Indian pop sensation Armaan Malik and composer-producer OAFF who is known to bridge the gap between mainstream Bollywood and feel-good pop, have collaborated to release their new song titled ‘Tabaahi’. The song has a chill-pop vibe and captures a perfect blend of sound and energy to get fans grooving to its beats.
With an infectious rhythm running through the song, the song brings about a fresh energy as it talks about the ‘sukoon’ (peace) one feels being alone in nature with the person they love and when they aren’t in their company, everything feels like it’s falling apart and it’s absolute ‘tabaahi’ (destruction).
Speaking about the song, Armaan says, “Collaborating with OAFF was an unexpected yet
beautiful experience. ‘Tabaahi’ brought out a different side to my musicality which I had
never known or accessed before. That’s the beauty of collaborations, they always bring a
new colour of both artists to the fore. We hope that this song of ours becomes a part of your
playlist and makes you feel all the emotions we felt while making it.”
Sharing his thoughts on the release, OAFF says, “The song is about two people coming
together. There is a line in there that is ‘Thoda thoda sa main hu, thoda thoda sa tu bhi hain’
which captures the spirit of the collaboration. It really was a coming together of two different
artists and creating something new. I was often pleasantly surprised during the making of the
song about how in sync Armaan and I were, even though we had never met before.”
The song will be available across major streaming platforms along with a performance video
going live on MTV’s official YouTube channel.
‘Tabaahi’ is a very intimate yet grand track that holds a certain ‘feel good’ emotion
throughout its duration and is certain to become a go-to drive and chill song for listeners.
Global pop icon Armaan Malik is a force of music with an eclectic discography at the age of
27. He has earned millions of fans who have christened themselves as “Armaanians”
worldwide. As a child, he learnt Hindustani classical music for 10 years and went on to
pursue the study of western music at Berklee College of Music, Boston. Having grown up
with music, the polyglot inspires listeners and aspiring singers by pushing the envelope with
every song. He dons many hats including that of a singer, songwriter, record producer,
voice-over artist and performer. He is known for singing in multiple languages, including
Hindi, English, Bengali, Urdu, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Punjabi and Malayalam.
Revered as ‘Prince of Pop’, Armaan has over 250+ songs to his credit. Malik has amassed as many as 10 billion streams for his songs in a dozen different languages worldwide. Butta
Bomma, Next 2 Me, Control, You, Echo and 2Step are among his songs that have travelled
across the globe.
His commitment to his craft has garnered him well-deserved recognition such as two MTV
EMAs, amongst other notable feats. He is also the youngest Indian-origin artist to perform at
Wembley Stadium’s SSE Arena and was listed in the Top 10 acts at the SSE Live Awards
2016. Additionally, he is the first artist to have hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Triller Global
Charts, for his tracks ‘How Many’ and ‘Control’. The latter earned him a feature on the Times
Square billboard in New York, making him the first Indian-origin singer to be featured on this
prestigious stage.
Kabeer Kathpalia aka OAFF produces and composes songs that bridge the gap between
mainstream Bollywood music and feel-good pop. His 2022 debut Bollywood OST (with co-
producer Savera) “Gehraiyaan”, broke records across, with a colossal 250M+ streams on
the audio album, and 200M+ views across YouTube. A Sony Music India signed artist, he
has garnered top accolades for his compositions; his single “Duur” with Kamakshi Khanna
was featured in Netflix Original’s Fame Game starring Bollywood’s biggest actress Madhuri
Dixit Nene. OAFF’s single “So Good” with Kayan was promoted on Spotify’s Radar India.
Born in Ahmedabad but currently working in Mumbai, Kabeer Kathpalia studied physics and mathematics at university. After graduation, however, he chose to pursue his passion for music (astute listeners will recognise the minimalism of his songwriting and production style, which is almost mathematical in its precision and symmetry).
Later in 2022, OAFF teamed up with Meta to create the massively popular #1MinMusic
track, “Tu Kahaan”, a first for the music industry, showcasing the power of short form
content. The song became a “reel” sensation, quickly crossing 100k reels in a month, with Bollywood stars like Varun Dhawan, Rajkummar Rao using the audio plus a feature on Rolling Stone.
With his deft touch, Kathpalia has woven over 500 musical masterpieces for a wide variety of international brand campaigns for the likes of H&M, Airbnb, Volkswagen, and the official Olympics Channel. He composed the title theme for the Amazon Prime Video’s Emmy- nominated show Inside Edge’ and created an array of immersive audio installations in many places.
