New Delhi: Preeti Kanan Singhania, a British Indian musician popularly identified as Bombay the Artist, has give you a tune titled ‘Raaha’, which she wrote throughout the peak of the COVID-19 lockdown final yr. The tune is predicated on Bombay’s conversations together with her grandmother who spoke poignantly in regards to the 1947 partition and 1984 Riots that she had to undergo as a younger lady then.
The new single by this underground different hip hop artist speaks of her misplaced love, betrayals, and the human nature in calamities, which turned the bedrock of `Raaha`. Bombay channelized this to curate a tune that represents misplaced love, and calamities like COVID-19 and its impact on folks.
Singhania began her journey after being impressed by her life and expertise in Mumbai. While she was introduced up in a primarily white neighbourhood in England, her music inspiration had at all times been the likes of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, S D Burman amongst others. Every side of her life there appeared to have an Indian affect, from her designs at trend college to her music. She lastly determined to come to Mumbai and expertise the insanity and thrill of town whereas imbibing its affect on her. There got here Bombay the Artist who makes use of lure beats, hip hop with the underlying Indianness in her to showcase her moods by way of every tune.
While ‘Raaha’ delves into the ache of the Partition for lovers, moms, youngsters and fathers, additionally it is emblematic of the present second wave that has raged by way of India. However, the tune shifts from the sensation of relationships leaving folks damaged to extra hope the place folks finally discover power to heal and look out for voices of individuals to pay attention out for, thereby conserving them shut to coronary heart.
Speaking about launching the tune, she stated “Raaha is how I dealt with my grief and I want nothing more than my listeners to heal from this as well. These are tough times where people have lost a lot. We need to stay together and be kind to each other. It`s a commonality we share, so let`s not think we are alone.”
