Wallpaper Maiyya Ka - Kya Meri Sonam Gupta Bewafa Hai by Divya Kumar, Payal Dev

Few songs from 2021 have held their ground as well as Wallpaper Maiyya Ka - Kya Meri Sonam Gupta Bewafa Hai, a track that keeps finding new audiences. Behind the melody is the work of Payal Dev, whose composition choices give Wallpaper Maiyya Ka - Kya Meri Sonam Gupta Bewafa Hai its distinctive texture.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Wallpaper Maiyya Ka - Kya Meri Sonam Gupta Bewafa Hai, Divya Kumar, Payal Dev clearly belongs in the second group. The chemistry of Jassi Gill, Surbhi Jyoti is embedded in every moment of Wallpaper Maiyya Ka - Kya Meri Sonam Gupta Bewafa Hai, making it as much a performance as a song.

2021 was a strong year for Hindi music, and Wallpaper Maiyya Ka - Kya Meri Sonam Gupta Bewafa Hai was among the reasons why. It is the kind of track that works at full volume with friends and equally well in a quiet room alone — the mood adjusts without the song changing.

The 3:00 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. The track stands as evidence that Divya Kumar, Payal Dev and Payal Dev, working together, are capable of something well above the ordinary.