Mareez - E - Ishq - Zid by Sharib Toshi, Arijit Singh

Some songs are made for a single moment. Mareez - E - Ishq - Zid is made for all of them. What makes Mareez - E - Ishq - Zid musically distinctive is the composition by Shaarib Sabri, Toshi Sabri, which balances simplicity with depth.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Mareez - E - Ishq - Zid, Sharib Toshi, Arijit Singh clearly belongs in the second group. Hearing Mareez - E - Ishq - Zid without thinking of Mannara Chopra, Karanvir Sharma, Shraddha Das is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Zid.

2014 was a strong year for Hindi music, and Mareez - E - Ishq - Zid was among the reasons why. There is no right time to listen to Mareez - E - Ishq - Zid. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

The 4:51 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.