Rosogolla - Anthem by Anupam Roy, Arko

Rosogolla - Anthem arrived from the Rosogolla - Anthem album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2018. Anupam Roy sets the tone from the very first bar — it is clear from the opening notes that this song means business.

The vocal on Rosogolla - Anthem is among the better performances Anupam Roy, Arko has committed to record. The chemistry of Ujaan Ganguly, Abantika Biswas, Bidipta Chakraborty, Rajatava Dutta Roni, Kharaj Mukherjee, Kaushik Sen, Aparajita Adhya is embedded in every moment of Rosogolla - Anthem, making it as much a performance as a song.

The song dates from 2018, but nothing about it sounds dated — the emotions it captures are not tied to a moment. Whether it plays on a long drive, during a quiet evening at home, or through earphones on a crowded commute, the song meets the listener where they are.

The concision of Rosogolla - Anthem — just 5:22 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Bengali in recent memory — and the numbers agree.