A lack of understanding about raag based folk tunes usually ends up in controversy with someone claiming their idea has been copied. Songs in the same raag always sound similar. Even the melodies can be near identical. Lyrics matter.#TuJhoom#cokestudio14#AbidaParveen#xulfi
— Rohail Hyatt (@rohailhyatt) January 19, 2022
“The news circulating regarding the Tu Jhoom controversy is incorrect and to quantify this statement we are sharing this video, which is a screen recording of a conversation between producer of Coke Studio Xulfi and associate producer Abdullah Siddiqui, which shows clear timelines, of the Coke Studio team having already started work on the original composition and song in May 2021, well before the claim was made.
“That claim shows she sent the content in late June which for the record Xulfi had not even had the chance to download given he was already so consumed with the season [the evidence of non-download also exists]” reads a press release.
