Young singles in India are listening to songs that talk about a tale as old as time - of jilted lovers, vengeance and heartbreak. Here are the songs played on audio streaming service Spotify that hit the chord with them, according to dating app Tinder’s yearly trend report, Tinder’s Year in Swipe 2022:
Nov 29, 2022
By: eetika.kapoor@timesinternet.in
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Number one on the list, We Don’t Talk About Bruno is by artists Carolina Gaitán - La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz. Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the song featured in the Disney animated movie ‘Encanto’ and talks about the character Bruno being ostracised.
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As It Was is by the international pop star Harry Styles, a former member of the famous boy band One Direction. The song has been written by Harry Styles, Thomas Edward Percy Hull and Tyler Sam Johnson. Fans believe the song–a favourite on Instagram reels–is about his relationship with fame.
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Influenced by various cultures, and exhibiting modern reggaeton beats, Pasoori was sung by Pakistani singers Ali Sethi and Shae Gill in Punjabi for Coke Studio Pakistan S14. The song has 450 million views on Youtube and talks about jilted lovers, self expression and the grief of endings.
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I Like You (A Happier Song) is an English song from the artist Post Malone and talks about the search for a ‘good girl.’ Featured artists include Doja Cat, another emerging international pop star. It has over 353 million streams on Spotify.
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Excuses by artists AP Dhillon, Gurinder Gill and Intense comes under the genre of Indian pop music and has been sung in Punjabi. The song is about heartbreak and betrayal.
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Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), is a 1985 English song by songwriter-singer Kate Bush comes under the indie genre. The song was used in the latest season of the Netflix series Stranger Things, leading to its renewed love and fame.
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First Class is a song by American rapper Jack Harlow about amorous intentions and comes under the music genre pop rap. The song debuted as number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, which tracks the music industry’s performance in the United States.
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Perfect by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran had become the UK Christmas number 1 song in 2017 when it was released, and continues to tug hearts. It is a romantic ballad about estranged lovers coming together after time has passed.
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Bad Habit by artist Steve Lacy is a song about lost opportunities in love. It comes under the music genre indie and was nominated for the Best Song of the Summer at the 2022 MTV Video Music Award.
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STAY, created by Australian rapper The Kid LAROI and Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Bieber, comes under the music genre synth pop. It topped the charts in 22 countries apart from the USA. The song is about complicated dynamics of love.
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