aniqa dear is a Toronto-based experimental art pop project rooted in queerness, diasporic identity, grief, and the eternal interplay between belonging and isolation. aniqa dear weaves her intricate melodic sensibilities with ever-shifting synth-infused textures and polyrhythms, resulting in danceable music interlaced with stark vulnerability.
In recent years she has toured and played festivals across Canada, supporting venerated artists like Juana Molina (Sled Island, Calgary, 2024), Nabihah Iqbal (POP Montreal, 2024), and Sanam (EVERYSEEKER, Halifax, 2025). She is currently crafting her second, intimate, genre-bending full-length album in collaboration with Canadian independent label Watch That Ends The Night, to be released in early 2027.
With influences ranging from Arabic pop, Bollywood and jazz to the avant-garde, her music is striking and heady, incisive and heavy. She asks intently if you have ever danced into your own abyss, and she invites you in.
