Dua Saleh - I Do, I Do (Official Video)

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LA based Sudanese-American artist Dua Saleh has released a new single, “I Do, I Do,” from their forthcoming album Of Earth & Wires, out May 15 via Ghostly International.

The track leans into pop balladry while drawing on Sudanese cultural references. Built around plucked oud played by Malek Vossough, the song nods to a Sudanese proverb, “He who mixes poison is bound to lick his fingers,” and expands it into a meditation on societal collapse and environmental destruction. Saleh frames the story as a post apocalyptic world where survivors scavenge for resources, Wild West style.

“I Do, I Do” follows earlier singles “Flood” and “Glow,” which feature Bon Iver. Nylon praised “Flood” for the fragile interplay between Saleh’s voice and the delicate falsetto of Justin Vernon.

Of Earth & Wires emerged from loose studio sessions with collaborators including Billy Lemos and Ryan Olson alongside other Midwest musicians. While filming the series Sex Education in Wales, Saleh began shaping those recordings into a larger project, reflecting on the war in Sudan, the rise of AI, and a growing sense of distance from home.

Across the album, warm melodies meet bursts of synthetic distortion, tracing the uneasy relationship between human connection and an increasingly wired world.