Life Goal by Baani Sandhu, Gur Sidhu

There is an honesty to Life Goal that separates it from most Punjabi songs released around the same time. Behind the melody is the work of Gur Sidhu, whose composition choices give Life Goal its distinctive texture.

Baani Sandhu, Gur Sidhu's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. The song is tied to a talented ensemble cast, whose presence gives Life Goal a visual dimension that fans of the film will always associate with it.

2022 marked the release of Life Goal, and Life Goal was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. Listeners have described the experience of Life Goal differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

In 3:35 minutes, Life Goal builds, opens up, and resolves in a way that feels complete rather than truncated. Life Goal endures because it was built on feeling rather than formula — and that is the one thing streaming numbers cannot manufacture.