'First lady of love songs' back on center stage

Not only does she have an excellent voice, but she also has a charming style focusing on powerful melodies with highly emotional lyrics. So, whenever she releases new material, we all know that we are going to have some more beautiful sad love songs.

Recently, Aşkın Nur Yengi's new EP, "Aşk'tan Olsa Gerek - Guess it's because of love," was released with five brand-new tracks under the label Sony Music Turkey. 

It feels like Yengi is again careful about approaching new radio trends as she tries to defend her own style with some 90s flavor. Nevertheless, her new EP is more radio-friendly and brave in a way that tries the latest trends, too. 

The musical arrangement of the album is predominantly led by Erhan Albayrak, whom Yengi describes as a very hard-working professional on the music scene - an increasingly rare bread. On the other hand, some of the new tracks are strikingly danceable with the help of DJ producer Erdem Kınay, who is one of the hit makers on the club scene.

The new EP offers signature, sad, Yengi-style love songs such as "Elin Oğlu" (Somebody Else's Son) and "Çağırma Lütfen" (Please Don't Call Me). Yengi confesses that she immediately used the Gökhan Tepe- and Şebnem Sungur-produced song "Çağırma Lütfen" for the album.

The album also welcomes a recent other hit maker, singer-songwriter Ayla Çelik with three of her songs. One of her songs, "Hafta Sonu" (The Weekend), is a potential club banger already. 

The album also includes a song produced by famous singer-songwriter Soner Sarıkabadayı, "Altın Kaplama" (Gold Plated), which feels like a perfectly radio-friendly dance track with an emotional tone. It's already become one of the favorite tracks of immortal diva Sezen Aksu, who listened to the whole...