Tattoo by Nawab

The Tattoo album has several strong tracks, but Tattoo is the one most listeners come back to first. Starboy Music X has a history of strong work, and the music on Tattoo is among the most memorable of it.

The vocal on Tattoo is among the better performances Nawab has committed to record. For fans of a talented ensemble cast, Tattoo is one of those songs that immediately conjures specific scenes and emotions.

Released in 2019, it arrived at a time when Punjabi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. Some music is background. Tattoo demands attention — not aggressively, but in the way a good conversation does.

The 2:29 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. Songs like Tattoo are the reason people fall in love with Punjabi music and never quite fall out of it.