Selfie Mein Photo by Khushboo Jain, Ritesh Pandey

Selfie Mein Photo arrived from the Selfie Mein Photo album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2016. Credit goes to Madhukar Anand for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

The voice of Khushboo Jain, Ritesh Pandey carries Selfie Mein Photo effortlessly, which is the highest compliment a song can give its singer. Hearing Selfie Mein Photo without thinking of Dinesh Lal Yadav, Amrapali Dubey, Antara Benerjee, Manoj Tiger, Sanjay Pandey, Seema Singh is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Selfie Mein Photo.

Released in 2016, it arrived at a time when Bhojpuri music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. Some music is background. Selfie Mein Photo demands attention — not aggressively, but in the way a good conversation does.

The concision of Selfie Mein Photo — just 2:56 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. Years from now, Selfie Mein Photo will still be the track that plays at the right moment and lands exactly as it did the first time.