For singer-songwriter and rapper King, his newest EP Shayad Koi Na Sune is all about the ideas that one quietly sits with. “There are things that you talk to yourself about, and sometimes you don’t express them this way, but they are on your mind,” he says, of the three songs, ‘Yeh Zindagi Hai’, ‘Sab Be Asar’ and ‘Speaking Softly’, that had been launched via the final week of July .
Born Arpan Kumar Chandel, King rose to prominence with the 2020 hindi track ‘Tu Aake Dekhle’, and the smash-hit ‘Maan Meri Jaan’ which was amongst the most streamed songs throughout platforms in 2022 and solidified his presence in the music scene in India.
“The response to Shayad Koi Na Sune has been lovely. I am not talking about the numbers, but people listening to it and reacting…to be honest, I want to create and connect in such a way that people who are listening to it feel like it is their story,” he says. “That is the beauty of art. I am just working on it and I feel so happy,” he provides.
King, Karma, Gurleen Pannu and Ravi Gupta throughout the Yaari Jam In The Sky
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In the run as much as Friendship Day (August 3) this yr, King will probably be joined by his good friend, rapper Karma and comedians Ravi Gupta and Gurleen Pannu at the House of Mcdowell’s Soda — World’s First Yaari Jam In The Sky the place they may jam aboard a chartered flight from Mumbai to Kolkata on August 1. As part of a contest, individuals might enter and win the probability to be part of this journey.
“I have been missing performing on the stage for a while now and the last time I spent time like this with my friends was when I was creating Monopoly Moves, nearly a year ago. For me this is a day with my friends and I was thrilled to hear that Karma would also be joining me,” King says.
Karma and King
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King’s evolution as an artiste has been about going again to his roots. “Every artiste has a 360 degree journey, from a dreamer to a doer and I feel like I am becoming a dreamer again, going back to my roots, writing down my thoughts and songs on a pen and paper and simply focussing on creating music,” he says. “I am not on the shoulder of any rules, and I’m still doing it in an old school way, the way of a dreamer. I am loving each and every word I am writing,” he says. Six albums and a number of EPs in his discography could be a big quantity, however for King, this nonetheless feels much less, he says.
As a Hindi rapper, when requested about the burgeoning regional rap scene throughout the nation, King says he’s extraordinarily excited. “I love the rap scene down south,” he says. “The songs have amazing narration, storytelling and visuals. It has all the aesthetics. Hip-hop has no laws, and is a street genre and these artistes are writing their own book. That’s the beauty of it, they are creating amazing music and I so want to do something down South as well,” he says, excited by the prospect of collaborations in the future.
Having labored with Nick Jonas, Alan Walker, Jason Derulo and KSHMR on a spread of tasks, King laughs and says that he has a really philosophical factor to say about this. “Every (song) drop, collaboration, and feature takes me somewhere. I am open for all these collaborations because music has no boundaries,” he says.
Starting off as a finalist on the actuality present MTV Hustle. King’s rise has been from humble beginnings in Delhi to a music chart hitmaker. Hip-hop music in India is a robust voice of youth from economically backward sections of the society and a number of stars have emerged throughout languages over the previous few years.
“Young, aspiring hip-hop artistes should work on themselves as a person first, and then work on finding themselves in what they do. Hip-hop is about standing out and being unique,” King says. He additionally says that as an alternative of doing issues precisely like their music idols, aspiring artistes ought to solely take notes from their idols however herald their very own tales and experiences.
“Everybody has a different story, and a different path and we all have different paths. Find out what makes you stand out. Thirdly, when you are in a room with people who are bigger than you. Learn and absorb all that you can,” he concludes.
