The Indian Pop Sensation, Kamakshi Khanna has brought aid for all the hopeless romantics and the heartbroken with her ingenious 4-track EP, Heartbreak 2020.
The opener โI Blew It!โ is a dreamy, shimmering pop song about awkwardness around crushes. What really uplifts this relatable anthem, is Khannaโs silky smooth and rich voice dripping with vulnerability. Itโs a great thing when such divine vocals come down to earth to relate and move us mortals, showing how powerfully gifted a womanโs softest corners can be.
โLove Is Not A Fucking Gameโ is a heartfelt, intimate song wrapped in acoustic guitars and piano. The first half gave us a whispered, tender and cathartic reflection of the betrayals. The next half has her surging her range effortlessly to release her pain. I was totally swooned and breathless when her voice swayed in her sense of empowerment as she asserted that love is not โan escapeโ that leaves you โemptyโ in its rush.
The next song, โTourist,โ brings some folksy charm with glinting strumming guitars and chiming melodies. It helps Khanna see what her lover really was, yet she wishes he didnโt take her on the โFerris wheelโ and the โmagic trainโ only to leave her high and dry.
We finally arrive at the title trackโliterally, a catchy, soulful bop with thumping head-nodding drums that gets you relating and reeling to our romantic fantasies against a heartbreaking crisis โin 2020.โ However, we see a transformation of the artist who learnt how to โbe aloneโ and โfeel at home,โ thanks to her 2020 heartbreak.
Listen to Kamakshi Khanna present her most intimate self and most moving musicality with Heartbreak 2020, a must-listen for any pop music lover out there.
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Review by Naomi Joan