Main Tera Boyfriend - Raabta by Arijit Singh, Neha Kakkar

Released as part of Raabta, Main Tera Boyfriend - Raabta announced itself as a standout the moment it reached listeners. The production by Sourav Roy, Sohrabuddin is understated in the best way — supportive without overshadowing the vocal.

Arijit Singh, Neha Kakkar's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. The chemistry of Sushant Singh Rajput, Kriti Sanon, Jim Sarbh, Varun Sharma is embedded in every moment of Main Tera Boyfriend - Raabta, making it as much a performance as a song.

The song dates from 2017, but nothing about it sounds dated — the emotions it captures are not tied to a moment. It is the kind of track that works at full volume with friends and equally well in a quiet room alone — the mood adjusts without the song changing.

Running to 4:36, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.