Lullaby and Together for Palestine Enter the UK Christmas Number 1 Race 2025

In moments of global fracture, art has always moved faster than institutions. Long before policy shifts or headlines settle, music begins doing the quiet work of humanising what statistics cannot. Lullaby is one of those rare releases that arrives not as a commercial event, but as a cultural response.

Lullaby single artwork by  Malak Mattar linked to Together for Palestine and the UK Christmas Number 1 race 2025

Rooted in the traditional Palestinian lullaby Yamma Mweel El Hawa, Lullaby has emerged during a period of sustained global solidarity for Palestine, shaped by public demonstrations, community organising, and artistic expression across borders. In the UK, the Together for Palestine movement has become one of the most visible and enduring solidarity efforts in recent history. Within that landscape, Lullaby has taken on a role that feels less like a song and more like a shared act of remembrance.

Now, as the track is expected to enter the UK Christmas Number 1 race 2025, it occupies a space rarely afforded to independent, humanitarian-centred releases. The Christmas charts have long acted as a cultural mirror, reflecting not only listening habits, but collective feeling. For a song anchored in grief, care, and cultural memory to move into that space signals something deeper than momentum. It signals recognition.

A Collective of Voices, Not a Singular Narrative

Lullaby is built as a collaboration in the truest sense. The recording brings together an expansive group of artists including Amena El Abd, Brian Eno, Celeste, Dan Smith, Leigh-Anne, Mabel, Neneh Cherry, Nadine Shah, Nai Barghouti, Lana Lubany, the London Community Gospel Choir, Sura Abdo, TYSON, Yasmeen Ayyashi and Ysee. Each voice enters not to dominate, but to contribute to a shared emotional landscape.

The production, led by Benji B, Kieran Brunt and Henri Davies, resists excess. The arrangements by Kieran Brunt and Nai Barghouti allow space for stillness, letting the song breathe in a way that feels intentional and reverent. Peter Gabriel’s additional English lyrics sit gently alongside fragments of poetry by Mahmoud Darwish, grounding the piece in literary as well as musical heritage.

The artwork, created by Gazan painter Malak Mattar with additional visual work by Cameron JL West, completes the project as a unified artistic statement. Nothing here feels decorative. Everything feels considered.

An Independent Release With a Clear Purpose

Lullaby is an independent release via T4P Records and distributed by Empire. Its reach has not been engineered by major-label infrastructure, but built through organic engagement, community sharing, and the emotional clarity of its message.

The song was first shaped for the Together for Palestine concert at Wembley, which raised over two million pounds for humanitarian relief in Gaza. All proceeds from the single support Palestinian-led organisations through Choose Love’s Together for Palestine fund, including Taawon, the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, and the Palestine Medical Relief Service.

This transparency matters. It places the song firmly within the lineage of socially conscious independent music, where intention and outcome are clearly aligned.

Why Art Still Changes Things

Music does not end wars. Art does not replace policy. But what it does, consistently and powerfully, is shift perception.

Art creates emotional access points. It allows people who may feel distant from a crisis to feel proximity, not through shock, but through empathy. Lullaby does not instruct listeners what to think. It invites them to feel. In doing so, it reclaims a form of collective attention that is increasingly rare in an algorithm-driven culture.

Historically, independent music has often carried these moments. From protest folk to benefit concerts, from underground hip-hop to community choirs, artists have repeatedly stepped into the emotional gaps left by silence. What makes Lullaby distinctive is its refusal to dramatise suffering. Instead, it honours it.

That restraint is precisely why the song resonates. It trusts listeners to arrive at their own understanding. It understands that grief does not need amplification, only space.

The Significance of a Christmas Chart Moment

The UK Christmas Number 1 has always carried symbolic weight. It is one of the few chart moments that transcends genre and demographic, drawing attention from audiences who may otherwise disengage from chart culture entirely.

For Lullaby to be expected to enter that race in 2025 is not simply notable. It is culturally meaningful. It suggests a public willingness to engage with a song rooted in humanitarian awareness during a season traditionally associated with consumption and spectacle.

Whether the track reaches the top position or not, its presence in the conversation already marks a shift. It shows that independent music, when grounded in truth and care, can still move at scale.

Where to Stream and Download Lullaby

Lullaby is available across all major digital platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Deezer and other leading streaming services. The track is also available for digital download via major online music stores.

Listening, sharing, and engaging with the song remains the primary way audiences have supported its journey.

A Moment That Will Outlast the Charts

Chart positions fade. Cultural memory does not.

Lullaby will be remembered not because of where it lands, but because of how it arrived. It stands as a reminder that music still has the capacity to hold collective emotion with dignity. That independent art still matters. That people, when given something honest, are willing to listen.

For the TJPL Media Network, this moment reflects exactly why independent music deserves sustained documentation. It is not just entertainment. It is testimony.

And right now, the world is listening.

Credits

Lullaby is an independent collaborative release rooted in the traditional Palestinian lullaby Yamma Mweel El Hawa.

Vocal contributions: Amena El Abd, Brian Eno, Celeste, Dan Smith, Leigh-Anne, Mabel, Neneh Cherry, Nadine Shah, Nai Barghouti, Lana Lubany, London Community Gospel Choir, Sura Abdo, TYSON, Yasmeen Ayyashi, Ysee

Production: Benji B, Kieran Brunt, Henri Davies

Arrangements: Kieran Brunt, Nai Barghouti

Additional English lyrics: Peter Gabriel

Poetry: Mahmoud Darwish

Artwork: Malak Mattar

Additional visual work: Cameron JL West

Release:T4P Records

Distribution: Empire

Charitable partners supported via Choose Love: Taawon, Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, Palestine Medical Relief Service

Streaming and Downloads available via - https://linktr.ee/T4Plive