King by Shubh Panchal

Few songs from 2020 have held their ground as well as King, a track that keeps finding new audiences. Shubh Panchal sets the tone from the very first bar — it is clear from the opening notes that this song means business.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On King, Shubh Panchal clearly belongs in the second group. Featuring a talented ensemble cast, the song carries the weight of the film's emotional arc and delivers it with conviction.

2020 marked the release of King, and King was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. There is a quality to King that makes it feel like company — the kind of song you put on when words feel insufficient.

At 4:25, the track does not overstay its welcome — it says what it needs to say and leaves the listener wanting more. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.