In tune with tragedy: Rapper Hanumankind’s new composition ‘Second Wave’ is a wake-up name

Express News Service
BENGALURU: The video begins with a set off warning. Rightly so, as a result of the disturbing visuals and the poignant rap that comply with within the composition Second Wave, are a strong mirror that rapper Hanumankind holds as much as the state of affairs many people are going via attributable to Covid-19. 

The 2 minute- 16 second video – seen over three lakh instances – reveals mass funerals, sufferers desperately ready for beds, and grieving and traumatised caregivers. It additionally options election rallies and non secular gatherings that came about simply earlier than the onset of the lethal second wave.

Sooraj Cherukat a.ok.a Hanumankind uploaded the composition on his Instagram web page on May 1, and it’s an affidavit to how critical issues are, that the state of affairs has remained largely unchanged within the three weeks since. “This was my way of expressing how I feel. I’ve heard of the struggles from those in my close circle. So I can’t imagine what the general public must be feeling,” says the Bengaluru-based musician.

Hanumankind insists the brand new work, that includes beats by Chennai-based producer and blend engineer Akash Shravan, is a composition and never a monitor or tune. 

“I didn’t put it out for any commercial purpose,” he says, stating that that’s the rationale he’s launched Second Wave on his Instagram (@hanumankind) and never even on his YouTube channel.

The thought got here to Hanumankind whereas he was in Kerala. A brief go to to be with household become a for much longer journey as a result of lockdown. 

​“I consider myself lucky to be able to be with my family right now. I know that if I were in Bengaluru or any other major city right now, it would be much harder to deal,” he says. The composition was then born on account of the helplessness he felt. “I hope it acts like a trigger and gets people to act – either through donations to organisations or by sharing relevant information,” he provides.

The composition – which took all of two days to make – packs a strong punch with its efficient use of visuals. Compiled by visible artiste Bijoy Shetty, the footage took him longer than ordinary to place collectively, and stayed with him lengthy after the work was made. 

“We had seen some of these visuals on social media but not in this way where it’s all put together,” says 23-year-old Shetty, who took greater than double the time he would usually take to do that. “I had multiple breakdowns because it was painful to go through all of this at once. I wanted the end result to have an impact. It’s no longer about pointing fingers about how we landed here. We now need to face the reality of the situation,” he says.