Chhod Diya - Baazaar by Arijit Singh

The Baazaar album has several strong tracks, but Chhod Diya - Baazaar is the one most listeners come back to first. Kanika Kapoor has a history of strong work, and the music on Chhod Diya - Baazaar is among the most memorable of it.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Chhod Diya - Baazaar, Arijit Singh clearly belongs in the second group. Hearing Chhod Diya - Baazaar without thinking of Saif Ali Khan, Rohan Vinod Mehra, Radhika Apte, Chitrangada Singh, Denzil Smith is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Baazaar.

By the end of 2018, Chhod Diya - Baazaar had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. The song rewards full attention but also works as company in the background — a flexibility that most tracks never achieve.

Running to 5:19, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. The staying power of Chhod Diya - Baazaar is not a mystery. It is just what happens when every element of a song is exactly right.