Coimbatore music composer to release song of hope

Chennai: The word ‘hope’ has become a cliché since lockdown. So music composer-sound engineer Praveen Francis chose the Afro-pop genre, using three languages English, French and Lingala, when he composed a music album on hope. The main hook of the four-minute-long song (Na na na na na...”), however, has no language. Praveen, a native of Coimbatore, has added visuals of people dancing from across the world to the tune of the Afro-pop genre. He is planning to release the song in a week.

“The pandemic has restricted the movement of people across the globe. We are all trying to strike the balance in our own ways. My idea to give hope to people in this time of uncertainties. Since the subject has been handled by many, I chose the famous Afro-pop genre to compose the music,” said Francis.

“The idea came to me a couple of months ago, when the pandemic wreaked havoc in the south. Many committed suicides due to loss of jobs. It disturbed me a lot. I wanted to bring back hope though a song,” he said.

Even though Friancis has finished composing the song, he is in the final process of adding dance bits to the album. “I have been collecting bits of dance from people around the world. The album will be released in a week,” he said. A song that Francis composed dedicated to the Nigerian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram titled "Bring Back Our Girls" had been shortlisted for the nominations at Grammys in 2017 for five categories.


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