Pichla Janam by Priyanka Singh

The Pichla Janam album has several strong tracks, but Pichla Janam is the one most listeners come back to first. What makes Pichla Janam musically distinctive is the composition by Om Jha, which balances simplicity with depth.

Every line Priyanka Singh sings feels considered, as though the performance was thought through long before recording began. Khesari Lal Yadav, Amrapali Dubey, Kunal Singh, Prakash Jaish, Shruti Rao are at the heart of Pichla Janam, and Pichla Janam captures their dynamic at its most compelling.

2022 marked the release of Pichla Janam, and Pichla Janam was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. Some music is background. Pichla Janam demands attention — not aggressively, but in the way a good conversation does.

In 3:28 minutes, Pichla Janam builds, opens up, and resolves in a way that feels complete rather than truncated. Songs like Pichla Janam are the reason people fall in love with Bhojpuri music and never quite fall out of it.