Close To Me by Rana Sahota, Shipra Goyal, Kulshan Sandhu

Rana Sahota, Shipra Goyal, Kulshan Sandhu has delivered memorable performances before, but Close To Me sits comfortably among the very best. The arrangement here is the work of Kulshan Sandhu, and it shows genuine craft in how it builds and releases.

Rana Sahota, Shipra Goyal, Kulshan Sandhu's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. a talented ensemble cast are at the heart of Close To Me, and Close To Me captures their dynamic at its most compelling.

2026 marked the release of Close To Me, and Close To Me was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. Listeners have described the experience of Close To Me differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

Running to 3:00, 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 Close To Me is not a mystery. It is just what happens when every element of a song is exactly right.