The RRR theme song “Nattu Nattu” won the Golden Globe Award for best original song.
Should I be proud or sad, given that a song with high-voltage bass and high-octane visuals and nothing left for listeners won the prestigious Golden Globe?
When I listen to songs, I prefer to remove the visuals and background sound. When I try to listen to Nattu Nattu without the visuals and BGM, all that remains are some repetitive, soulless stanzas.
Someone described Nattu Nattu as a “mass massala song,” with the main characteristic relying solely on non-linear mass dances and high-pitch BGM, and the purpose of the entire song is to worship the protagonist’s heroism…
Why I’m sad is that this song has surpassed songs like Rihanna’s “Lift me up,” a soothing, spirit-lifting experience, or “Ciao papa,” a melodious rendition of the character’s memory journey of time spent with his old father at home…
Don’t rely on words alone. Close your eyes and listen to these two songs, then compare them to “Nattu Nattu”…
Will future Golden Globe and Grammy awards be determined by factors such as the song’s popularity among the masses or the number of TikTok reels made on the song?
The same thought I had when “Jai ho” beat “Down to Earth” by Wall-E left one question, is mass songs the only way for Indian music makers to reach global recognition?
Well, these mass songs perfectly capture what western colonial minds conceive about typical India. A country with jolly, happy-going masses whose only purpose of existence is to dance along with the hero…