Tejal Sinha
Baatein ye saari main tumse hi karna chaahoon has certainly been that feeling we have for that special person. We always look forward to sharing the good and bad of our day. Making this feeling of ours much easier to express and appreciate, Iqlipse Nova and Anubha Bajaj have made it simpler with their latest track, Savera.
Iqlipse and Anubha, known for their previous works Khwab and Lamhey, respectively, collaborate on this debut single. This lovely romantic song beautifully conveys the enchantment of everyday love, giving listeners a musical comfort akin to a warm cup of chai on a rainy evening. The gentle guitar strums and comforting vocals in Savera create a musical experience that brings about feelings of warmth and nostalgia. The song skillfully mixes current indie pop with traditional Indian musical components, crafting a sound that is both ageless and up-to-date.
The Pioneer connects with the duo for an exclusive chat and brings you more interesting insights on the song and the making of it.
EXCERPTS FROM THE INTERVIEW:
Take us through your inclination toward music.
Iqlipse: I was in class 7 when I was watching this concert by Julio Iglesias on TV. I was like, There’s this guy who is singing this one song and people are going crazy about it. At that point in time, I was like, Mujhe yehi karna hai.
Anubha Bajaj: I’ve been interested in music ever since I was a little kid. I always wanted to learn guitar. For me, it was like one thing that led to another. I started off by learning the guitar and I fell in love with it. Then I learned piano and I fell in love with that too. Eventually, I got into songwriting. Now I’m at a stage when I’m releasing my songs, so it’s pretty much been that journey of me knowing what I want and just going after it.
First single together, how excited were you both for the same?
Iqlipse: I was very excited because I’ve always admired what she does and I was the one texting her on Instagram about making a song together. So somewhere, I knew whatever we do together was going to be amazing.
Anubha: It’s pretty much the same for me as well. I was very excited when he texted me on Instagram. Both of us coming together was like two powerhouses coming together and making a project. I had an inkling at the very beginning that this would be an amazing song.
Tell us about Savera.
Anubha: When we were writing this song, we were talking about someone who was just about one call away. That one person we call when something new happens in our lives, He (Iqlipse), was the one who came up with the sentence, Baatein yeh saari main tumse hi karna chaahoon. I was very skeptical in the beginning—is it a good beginning to the chorus and he was like, ‘no, trust me and stick with it’. I had full faith and that’s how it just became a full romantic song.
How did you get the idea of Baatein yeh saari……?
Iqlipse: We were trying to make the song at Anubha’s home studio and we jammed for like 3 hours and nothing came out. There are days when the music doesn’t come out of you. And we were like, Chalo, it’s fine and we would write something new. I was just leaving and I had booked my cab and just then, she came up with the melody, the chorus melody. The moment she sang it, I was like, It is so cool and just instantly I wrote the line, Baatein Yeh saari mai tumse hi karna chahun. It was so random. We tried to stick to it and wrote the entire song around it. My idea was that the entire song has to be around that special person and be an expression of appreciation for that person.
Savera is a song that symbolises love in its purest form. What would you like to say about it?
Anubha: In this song, I was more involved in the production aspect of it. I was less involved in the lyrics. I would give more credit to him for the lyrics. Ultimately, I was happy that I was going to do a romantic song and I just wanted to be part of the song where I was involved in writing romantically. I am happy that I got the opportunity to work with the guy himself, who had sand songs like Udta Parindaa and Dil Besabar. I knew he had been making so many songs about love, dating and being single. I knew if, from the writing point of view, he took the front foot, it would be better for the song.
Take us through the musical journey of Savera.
Iqlipse: The musical journey was like a hell of a ride. The problem with the song was that my comfortable scale was different than that of Anubha. She sings on a lower scale and that’s why we had to come to a conclusion—a common point where both of us sound good. We settled down at a particular scale and the song was composed in such a way that when both of us sang it together, it would sound better than just one of us singing.
