Following our discussion on the movie’s first album release, the second, and highly anticipated part of the collection has finally been made public on all major streaming sites on July 14. Harnessing only 4 original tracks, the album showcases the metropolitan flux, and the cycles of love in juxtaposing ways. Metro… In Dino (Side B) represents these feelings, and their renditions — helping pen down the human experience through modified compositions.
Qayde Se
If any song could describe the feeling of falling surely, and intensely in love, it would be this one. Arijit Singh’s comforting, and in-tune vocals aids one relive the nervous apprehension that accompanies infatuation. The album also harnesses three additional versions — a Rewind, a Film Version, and a Reprise, with Shreya Ghoshal, Papon, and Shilpa Rao respectively. All four tracks lay out distinct perspectives, and lives, so do take a close listen to identify which one fits you the best!
Hote Tak
Papon’s voice tells a tale of its own, seen best in the pre-chorus lines:
दाम-ए-हर-मौज में है हल्क़ा-ए-सद-काम-ए-नहंग
देखें क्या गुज़रे है क़तरे पे गुहर होते तक
This translates to the timeless lesson of perseverance through the struggles that accompany one’s journey in life. Success in trying times coupled with one’s experience with love, is a painful tale delivered effectively in this track.
Das Haasil Sau Baaki
In what is perhaps one of the more interestingly composed albums, this track stands out fairly a lot. The album includes an Acapella, and Film Version, with the former headlined by Papon. Moreover, in the unplugged, vulnerable vocals of the artist, we feel the tense feeling of longing, and separation — a tale of contradictions we are all familiar with.
Ishq Ya Tharak
This cheesy track is an emblematic representation of the Millenial-GenZ conundrum of love in the times of social media. Making obvious references to the Tinder-age, friends-with-benefits trope, this song is perhaps the first to acknowledge the challenge with separating love from lust. Furthermore, this theatrical song is a humorous, and relatable reflection of all of the 21st century lovers. As an upbeat integration of the melody with the movie’s storyline, the track acts as an example of how to further a plot with a contemporary Dastangoi influence.
Metro… In Dino and Different Lifetimes
The inclusion of the industry’s championing musicians with limited tracks must have been a challenging task for Pritam. Yet, by retaining an artist’s essence through their authorship, the composer pushes the idea of multiple paradigms. As a testament to this, the rest of the album involves reprises, and renditions of the aforementioned, and Side A title tracks.
Metro… In Dino, therefore, acts not only as an anthological cross-section of fictional lives, but also as one of musical enterprise. Consequently, Side B concludes the journey of this movie, and helps us experience the cycle of living, loving, and failing — all over again.
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