Wooly and the Uke

Wooly and the Uke

Janat Sohail Aziz (Urdu: جنت سہیل عزیز‎, born 17 December 1993), known professionally as Wooly and the Uke, is a Pakistani, singer, songwriter, and audio-visual artist. Born and raised in Lahore, she rose to fame when she became part of an all-female ensemble on Nescafé Basement fourth season, a Pakistani music television series, produced by Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan in 2016.She released her debut single "Circus" in 2017, which writer Abdul-Rehman Malik reported saying, "it’s one hell of a debut" and was named by Beehype as one of the best tracks from Pakistan of 2017. Critically acclaimed, the music video of "Circus" was directed by renowned music directors Hamza Bin Tahir and Awais Gohar. In 2020, her Poor Rich Boy collaboration "Watch" and solo release "Circle in Circle" made her to be recognised by shesaid.so collective Alternative Power 100 Music List 2020, and achieved Pop-Kultur residency by Goethe-Institut. Wooly and the Uke is known for her compositions flow and indie folk lyrics, which have received widespread media coverage, with The News International describing it as "an oscillating part retro, part indie" music.

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