Sukha Talks New EP '2003' and the Success of '8 Asle'

The Toronto-based Punjabi artist also looks back at hits like 'Sangdi' and the EP 'Undisputed'

- ANURAG TAGAT

When you’re a Punjabi artist like Sukha who has delivered songs like “8 Asle” and “Attraction” within a year, there’s understandable pressure to top your work with each next release. The Indo-Canadian artist counts it as “positive pressure,” though.

He tells Rolling Stone India over an email interview, “[It’s the pressure] to outdo ourselves and ensure our audience receives the best music possible from us.”

Working with the likes of his previous go-to collaborators like producer Prodgk, lyricist-singer Chani Nattan and singer Gurlez Akhtar on 2003 EP, Sukha, 20, had released “Sangdi” in May with producer Manni Sandhu that had a laidback loverboy R&B vibe. Sukha says, “I definitely want to explore more romantic songs this year, and ‘Sangdi’ was the perfect start to that.”

It was in November that Sukha released