Sadequain on beat: Faris Shafi drops another surprise track, Pakistani Twitter goes insane

'Vitamin D' is a diss track on other rappers in collaboration with musician Talal Qureshi

Unlike other musicians, a Faris Shafi banger always comes without a warning in sight. For the second time this year, the 34-year-old rapper has dropped a single overnight to the surprise of his fans.

Titled Vitamin D, the new song, in collaboration with musician Talal Qureshi, is a dig at all other rappers out there. Full of sarcastic punchlines and hysterical comparisons to make words rhyme, Shafi’s genius – and dark – brain shines through and through in this one.

“You can’t figure me out,” says Shafi, clad in his casual black T-shirt and jeans in a colour-graded frame set in an abandoned broken space. And social media users agree. No one can ever predict when or on what theme his new song will be. Vitamin D dropped on Wednesday with a super retro feel with multiple screens and neon-sepia colour effects showcasing the ultimate power boys being emo and all. Since its release, Vitamin D has racked up 43,191 views on YouTube.

Surprised and elated, fans took to Twitter to express how Shafi managed to blow their minds yet again. After getting two singles this year, a user can’t stay patient any more. “Drop the album already,” he wrote.

Faris Shafi with another track. Drop the album already.

— Fawad Ali (@fawadalijourno) July 28, 2022

Praising the Lafz singer’s mighty flow, a user called him “Sadequain on the beat” and Vitamin D his “finest art” so far. “Faris Shafi dropping songs unexpectedly. I mean after Ye Dunya, I thought that would be it. How can you drop your finest art like this man. He is literally like Sadequain on the beat.”

Faris shafi dropping unexpectedly. I mean after ye duniya I thought that would be it . I mean how can you drop your finest art like this man.
He is literally like sadequain on the beat

— Asad ullah ghalib (@Asad_umar66) July 27, 2022

Referring to the election-related political chaos in the country and how everyone’s focused on that, another user just asked people to stop focusing on politics and start focusing on Shafi’s music.

Please pause your political debates because Faris Shafi just released his new song

— Mudassir Anwar (@MuddassirAnwar) July 27, 2022

Fans even shared their favourite lines from the song, and of course made memes using the double meaning phrases Shafi uses in his songs.

Mannn faris shafi's rhymes always catch me off guard🤣🔥

Man just rhymed Vitamin D with rap di mandi pic.twitter.com/Qy72LR9ADc

— eminem_chacha (@ChachaEminem) July 27, 2022

wake up babe new faris shafi dropped

— saad (@cocomomujhebhdo) July 27, 2022

Faris said, 'Tum saray plastic k wrappers, You belong in garbage canister' and I felt that.

— snortingsinus (@snortingsinus) July 27, 2022

Going too literal, a user said the song became their actual source of Vitamin D.

Faris Shafi dropping a new song is the Vitamin D I needed.

— R.🐋 (@aaryewbeeaye) July 27, 2022

The Nazar singer is on a roll this year with hit after hit, with Hum being an unexpected surprise for everyone — both with its timing and vulnerability. Before that, Shafi also did two songs as part of Coke Studio — Ye Dunya with Young Stunner’s Talha Anjum and Karakoram, a collaboration that fans really wanted Muaziz Sarif featuring his sister Meesha Shafi.