EXCLUSIVE: Ali Sethi reveals something special about ‘Pasoori’ and a truck

Coke Studio’s latest song features singers Ali Sethi and Shae Gill.

The song ‘Pasoori’ is a fusion of pop and folk music. It makes you want to dance to its magical tune.

‘Pasoori‘ has been written by Sethi and Fazal Abbas, while the composition has been done by Sethi and Zulfiqar J Khan, popularly known as Xulfi. The music has been produced by Abdullah Siddiqui and Xulfi.

The Current reached out to Ali Sethi and he revealed that the song is warm and familiar. “It makes one feel good.”

Sethi revealed that he was driving back from Faisalabad, Punjab when he saw a quote written at the back of a truck, “Aag lavaan teri majbooriyan nu [ set fire to your worries]. I felt that this was such an amazing expression of the Punjabi language. This should be part of a song somehow.”

Sethi said that this line made him think further about the combination of words that would be suited for the lyrical completion of the song. And that’s when the words, “Aan jaan di pasoori nu [the business of coming and going]” came to his mind.

Sethi during the Behind the Scenes (BTS) of Coke Studio’s song Pasoori says that unfortunately, we live in a very polarised world. “Where borders and boundaries of all sorts have become more rigid.”

Sethi during the BTS says that he is a modern-day gypsy living between Pakistan and United States (US). “It would be interesting to make a case for the alternative, which is the right to free movement of ideas and melodies through a song. Our music already embodies that alternative.”

‘Pasoori’ turns all angst into art, with its lyrics signifying the need to celebrate artistic self-expression.