Singer Varijashree Venugopal and Italian band give a Covid twist to Darling Darling

Bengaluru-based singer

Varijashree Venugopal

’s latest collaboration with Italian music band Elio e le Storie Tese addresses the topic of cleanliness during the Covid-19 outbreak. Peppered with a bit of humour, the singer recently performed a version of the

song

Darling Darling from the film Madarangi along with artistes Elio, Faso and Christian Meyer. The original song was also sung by her eight years ago.
“One day during the lockdown, I just thought of tweaking the lyrics of the song and make the number a little more fun and interesting. Following this, my father suggested that I share the lyrics with everyone. And when I did that, many people seemed to have liked it instantly,” says Varijashree. Eventually, Faso from

Italy

, one of the worst-affected countries by the pandemic, reached out to her after seeing the lyrics of the Corona version of Darling Darling, and that’s how collaboration happened.
The new song has a fun vibe to it and, at the same time, it urges people to stay indoors and take precautions. “The lyrics are all about appealing people to stay indoors, wash hands, maintain hygiene and such,” she sums up.