This long-awaited collaboration comes several months after Saint Levant had posted a TikTok with TUL8TE singing his song Nari Nari Nari, on 26 October, 2025. This move prompted the artists' fans to speculate about a potential collaboration between the two artists.
Anticipation heightened after Saint Levant made a surprise appearance at TUL8TE’s concert at Forum de Beyrouth, in Lebanon, on 27 December 2025. The pair performed Saint Levant’s hit singles, Kalamantina and Nari Nari Nari together.
Nano’s release brings two of the region’s most talked-about stars together, joining their distinct musical styles. The song has scored more than 200,000 views 24 hours after its release.
Produced by TUL8TE’s longtime collaborator Moataz Mady, and co-written by Saint Levant and TUL8TE, the song is faithful to the Egyptian singer’s nostalgic pop melodies that combine with Saint Levant's native Palestinian dialect.
Nano is a classic summer ballad addressed to a love interest. In one line sung by Saint Levant, he expresses a wish to put her inside his pocket, much like a doll.
The song’s cover design shows Saint Levant and TUL8TE as figurines in doll boxes. Each has an accessory that illustrates the contrast between their musical styles. TUL8TE's pink box has a guitar, reflective of his emotional style, whereas Saint Levant's blue one has a rose, indicative of his playfulness as an artist.
Nano’s music video, directed by Reem Eid starts off with TUL8TE advertising a toy modeled after him, the catchphrase being "Now you can have TUL8TE at home" in Arabic. The two singers advance in a toy landscape - Nano Land - where houses and objects are either pink or blue, complete with a choreography.
Much like the one Saint Levant released two weeks ago titled Sabah El Ward, in Nano the Palestinian singer leans into a regional sound after building a career off his cosmopolitanism. On Nano, he sings mostly in Arabic, as opposed to his previous work that combines his mother tongue with English and French.
Saint Levant (born Marwan Abdelhamid) rose to fame with breakout single Very Few Friends in 2022. A year later, he went on to release an album, From Gaza With Love, that was inspired by his early upbringing in the Gaza Strip. In 2025, he released an EP titled Love Letters, which he expanded into an album that same year.
TUL8TE's breakthrough came in 2024, with the release of his song Layalina, from his Tesh Shebab album. His album Cocktail Ghena’y (The Song Cocktail), released later that year, received even more recognition. Since then, he's won a Billboard Arabia Music Award and gone on a world tour, which kicked off in December 2024 and concluded in April 2025. In 2025, he released his third studio album, Narein.
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