![]() ![]() ![]() Never one to miss an emerging global sound, M.I.A. From “Plastic Love” and city pop to “Tunak Tunak Tun” and bhangra, Asian sounds tend to arrive stripped of their context, reduced to a musical meme-shared, yes, but then forgotten in the camera roll of history. Frankly, that’s a typical reception of imported Asian hits. Keeravani, but none of the coverage names the genre “Naatu” belongs to, or traces the decades-long history of South Indian pop. The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Vanity Fair have celebrated the scene and interviewed its creators, including director S. The American reception of “Naatu Naatu” has been warm, but shallow. Suffice to say in terms of Best Song nominees, it stands out from the Diane Warren-core crowd. Its energetic dance sequence features two Indian men improvising elaborate choreography involving their suspenders at a British official’s garden party, which leads to a white/brown dance-off that serves as a metaphor for the anti-colonial struggle. “Naatu Naatu,” the musical centerpiece of the Telugu-language blockbuster RRR, made history this year as the first song from any Asian country’s film industry to win a Golden Globe, and it may make history once more on Oscars night. ![]()
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