KSHMR – “Happy (feat. Tiina)”
Niles Hollowell-Dhar, formerly part of the hip-hop duo the Cataracts, has been making electro house music as KSHMR (pronounced “Kashmir,” taken from the area in northwest India). Having plenty of festival appearance (Coachella, Tomorrowland, etc.) and several Top 100 DJ accolades from DJ Mag (23rd, 12th, 11th) his credentials are certainly nothing to sneeze at. His latest is “Happy,” an ebullient and gut-shaking slice of dancefloor-ready EDM. Providing the vocals and the other main credited artist on the track is Finnish musician Tiina Vainkikainen, a chart topper with several hits in the UK. She also has snagged Songwriter of the Year four years in a row from The Finnish Music Publishers Association.
“Happy” intros with Tiina’s defiant, soul-stirring vocals:
You take my heart for weakness/
You cut me up and bleed me dry/
I won’t be defeated
The track then comes alive with KSHMR’s beats pushing the song along with Tiina’s voice working her way between the notes and into your soul. The chorus diverges from the intro, with the subject of the song seemingly “So happy I could die…. you are the reason why (I feel so happy I could die).
You can hear the track over on Spotify, or down below from YouTube.
Categorised in: New Music
This post was written by Chris Miller