It does influence it, even if I try to compartmentalise… Or maybe I am bad at compartmentalising (laughs). It all boils down to the vision of the filmmaker. But then, there are also the musicals, and films that use songs as montage tracks. On one hand, you have films that don’t have songs and have only a background score. How do you feel about the diminishing of songs from Tamil mainstream cinema? Currently, with the rise of the Tamil hip hop scene and Tamil rock, things look set to get better. I think it is always a good time for independent music. I think the streaming platforms weren’t around then this has really made it easy for artists to share their work with the world. There were many amazing Chennai band who were doing live concerts back then. I think indie music was great during a time… like when Avial broke into the scene. I think it is in a constant process of evolution. I might have pushed boundaries with certain songs, but that might not have translated into numbers, and that is totally okay for me.ĭo you believe indie music is finally getting its due? A song could get me limited views, but still hold a lot of meaning for me because it let me tell a personal story. I am not really looking at my songs through the prism of views and likes, which I think are in the hands of the algorithm gods. Nee Podhumey has become the most successful song on your YouTube channel. When I wanted to make ‘Idhu Podhumae’, I asked him if he wanted to collaborate and he was game. I was so moved by his work in the song, which has his brilliant guitar solo. We worked together on the song, Payanangal, from Dharala Prabhu. I have known Akshay Yesodharan (who has arranged and performed guitars for the song) for a while now. How do you go about choosing collaborators for your originals?Įvery artist has their own style or vibe, and you intuitively know who is likely to be a good fit for the track you are making. I become an actor there it becomes more of a role-playing exercise. I get to put myself in their shoes and try to imagine how I would react in a similar situation. The interesting part there is how I might have not been through such fictional situations… Take Enga Pona Raasa from Maryan, for instance. When it comes to film music though, there is already a story out there and the characters come with their own baggage, which is all part of a larger narrative. It becomes a self-portrait at a certain point in time. When I am writing my originals, it becomes a bit of an outlet for me. How different is it for you to sing your own lyrics? So, in my song, I wanted to capture the feeling of being content with love. I am reminded of a line from the song, Nature Boy (by Nat King Cole): “The greatest thing you will ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” To be loved encompasses a lot of qualities like forgiveness and tolerance. It is easier to explain an idea through a narrative rather than explaining the story itself. I was just trying to capture the bond between two people. These are the thoughts that went into Nee Podhumae.Īre the lyrics personal notes on someone in particular? This song is specifically about two people, who tell each other that they are loved. We understood how many of us were leading a life of excess. It was the phase when all our lives shrunk to only those people we really cared about. It feels weird to say ‘last year’ because it doesn’t seem like we moved on from that episode yet. I wrote the song last year during the lockdown.
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