does it make sense for me to scroll through TikTok? What if I regret it? What is all this money and success for??”
The pain led Ghali to also question his musical career. “I thought about quitting music many times and often yelled it in my mother’s face,” he confessed. In the hospital corridors, he felt overwhelmed by loneliness as doctors, nurses and other staff continued to ask him how he was doing. But it’s his mother who gets him back on track: “See? Ghali, you have to continue, you don’t have brothers, you don’t have sisters, music is a gift from God, God gives you brothers and sisters through music.”
Don’t panic, a song born from anxiety
In the moments when he left the hospital to get some fresh air, Ghali found inspiration to Don’t panic. “I’m excited and I still have trouble holding back my tears when I listen to this song, but this time it was particularly intense. The wind rose around me, I felt a caress and my tears flowed down my face until they ended up on the lawn, the bushes around were moving.
Fortunately, this operation also went well, but this period left its mark. The song, described by Ghali as being real treatmentreflects the emotions experienced in these difficult days and represents for him a message of hope.
Ghali wanted to devote Don’t panic to everyone who is going through a difficult time: “I dedicate this song to everyone who is going through a difficult time, for whatever reason, whether it is work, illness, a university exam, war or a broken love, because all mental health issues deserve respect and understanding.