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Earlier this month, renowned musician Ali very personal. It deals with personal stories. The name Pagal
Noor made a comeback on the scene as he was decided since the album represents my state of mind.
dropped a new song called Banjo. The ti- I am a pretty crazy human being,” he said. Elaborating
tle serves only as a clever wordplay on further, the artist talked about how his own state of
a colloquial but crass term, with the mind, post-Noori, is explored in the album. “Ideally
track itself being about hurdles in the creative a series of work at a particular point in a person’s
process as opposed to being an ode to the life should represent sincerity. This album rep-
revered string instrument. resents a state of mind. There’s a lot of expe-
riences I’ve been having post-Noori. All the
“This is the first track of my upcoming things have changed me as a person. The
solo album Pagal. It’s about the frustration ups and downs I went through,” he said.
artists goes through when they are going On the musical side of things, according
through a creative block,” Ali Noor told to Ali, this album will have more elec-
The Media. The chorus has Ali repeat- tronic elements something that wasn’t
ing the line ‘Naya Gana bana’ (make much explored in Noori’s work.
a new song), with the narrative of the “There’s a mix and match between
music video having the singer being the core rock energy I have juxta-
coaxed by those around him on the posed with a lot of sonic departures
same lines. “The phrase Naya Gana from what Noori does,” he said.
(new song), isn’t referring to some- Adding further, Ali discussed
thing with a new set of lyrics and how the plan was to initially intro-
music. It’s pointing to something that duce the songs in a live set-up. “I
connects with people in a different had a very clear cut position that I
fashion. The song not only sees the didn’t want to take a song and mar-
artist frustrated with him or herself but ket it. I wanted it to become a part of
also with those around. In the sense people’s hearts and minds. The way
that there is a lack of engaging and to do that was through performing
unique ideas that motivate us,” he said. them live without anyone having any
familiarity with them. It was to be an
Keeping the same upbeat spirit as experiment on how people respond to
those of high energy numbers by Noori, something brand new in real-time. After
Banjo differs in the sense that just like his COVID 19 the whole plan backfired. Then
solo album, the song also deals with per- we just decided to record them,” he said.
sonal stuff. “Noori’s music was very mes-
sage-driven. This album on the other hand is

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