Start A Fire - Big Girls Don’t Cry by Gaurav Raina, Komorebi

Released as part of Big Girls Don’t Cry, Start A Fire - Big Girls Don’t Cry announced itself as a standout the moment it reached listeners. Behind the melody is the work of Gaurav Raina, whose composition choices give Start A Fire - Big Girls Don’t Cry its distinctive texture.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Start A Fire - Big Girls Don’t Cry, Gaurav Raina, Komorebi clearly belongs in the second group. The story told by a talented ensemble cast in Big Girls Don’t Cry finds its musical expression here — Start A Fire - Big Girls Don’t Cry is where the film's heart beats loudest.

2024 marked the release of Big Girls Don’t Cry, and Start A Fire - Big Girls Don’t Cry was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. There is a quality to Start A Fire - Big Girls Don’t Cry that makes it feel like company — the kind of song you put on when words feel insufficient.

At 4:14, the track does not overstay its welcome — it says what it needs to say and leaves the listener wanting more. The staying power of Start A Fire - Big Girls Don’t Cry is not a mystery. It is just what happens when every element of a song is exactly right.