Snapchat by Garry Sandhu

When Garry Sandhu recorded Snapchat, something special happened in the studio — and listeners have felt it ever since. Behind the melody is the work of Lovey Akhtar, whose composition choices give Snapchat its distinctive texture.

Garry Sandhu understood what this song required and delivered it without excess — the restraint itself becomes the emotion. Hearing Snapchat without thinking of a talented ensemble cast is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Snapchat.

Released in 2020, it arrived at a time when Punjabi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. There is no right time to listen to Snapchat. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

The concision of Snapchat — just 3:25 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. Songs like Snapchat are the reason people fall in love with Punjabi music and never quite fall out of it.