Nw: Singer-Songwriter Tanzeel Khan On The ‘Soar of Faith’ He Took With Debut Album ‘Dastaan’

Singer-songwriter Tanzeel Khan.

Mirroring life’s americaand downs, singer-songwriter Tanzeel Khan’s debut album Dastaan has seven songs (and one interlude) that the artist says would perhaps maybe well additionally additionally be heard admire days of the week. That explains why he wished to receive out each and each tune a tune video. Released in pudgy earlier this month, Dastaan brings forward a relaxed, openhearted songwriter admire Khan, who had beforehand gathered a following on YouTube for affable, quirky vlogger notify material.He says over a Zoom call about making a visual album, “I wanted to instruct of us the messages of my songs not correct with what they would perhaps maybe well additionally if truth be told feel by listening to the audio, nonetheless also by videos.” Working with his crew and getting their inputs to match the theme of every and each tune, Khan shot in loads of locales for tune videos off Dastaan. A narrative that follows topics of discovering admire nonetheless also at excellent going by heartbreak, emotionally heavy songs admire “Yeh Dil” and “Socha Nahi Tha” sees Khan within town, utilizing as well to at a bar drowning his sorrows. For “Khwahish,” Khan and his preferred fetch away to the hills and shoreside, whereas the acoustic ditty “Falsafa” sees him within the snowcapped locales of Himachal Pradesh.The upbeat rap bop “Manzil” – that comprises rapper Mr. MNV and producer Aakash – sees Khan attempt to mend his heart and throw a dinky birthday party whereas he’s at it. Sonically, the title song brings in a rock ballad to the predominantly hip-hop and dad album, even because the video is self-referential within the artist’s lope to this level. Akasa brings a soulful pop English and Hindi contact to the album’s most fresh song, “Kaisi Hai Yeh Dastaan,” because the video finds Khan again to sq. one with his heartbreak.

Though Khan started writing poetry and shayaris in school 8, his first studio fabric came in 2020 when he launched his debut single “Dilli Ki Ladki,” in pudgy loverboy mode. An album finishing up is understandably a big soar taken by the artist now, nonetheless Khan – who counts hip-hoppers admire Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole as influences – stays modest about it. “After I launched ‘Dilli Ki Ladki,’ I guess my musicality turned into once very less. Even now it’s collected less and I’m learning. Nonetheless I develop mediate I’ve grown. I’d negate if it turned into once four p.c before, it’s bumped as a lot as eight p.c now,” Khan says with fun.Khan counts the fact that he never made “genre-particular” notify material as a creator as functional in gaining an birth-minded viewers who have now transformed into his tune supporters. The hop from notify material creator to musician is a vogue seen in India and over the arena, nonetheless Khan says a creator’s established strengths play a big position in conversion. “If somebody turned into once simplest doing comedy notify material, then I mediate releasing tune for them would perhaps maybe well be sophisticated, as a result of his or her viewers presumably correct wants comedy skits at the pause of the day,” Khan says. His advice for notify material creators transferring into tune stays easy – don’t meander likes and views on your tune with the identical yardstick. He provides, “In the occasion you’re making tune that comes from your heart, then raise on and it is not if truth be told well-known what, there would perhaps be an viewers that’ll shift slowly on your want.”Going forward, Khan says his tune is leaning into R&B and dad whereas keeping his hip-hop roots. Whereas there’s a persona he can manufacture with his studio fabric, there’s a runt reluctance in taking it are residing on stage correct but. “I’m very anxious and I develop wish to shake that off. I haven’t even sung in front of my fogeys… so I’m held again by this nonetheless I’m engaged on it and pushing myself,” Khan says with fun. Prodded veritably by his manager to take his songs to a stage, the singer-songwriter will launch performing are residing one day this year. “We’re beginning with college fests and the likes… I if truth be told have to develop it. I’m elevate my self assurance till then,” Khan provides. Listen in on ‘Daan’ under.