Clocking over 15 years in the film industry as a lyricist and writer, something that differentiates Madhan Karky from others is his extensive usage of Tamil equivalents to English words, like Kuviyamilla Oru Kaatchi Pezhai (‘Ennamo Yedho’ from Ko) and En Nuzhai Padhive, En Kadavu Solle (‘Endhira Logathu Sundariye’ from 2.0). Coming from an engineering background, his fascination also extends to the latest technology.
He introduced the Emoni Rhyme Finder tool, which helps lyricists with rhyme schemes. In his latest act of marrying technology with art, Karky brings out the independent album Mudivili, which was released on multiple music streaming platforms on July 26. In the album, he uses synthesised voices, namely Ailaah and MWS, instead of real singers.
Mudivili’s music explores different stages and dimensions of romance and was done using technology, not instruments. In this exclusive interview with CE, Madhan Karky takes us through the process of making music that is mostly independent of human effort, technology’s future in music, the deterioration of Tamil for a quick Instagram hit, and, of course, his line-up of film projects. Yes.
In that case, I imagine a situation. Every non-film song has a story. My imagination should be capable of being relatable to the listener or setting off a story in their mind.
Not directly. But it would definitely have an influence on the album. My wife is currently doing a podcast on Natrinai and Kurunthokai that is replete with .