The broadly fashionable musical present Coke Studio, which was launched in India in 2011, goes regional with its newest version. Coke Studio has teased a promo of the Tamil version and the group is ready to provide the present in different regional languages too. (Additionally Learn | With AR Rahman, Coke Studio, Riz Ahmed, and Jalebi Child, Ms Marvel brings desi music to Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Singer Chinmayi Sripaada took to Twitter to share that she is a part of the present. Chinmayi tweeted, “I’m actually blissful to be part of one thing lovely, unique and a beautiful track for Season 1 of Coke Studio Tamil.”
Composer Sean Roldan shared the promo video. He has composed the track. Sean wrote, “Actually excited to be associating with @CocaCola for @cokestudio Tamil because the curator/composer. Watch the promo right here.”
The promo options a few of the outstanding names of the Tamil music fraternity, together with Chinmayi, and writer-rapper Arivu. The promo guarantees that the present is not going to simply give attention to recreating outdated songs but in addition on a variety of unique content material.
Singer Sanjay Subrahmanyam took to Twitter to share his expertise of taking pictures for the present in an extended thread. He has recorded one track for the present. “I was on tour recently in the US in October 2022, when I got a message from the music composer. Sean Roldan asking if I would be willing to sing a song for Coke Studio Tamizh, a new project that was taking shape,” Rahul wrote.
He added that the track was in collaboration with Arifullah Khan, a Tamil fakir who sang Sufi music. The track has lyrics by Krithika Nelson. “Rehearsing, and finally performing live in a 28-member ensemble. Sean Roldan was right in the midst of things, curating, coaxing, and getting everyone in line to match what he had conceived and planned,” he wrote.
Sanjay additionally mentioned how the taking pictures and reside recording reminded him of the ‘outdated days of movie music when the whole troupe carried out’. He additionally mentioned that in December he received a name for a promo shoot. He added, “It was just a 30 sec shot, but the process was pretty long and we ended up spending almost 8-10 hours. Waiting, set up etc etc. I narrated this to a friend who asked me, if they could not have planned it any better.”
He added, “My response was from the Tamizh film Kadhalikka Neramillai where Director Nagesh responds to a query from the heroine’s father about his filming process “Productionnaa ennannu theriyumaayaa unakku?” (“Do you will have any thought about what manufacturing is?”).”
Sanjay added that Coke Studio season one was launched formally on January 23. A complete of eight songs can be launched at frequent intervals, he added.