Woh Din - Chhichhore by Pritam, Arijit Singh

Woh Din - Chhichhore works because it does not try to do too much — it finds one feeling and holds it perfectly. Pritam's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Woh Din - Chhichhore, Pritam, Arijit Singh clearly belongs in the second group. The chemistry of Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor, Prateik Babbar, Varun Sharma, Tushar Pandey, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Naveen Polishetty is embedded in every moment of Woh Din - Chhichhore, making it as much a performance as a song.

2019 was a strong year for Hindi music, and Woh Din - Chhichhore was among the reasons why. The mood of the track shifts subtly as it progresses, giving even a single listen a sense of journey.

The 4:18 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.