Punjabi Pop Artist Burrah on 'Udja' for Coke Studio Bharat, Grammy Dreams and More

In addition to working with the likes of OAFF and Savera, New Delhi's Jasdeep Singh has also been a collaborator with producers such as Gurbax, Hashbass and Dropped Out

- ANURAG TAGAT

While interviewing, Punjabi pop singer and songwriter Burrah aka Jasdeep Singh, an unmissable background object is a big neon sign crafted out of his artist logo. “My dad got it made. He really likes my logo so he just one day went and got me a neon sign,” Burrah says over a video call.

There’s one here in his bedroom, another in his studio and even bumper stickers on their family car. Friends have sent him photos of the car when they spot it in traffic. He says, “I’m like, ‘That’s a breach of privacy, but okay.’”

The other side of Singh, a twenty-something New Delhibred artist known as Burrah, very intentionally public, though. Releasing music since 2019, songs like “No Love” and “About Time” made him the moody Punjabi pop and hip-hop voice. When he teamed with Bengaluru-bred producer Gurbax on “Sajna Slapper” in 2020, however, there was a palpable sense of the singer’s true range. He went on to sing on “Hausla” with rapper-producer pair Yashraj and Dropped Out in 2020 and also appeared on “Mere Warga” from Gurbax’s raucous 2022 album Rebirth.