Indian-American singer-songwriter and composer Pridhvi Sunain Zoro takes a deliberately expansive look at contemporary America on MAHA (Make America Human Again), a nine-track concept album divided into three acts: Collapse, Humanity and Ascent. Rather than treating its themes as isolated headlines, Zoro connects economic inequality, ecological exhaustion, racial division, gun violence, modern dating culture and consumerism to a broader question about what happens when people begin losing their sense of connection with one another.
“Fucking Dance” immediately throws the listener into the album’s restless opening world. Storming guitar riffs and steady drums provide a hard-driving foundation for Zoro’s sharp, charismatic vocal delivery. The lyrics describe the grind of work, financial pressure, comparison and the relentless pursuit of status, before turning the dance floor into a temporary escape.
“Children of the Storm” expands that tension into something more communal. Soulful horns blend with guitar while layered harmonies surround the lead vocal, giving the track an anthemic quality. Its imagery of burning cities, displacement, struggle and resistance transforms individual exhaustion into a collective cry.
By the time the female version of “Slash The Ghost” arrives, the energy turns inward. Gentle guitar strumming and piano accompany a defeated female vocal as the song examines silence, emotional distance, shallow communication and the isolation created by endless choices. Its central metaphor, slashing the “ghost” within through honest discourse, offers a different kind of confrontation, where the difficult work is actually listening and exchanging perspectives.
That movement from collapse toward dialogue and, ultimately, ascent gives MAHA its conceptual backbone. Zoro’s background between India and California, alongside his experience serving in the U.S. Air Force Reserve while studying at UC Berkeley, informs an album concerned with contradictions. Across its ambitious arc, MAHA turns social exhaustion into a dramatic musical journey, asking what might remain when the noise finally gives way to humanity. Listen to the album in Dolby here.
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Review by: Naomi Joan