Popakademie Talks with Faravaz Farvardin

Faravaz is an Iranian singer and songwriter based in Berlin. Born in Tehran, she performed and released music in a country where women are banned from singing solo in public, and was arrested for it. She left Iran in 2018 and rebuilt her work in Germany.
Her music is English-language alternative pop built on R&B production with Persian melodies underneath, direct about bodies, borders, and who is allowed to be heard. Her debut album Azadi came out in 2025, followed by the EP Butterfly, a collective FLINTA and queer-led project made with fifteen Berlin artists, and the EP Saffron in September 2026.
She is the founder of The Right to Sing e.V., which supports women silenced by their governments, currently with active cases in Iran and Afghanistan. The documentary My Orange Garden, about her life, streams on The New Yorker. Her work has been covered by Rolling Stone, Der Spiegel, BBC, ARTE and Missy Magazine.
Recent and upcoming stages include Reeperbahn Festival, MS Dockville, Waves Vienna, SO36 Berlin and HAU Berlin.