Soda Water by Maninder Buttar, Ammy Virk, Baghdadi Music

Soda Water is the kind of song that earns its place in a playlist and then refuses to leave. Maninder Buttar's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

Maninder Buttar, Ammy Virk, Baghdadi Music brings a warmth to Soda Water that no production choice could manufacture — it has to be felt, and here it is. a talented ensemble cast are at the heart of Soda Water, and Soda Water captures their dynamic at its most compelling.

Released in 2024, it arrived at a time when Punjabi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. Some music is background. Soda Water demands attention — not aggressively, but in the way a good conversation does.

Running to 2:48, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. Years from now, Soda Water will still be the track that plays at the right moment and lands exactly as it did the first time.