Pratika x PrabhuNeigh - Growing Up (Official Music Video)

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"Growing Up" is the title track of Pratika and PrabhuNeigh's debut EP released on 20th October 2023. Stream / download: https://ffm.to/pxpgrowingup

The single is a spoken-word narration of incidents from Pratika’s childhood where men have taken advantage of her innocence. From people around her former home in Bandra, to experiences schooling in Virar, scars were dug into her skin for no fault of her own. She’d be called by different names because she grew faster physically than many in her batch, and was subject to the eyes of predators lurking around school and at home. The narration goes into breaks of choruses that bring harmonies from Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell to mind. Going from singular in the first chorus to speaking as a collective voice of women in the second chorus, the song gives you a taste of what you can expect through the EP.

About the EP
The EP follows the life of Pratika (through the lyrics) and Pritesh as children, who were raised in a small neighbourhood on Chapel Road in Bandra West, Mumbai. As a young girl, Pratika learned with the innocence of any other child - to distinguish between good and bad in examples and settings subjective to young children. She was unaware of what was considered cruel and wicked, the meaning of physical, mental, sexual abuse, patriarchy, toxic masculinity, crime, and the many woes of society. The EP traverses through her personal experiences, a story from the neighbourhood, all the way until she turned into a young adult, understood what it meant to grow up and power through tough situations, proudly being among a generation of people today who are constantly fighting for themselves, and helping others out of the mindset and situations they’re shoved into.

The backbone of Growing Up is the powerful production by PrabhuNeigh, mixing all their influences from over 15 years of playing and making music, fused into a rap meets hip hop meets metal culmination that’s never been seen before in India. From the typical old school hip hop meddling with electronic sounds and synths, all the way to pounding bass drops, metal guitar riffs and even a guitar solo, the EP is a unique blend of sounds. The EP also shines a light on Pratika’s range as a vocalist, with clean singing vocals stacked with layers of harmonies, unique flows in her rap verses, multiple voiceovers and adlibs enacting situations, sprinkled with some heavy metal vocal screams and growls in places.

Single Credits
Vocals written and performed by Pratika
Produced by PrabhuNeigh
Recorded at Hilltop Studios, Borivali
Mixed & Mastered by Shikhar Yuvraj Manchanda, The Beast India Company
Audio Distribution by Symphonic Distribution

Music Video Credits
Cast - Pratika Prabhune, Alexa V Keval, JQueen, HashtagPreeti, Saniya Mq, Smita Apte
Cast for Eye Sequence - Deep Mehta, Avinash Tewari, Kaleem Qureshi, Kiran Tandel, Abhay Patel, Gaurav Vithlani, Gaurav Laddha, Vinod Pradhan

Production by Focusmonk
Directed by Focusmonk
Cinematography, Editing & Color by Vishal Kamthe
Associate Cinematographer - Lalit Shejwal
Gaffer - Sunil Gupta
Chief AD - Arya Naik
2nd AD - Siddhant Mogaveera
Art AD - Shreen Bhargava
Art setting - Punnu Gaud
Hair and Makeup - Pratiksha Muchandikar
UV paint makeup - Gauri Dabholkar
2nd Assistant Camera - NISHANT & MUKUND
Audio Equipment - DYLAN JOHN (JOHN’S SOUND)

Special thanks to-
PrabhuNeigh
DJ ARTiFX
Mukund Thakkar Productions
Shailesh Naik

Production Assistants - Rahul Arora & Sam Debbarma
Shoot Studio - MUDDY STUDIO

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Find them online:
Pratika
  / pratikamusic  
  / pratikaness  
  / pratikaprabhune  
   / @pratikaprabhune  

PrabhuNeigh
  / prabhuneigh  
  / pritesh.prabhune.75  
   / @prabhuneigh6261  

Shikhar Yuvraj Manchanda -   / manchandashikhar  
The Beast India Company -   / thebeastindiacompany  
https://thebeastindiacompany.com/

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