Those who made it to singer-songwriter Aarifah's gig at Bandra's Haiku JAM last weekend were in for a treat. The Mumbai girl performed a new set mostly comprising unreleased songs she will be playing at the upcoming NH7 Weekender in Pune, some of which are also in the process of being recorded, and will be structured into an album soon.

Her new tracks, which stem from experiences that she and others around her are going through, focus on being honest, she tells us, as she talks about the song titled Resilient. "It talks about being resilient though a loss or difficulty or a bad period in your life. I wrote it when I was going through a similar phase," Aarifah says about a crucial subject, since mental health awareness and remembering not to give up on yourself are things we often tend to forget, engrossed in our hectic schedules.