Besharam Rang, the new track from the upcoming SRK-starrer Pathaan has amassed 2 crore views ever since it dropped on YouTube yesterday. But ever since its release, listeners have been finding Vishal-Sheykhar’s (Shekhar is now Sheykhar apparently) music to be eerily similar to the 2015 dancepop hit Makeba by French singer-songwriter Jain.
Makeba, which many would have heard on a popular Levi’s commercial, is produced by French beatmaker Yodelice and largely draws upon the African music subgenre known as Amapiano. In fact, the very title…
