When you hear singer-songwriter and DJ Zaeden's Tere Bina, the whistle melody has a way of getting stuck in your head. It's no wonder then, that when he played it at Tomorrowland in Belgium in July, people sang it back to him. "It was my third time there, and the first time I was singing my own song, that too in Hindi. So, I was super nervous. But then the main act on my stage was J Balvin, one of the world's biggest artistes, and he is Spanish. So that gave me confidence. In the end, music has no language. When people responded the way they did, well, that's a memory I will carry with me forever." He even got to chill with Balvin, who is even bigger than Ed Sheeran on Spotify, later at the artiste village, and spoke to him about a dream of his. "I really want to make a song with him. So, now, I am working on a project to him!"

Zaeden, aka Sahil Sharma, shot to limelight with his official remix of Coldplay's Magic in 2014, which secured the top 10 spot in over 15 countries. The Gurugram boy followed that up with remixes of songs like Maroon 5's Animals, and got himself noticed by Music All Star Publishing (Spinnin Records) and became the first Indian—the youngest at that—to sign a three-year deal with them. It's only been five years since he started, but at 24, Zeaden is one of the hot DJs in the country. Still, his journey has had its own ups and downs, especially at a time when you are only as good as your last release.