Expanding on this sentiment, Rianjali explains, “I wrote this song in the midst of the pandemic. I felt overburdened, lost, scared – constantly trying to tell myself “everything will work out”. But what if it’s not? The truth is that we’ve all lost a lot, some more than others. And a lot of it is irreversible. I see that we’re all falling apart a bit but we always follow it up with “let’s look on the bright side, this is temporary, we’ll be okay,” and I’m not sure how much of it we believe.” “I wanted this song to hit differently. The music gives you that upbeat, positive feeling but if you listen to the lyrics and the melody – you’ll hear my voice: this constant up and down, covering up the truest pain,” she continues.

Rianjali is an American born acoustic singer-songwriter from Queens, NY. Trained in Hindustani classical vocal as a child, she learned western vocals after being admitted to the prestigious La Guardia School for the Performing Arts. She has performed and collaborated with the likes of A.R. Rahman, U2, Shawn Mendes, Bishop Briggs and released her album, ‘Home’ in December 2019.

Rianjali has worked on multiple projects under A.R Rahman’s direction, such as the Netflix Original documentary Daughters of Destiny, and Sridevi’s Bollywood film MOM. Her most recent achievements include being Oscar Shortlisted for best Original Song from the movie Lake Of Fire, Television Academy Award winner with her team for Daughters of Destiny, and finally, her work for film Love Sonia directed by the producer of Life of Pi, in which she penned lyrics for the original song of the movie.