“Think I left my name/By your windowpane/Within our art.” – ‘Pink’ by Abdullah Siddiqui
It’s midnight on Christmas Day in Toronto and the holiday season is in full swing. So is Meesha Shafi, who has impressed the most cynical of us with her six releases in 2020. Six releases via multiple, mainstream platforms and singles; it is almost akin to releasing an EP.
She closed the year with Mughal-e-Funk’s ‘Sakal Banal’ in which she featured on vocals, a glittering Meesha Shafi singing Amir Khasrau. Before this, she sang the all-female anthem, ‘Na Tuttuye Ve’ and stole the show with her rap. Joining Ali Pervez Mehdi as the featured artist in ‘Gal Sunn’ later in Coke Studio 2020, Meesha stole the single without trying too hard.
January 10, 2021
In this interview with Instep, Meesha Shafi talks about the incredible year she has had, developing as a songwriter and a decade in music.
With ‘Amrit’, an original song she presented on Velo Sound Station, her musical trajectory has is akin to a new kind of stratosphere, only Meesha Shafi can produce as a multidisciplinary artist.
“Think I left my name/By your windowpane/Within our art.” – ‘
Pink’ by Abdullah Siddiqui
It’s midnight on Christmas Day in Toronto and the holiday season is in full swing. So is Meesha Shafi, who has impressed the most cynical of us with her six releases in 2020. Six releases via multiple, mainstream platforms and singles; it is almost akin to releasing an EP.