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Priya Nair

Vaa Kannamma

Writes anti-love songs in a film industry that only commissions love songs

style

  • tamil indie pop
  • carnatic influence
  • mridangam
  • electric guitar
  • female soprano
  • agile and ornamented
  • modern production
  • rhythmic complexity
  • indian accent
  • tender

the numbers

bpm
99
key
C major
energy
0.69
dance
0.95
valence
0.50
vocal at
9.6s
length
3:32
language
Ta

lyrics

(mmm... ni-sa-ga-ma...)
(first rain on a tin roof)

I string the jasmine, bud by bud
White knots cooling on my wrist
The first monsoon is in my blood
Your window seat is in the mist
(vaa, vaa)

The arrivals board says one more hour
(one more hour)
Ten whole years inside one hour

Vaa vaa kannamma, come home
Vaa vaa kannamma, come home
(kannamma, kannamma)
The rain has learned your name
Vaa vaa kannamma, come home
Vaa vaa kannamma, come home

The filter coffee drips and sings
Two steel tumblers on the tray
I rehearsed a thousand things
I will forget to say today
(seri, seri)

Vaa vaa kannamma, come home
Vaa vaa kannamma, come home
(kannamma, kannamma)
The rain has learned your name
Vaa vaa kannamma, come home
Vaa vaa kannamma, come home

Five thousand miles of dial tone
(hello? hello?)
Ends at gate eleven — home
(home... home...)

Vaa vaa kannamma, come home
Vaa vaa kannamma, come home
(kannamma, kannamma)
The rain has learned your name
Vaa vaa kannamma, come home
Vaa vaa kannamma, come home

(tha-ka-di-mi, tha-ka-di-mi)
(vaa... vaa...)