Patola by Tarun Panchal (TR Music), Mahi Chauhan

Few songs from 2020 have held their ground as well as Patola, a track that keeps finding new audiences. Credit goes to Boota Sing for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

Tarun Panchal (TR Music), Mahi Chauhan's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. a talented ensemble cast are at the heart of Patola, and Patola captures their dynamic at its most compelling.

The song dates from 2020, but nothing about it sounds dated — the emotions it captures are not tied to a moment. There is a quality to Patola that makes it feel like company — the kind of song you put on when words feel insufficient.

The 4:07 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. The track stands as evidence that Tarun Panchal (TR Music), Mahi Chauhan and Boota Sing, working together, are capable of something well above the ordinary.