How has that benefited you?įirst, it mainly depends on the sort of deal you are getting. You’re currently signed with Elektra Records. After that it was all about getting in the studio and executing. We spent five days… we did a lot of pre-production work in my home studio in Delhi first, so we had a plan of what we were recording in terms of parts, instruments and vocals. You recorded the EP at the Yash Raj studio. But it’s not a different genre of music it’s still my style. Honestly, every musician - I feel - is always pushing their musical boundaries because it just gets boring if you don’t, beyond a point. So you would say that you have pushed your musical boundaries with this EP? It’s subtle stuff it’s not like most people are going to actually notice it. I’ve just been exploring and kind of pushing myself to write in a different format technically. One of the songs, Tere hi hum, is written in (it’s like a nerd/technical thing) but it is written in 7/8 which is a weird time signature. Like production-wise, there is some stuff that we have not used before in way of instruments, styles of production…. But there is some new stuff we have done. I don’t think vibe-wise it’s drastically different from my older stuff it’s pretty much in the same vibe. Is there anything on this EP that your fans might find different? You have a unique and ambient mood to your music. I would rather have the listeners listen to the songs and come up with their own versions. I think a lot of the words are pretty self-explanatory. I don’t like talking about my songs in general. They all obviously carry slightly different emotions and stories but the common theme is that they are all about love and about the hopeful, happier, joyful aspect of love. These songs have been written over the past few years and they have all been written at different points in my life. The official note for the album says the listener is transported into the intimate and often concealed worlds that lovers create for themselves through the record. Honestly, they are just all love songs (laughs). What binds the songs that make up the EP? So I had written the song and that was the compelling line, ultimately becoming the song title and eventually when we were producing the album, the song felt like it captured the vibe of the EP. It is just that I write a song and everything follows right after that. Usually the way I write my songs, it’s not like the title comes first or I have an idea for it first. Well, it was named after the single on the EP. What prompted you name the EP Shehron Ke Raaz?

Raaz songs