Music often reflects the emotions and ambitions of its creator. A more common emotion and theme is to seek the abstract. For singer-composer Subhi Khanna, this search coalesced into her new single, Laapata, which will drop on September 23. Produced by Kanishk Seth, the collaboration is the continuation of a musical partnership that promises more rhythm and harmony.

Incidentally, the single is Khanna’s first Hindi release in the last two years. She says the language was a conscious choice after writing multiple songs in English. “I have been releasing a lot of English singles for the past two years and missed putting out Hindi ones. I felt it was overdue,” she says. It hits the mark. With Seth’s impeccable production, the song has a pleasing melody that grows with the orchestrations in the latter half. Khanna adds, “I wanted the track to sound minimalistic and modern. Kanishk felt this song should have live guitars to give it new energy. It worked out. The guitars add warmth and a sense of nostalgia to the track.”