The setting could hardly have been more perfect. Around a year ago, Ritik Roy Malngiang aka Big Ri and Meba Ofilia had started work on a track called Done Talking. Lamonte Pakyntein, or D-Mon — who is Malngiang's partner in rhyme in a dominant Shillong-based hip-hop group called Khasi Bloodz — had composed the music, and played a behind-the-scenes role in mixing and arranging it as well. The end product turned out to be a super-slick rap-infused R&B song with an accompanying music video that channels a straight-up western aesthetic.

The lyrics talk about exorcising the demons of a failed relationship and moving on, and the track garnered the duo a nomination for Best Indian Act at the monumental MTV Europe Music Awards 2018. Malngiang and Ofilia were in the latter's home, celebrating her mother's birthday earlier this month, when a friend telephoned saying that they had won. The call led to hugs all around and an added cause for celebration. So, to reiterate, the setting could hardly have been more perfect for the duo to receive this piece of joyous news.