Armaan Malik on His Europe Music Awards Nomination for ‘Control’

“For my very first track, I wanted to make sure that my home audience doesn’t feel too alienated with my new musical direction. So when you hear ‘Control,’ it’s not only an out and out English pop track, but it also has this Indian vocal inflection infused in the post-chorus. And, since I’m known for a lot of ballads, I wanted to break away from that and present an uptempo, pop sound to my listeners,” he said.

Armaan is also a successful playback singer in Bollywood. However, there is a clear tonal difference in the songs he sings for film to his independent singles. Armaan said, “I genuinely feel at home! I’ve always craved this kind of creative freedom where I can make music that naturally flows from me. When it comes to playback singing for movies, you have to keep in mind the script, the actor and the music director, etc, but here I am in charge of the narrative.”

The Europe Music Awards will be held on November 9, 2020 and will air on Voot Select and Vh1 India.