DON’T EVER LEAVE ME Lyrics – Faouzia | from “FILM NOIR”

She has poured everything into this one, turning personal storms into something almost sacred. Faouzia wrote it during those raw sessions in Paris last spring, right after a string of sold-out shows that left her questioning what holds us together when it all unravels. The sound is pure her: soaring pop with R&B undercurrents, starting soft on piano and those whispered intros before her vocals build into this towering chorus that feels like a lifeline thrown across a void. Themes hit deep on pain as a kind of holiness, the blur between falling apart and finding light, and that desperate grip on connection—lines like “this pain is holy” turning vulnerability into quiet power.

It’s got a cinematic sweep too, echoing the album’s noir vibe of shadowed emotions and dramatic turns, with subtle strings that swell just when you need them most. The official video dropped yesterday, all moody close-ups and rain-slicked streets, and it’s already pulling in millions of views for how it mirrors that crawl toward hope.

As track six on FILM NOIR’s tight 11-song run, it bridges the feverish openers like Lost My Mind in Paris and the haunting Desert Rose closer, fitting right into a project that’s Faouzia mapping her inner world like a black-and-white thriller—full of ethical dilemmas, fever dreams, and bilingual twists on tracks like Tous Ces Mots. The whole thing clocks in at about 35 minutes, blending her multilingual edge with producers who keep the focus on her range, no big-name guests but plenty of space for her to shine.

Faouzia is stepping into her own era here, the Moroccan-Canadian powerhouse who went from YouTube covers to global stages, fresh off opening for major tours and that viral Habibi moment that hooked the world. This debut feels like her claiming the director’s chair after years of singles building the set, trading some pop gloss for stories that cut closer to the bone, especially as she navigates fame’s isolation at 25.