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Singer-songwriter Aryan Sharma kickstarts his journey as an indie musician as Nikamma with his debut single, 'Ahana' that released on Molfa Music on March 6.

The Delhi-based talent who has amassed a small but loyal community of fans with his mash-ups and covers of popular indie songs on Instagram leans into the dance pop space for his first-ever release. "My music isn't going to be restricted to a particular genre, I aspire to make music like you've never heard before" , he says as he readies for the release, before adding, "Being able to make music for a living has been the biggest dream of mine for as long as I can remember and I hope I can make that possible with this journey. On choosing a rather peculiar moniker for himself - nikamma means useless in Hindi and Punjabi - Aryan jokes it's a homage to his Punjabi roots but shares, "Growing up I've not been the best at most stuff. Be it academies or sports I've been average at best. So nikamma is something I've felt growing up'.

His first single, a teen love bop that he recorded in his bedroom, 'Ahana' is not named after a girl called Ahana but inspired by what ahana means, dawn. "I titled the track 'Ahana' because it signifies a radiating hope of a new beginning that will possibly result in something beautiful, he explains, adding, "The word also resembles the sun in a way, so I also compare my special person to the sun as her presence brightened my life up'.

Stream Ahana by Nikamma here :