Abeba Desalegn’s official YouTube channel posted a 46-second trailer on Nov 8, 2026 for Merkign, which the trailer calls her fourth studio album, with a release date of November 12. It is her channel’s first upload since the Mayete Kentu official video in February, and it gives listeners a date for new music from her.
Watch the official video on YouTube
What the trailer says
The trailer opens on a stage piano with the lines “Merkign Album – November 12” and “Abeba Desalegn | Volume 4,” then cuts between autumn street scenes, a turntable, a studio mixing desk and a singer in a red beret. It closes on the album title in Amharic and “4th Studio Album.” It does not name songs, collaborators or a producer.
The video description names Geez Creative as distributor. It also says “Available now on all digital stores,” which reads as standard channel text: Apple Music showed no Merkign listing on Nov 10, two days before the stated date.
Official: Abeba Desalegn’s YouTube channel.
Related: Madingo Afework’s Ashara, also distributed by Geez Creative; Explore Ethiopian Music; New Releases.
Sources: Merkign album trailer on Abeba Desalegn’s channel. Checked Nov 10, 2026.
