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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 :