October 13, 2017
Popular Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam has joined hands
with Indo-American DJ, record producer KSHMR for the new single "Underwater",
which released on Friday.
KSHMR, whose father is from Kashmir, is also
gearing up for his maiden India tour which begins in the capital, and stops at
Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Mumbai.
"‘Underwater' has a
really beautiful story to it. When my friend from India, Aayushman Sinha met me
in Amsterdam he asked me to find out my grandfather's favourite singer. My
grandfather's answer was Sonu Nigam," KSHMR, whose real name is Niles
Hollowell-Dhar, said in a statement.
"It so happened that Aayushman knew
him and arranged a meeting in Sonu's Karjat farmhouse before we proceeded to
Sunburn Pune. This is when the idea of a collaboration cropped up. As destiny
would have it, we caught up in the studio in August 2017 in Los Angeles and
decided to work on a track that I had written two years ago.
"We
finished the entire track in less than a day! This song is special, not only
because it represents the start of my career as KSHMR, but it is also a gift to
my grandfather who has been so instrumental in both my personal and musical
journey," he added.
Talking about the collaboration, Sonu said: "Working
with Niles has been such an enjoyable and effortless journey. I have always
wanted to explore a collaboration with an international artist who imbibes
homogenous sensibilities into his music and I found a perfect fit with Niles.
"And Niles is also blessed with a heart of gold that makes working with
him a blissful experience. Looking forward to many more collaborations with
him."
KSHMR will donate the proceeds of his New Delhi event titled Karma
to charitable institution, Child Rights And You (CRY) that propagates the
welfare of underprivileged children. The opening acts include the likes of Anish
Sood, Nucleya, Shaan, Teri Miko, Ocientied, Mariana Bo, Kumail, The Unknown
among others.
The show will take place on October 20.