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Soul to Seoul: The Dreams of a Desi K-pop Star
YouTube, croon, copy. Repeat. The daily grind of Korean-pop hopefuls.
Posted inBollywood
Papa Kehte Hain: The Anti-Poetic Anthem for the Angsty Soul
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, which has just completed 32 years, was a first of many firsts. It gave the nation an anthem whose strains we can still hear today. Anand-Milind’s “Papa Kehte Hain” changed the country’s music for good.
Posted inPeople
Nostalgia, College and Friends: How KK Helped me Adult
Because I grew up in the internet age, I discovered KK fairly late and yet I found in his voice, in his music, an instant resting place for everything that I found unsettling in life.
Posted inFeatures
How I Found Solace Through A Pair of Wireless Headphones
It’s a grim time and we’re all struggling to adjust to the “new normal”. But I’ve come up with a way to cope with the lockdown – plug in your noise-cancellation earphones and cut off all that unwanted noise.
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Here is why the Popularity of Ali Sethi’s Pasoori Matters
Ali Sethi’s Pasoori has become a social media sensation, so much so it inspired The New Yorker to frame him as some sort of a messiah uniting Indians and Pakistanis through art. While Sethi is by no stretch of the imagination the greatest or the first artist to be revered on both sides of the border, his rise through the latest chapter of cold politics on either side of the border, is important.
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Growing Up in the ’90s Would Have Been No Fun Without Asha Bhosle
I remember discovering several RD Burman melodies only because Asha Bhosle had remixed and repackaged them, creating versions that were trendier and in sync with the times. Burman Da hardly needed extra boost, but sometimes, nostalgia and quality aren’t enough to attract a new generation.
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Did Kendrick Lamar Just Pimp the Pulitzer?
There was a time when mainstream rap involved guys named “Lil” talking about sex and drugs. Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer prize is an indicator that mainstream rap can be meaningful. It could one day be considered classical music.
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“Lover” is the Most Emotionally Honest Romantic Declaration By Taylor Swift in 13 Years
Right from the moment I heard “Lover”, the titular track of Taylor Swift’s seventh album, it felt like a kind of homecoming, that was at once, wholly familiar and deeply uncomfortable. In it, Swift finally sings of love and not about it, like a poet invested in creating poetry. Like love is not as much a lifeboat of her life, but life itself.
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The Maestro, Ilaiyaraaja says Yes to #DigitalIndia, #DigitalMedia
The Maestro, Ilaiyaraaja collaborates with Facebook and Arré, exclusively. Mindshare joins hands as strategic partner.
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The Truth about Sunburn aka Ghor Kalyug
I urge our netas to visit a music festival to understand that all the hype about sex and drugs is for nothing. You can barely light a cigarette, and even getting a simple pint of beer involves fighting off a dozen competitors for the bartender’s attention.
