Fresh off the oven - Deleted Your Number by Aditi Iyer

I'll tell you what is possible, a girl falling in love in her teens, and then maybe even facing the ignominy of a breakup. She could even be humiliated and harassed emotionally and she finds it hard to even move on with her life at that tender age. Being able to eliminate a troublemaker from your life is itself a herculean task. Now I'll tell you what is impossible, for a girl to go through all this, and at the end of its write, sing and release a song that makes it to the Top 200 of DRT charts, and Top 20 of World Indie music and European Indie music charts. I am talking about Aditi Iyer a 17-year-old Opera trained singer, now how cool is that? Now, this is not a representation of her own experience, but a visceral picture painted by her based on her friends. That is why it is even more difficult to be able to get the entire emotional element right like the way Aditi has achieved in this song.  She has already been featured by me for her work in the EP Dollhouse and I particularly loved and appreciated her song titled Tearing me open. Looks like Aditi is in no mood to relax and enjoy her past successes as her latest single is breaking records and entering global indie charts. I personally felt Aditi did a way better exploration of her own vocals in the EP, as she moved across either end of the vocal range in the songs as I once again hear her Tearing me open. As a reviewer who owns the responsibility of being constructively critical I can only say that Aditi must and could do much better vocally looking at her training and background. Having said that the theme of the songs, then and now, is different and in Aditi's defence the song is about one deleting her ex-boyfriend's number, so the calmness in her voice and delivery is justified. You hear her and you cannot fathom the strength and stability of her vocals at the age of 17. Electronic pop/dance appeals to the younger tastes across the globe and the lyrics are something that every teenage music lover will relate to. Hence it is no wonder looking at the popularity of the song and Aditi has been handed a huge helping hand with Rohan Solomon on board for the composition and production of the song. Rohan has been a regular with many of his scores being slower in tempo and involving an array of live instruments and the Strings section especially, but with this, it is his chance to showcase his diverse skill as a composer and he brings in elements like the female harmonies almost to suggest that Aditi is not alone in expressing her emotions. Rohan also mixes the track and Dan Milice masters it bringing a very fine end product and Anushree Chatterjee handles the artwork design.   I love how we hear a glass crashing against the wall probably indicating how the guy is now getting a similar treatment. The sound design and production are exemplary as just past the 2.30-minute mark there is a break in the tempo, and only the Piano accompanies Aditi's desperation and gravity maybe expecting the boyfriend's message asking for reconciliation. Thankfully her sanity prevails and the drums ante up to bring her back to reality. The layered vocals singing the same title line but with durational lags work well echoing the same thoughts of Aditi like her conscience asking her to stay strong about it. This song is a perfect recipe for global recognition, as the primary intent of a musician should be to connect with his/her audience and Aditi Iyer and Rohan Solomon team up to stay true to that cause.