Pani Di Gal by Maninder Buttar, Asees Kaur, Mixsingh

When Maninder Buttar, Asees Kaur, Mixsingh recorded Pani Di Gal, something special happened in the studio — and listeners have felt it ever since. The arrangement here is the work of Mixsingh, and it shows genuine craft in how it builds and releases.

Every line Maninder Buttar, Asees Kaur, Mixsingh sings feels considered, as though the performance was thought through long before recording began. Hearing Pani Di Gal without thinking of a talented ensemble cast is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Jugni (My First Album).

Released in 2021, it arrived at a time when Punjabi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. Listeners have described the experience of Pani Di Gal differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

Running to 3:57, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Punjabi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.