The first song of Petter Wallenberg's new album Rainbow Riots India is Love is Love, featuring Mumbai's own drag queen, Sushant Divgikar aka Rani Kohe-nur, singing her heart out. The song, Wallenberg says, has made it to the pride march in Germany this year. "I wanted to make an anthem," says the Swedish artiste, who we meet in Colaba on a rainy afternoon. Speaking about the journey of this album, Wallenberg, the founder of LGBTQ organisation Rainbow Riots, says he had just completed a similar project in South Africa, when he chanced upon the Indian hijra dance group, Dancing Queens.

"That's when I decided to come to India. Two years ago, it was a great time to do that [make an album], as it was still illegal. It was a unique story to tell, because the community here, was on the cusp of something. There was change in the air — an undercurrent, a paradox. I did some research, and found these pioneers. It started as a protest, and turned out to be revolution," says the musician, who has written and produced the album as well.