Sustuysam by Ayşe Hatun Önal

Sustuysam (If I Keep Quiet) is the first studio album by Turkish singer Ayşe Hatun Önal. It was released on 17 April 2008 by Sony BMG Music Turkey and Epic Records. After setting aside her modelling career, Önal started her music career in 2003 with the release of her first EP Sonunda, after which she spent several years to prepare her first studio album. After preparing her first album, she refused to release it as she was not satisfied with the result and started working on a new project, but following Universal Müzik's bankruptcy she spent a period searching for a new recording label. She also became depressed and went through a financial crisis. For these reasons, the release of her first studio album took more than what she expected. Sustuysam is an electro house album, consisting of songs written by Ayşe Hatun Önal, some of which were composed by Önal alone while others were composed together Erdem Kınay. In some of her songs she criticized the society, and in some others she made fun of herself. Ege Çubukçu and Fresh B. were featured on the songs "Bomba" and "Aç Kapıyı" respectively. The name of the album Sustuysam, was chosen as a result of Önal's preference to not respond to the criticisms of other people and to remain silent. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, and ranked ninth on D&R's list of Most Listened Albums and received the Best Electronic Music Album award at the Radio Boğaziçi Music Awards. Its lead single "Kalbe Ben", ranked ninth on Billboard Türkiye's Türkçe Top 20 and an alien with a head made of disco ball appeared alongside Önal on its music video. There was a disagreement between Sony BMG and Ayşe Hatun Önal about making the second music video. The company wanted to make a second music video, yet Önal refused to cooperate and suddenly disappeared and did not release any new works until 2014, when she returned to the market with the new single "Çak Bir Selam".