Let us address the elephant in the room first: Coke Studio Bangla is obviously an elaborate advert for Coca Cola. The wait was tense for a variety of reasons: a virtual battlefield spawned on social media during the time that the concert's fate was left to the Almighty, with many taking to social media to laugh at the misery of people like us, who had waited in adverse weather despite rumours of cancellation. The core team of musicians for Coke Studio Bangla were excellent. The bedazzlement was pieced together when Arnob & Co got up on stage to sing their original promo for this season of Coke Studio Bangla: a mashup of Rabindranath Tagore's "Ekla Cholo Re", Gagan Harkara's "Ami Kothaye Paabo Tare" and Shironamhin's "Abar Hashimukh". Coke Studio Concert will be remembered as the time that an entire day of pessimism and online trolling lost to a bunch of stubborn musicians.

Source: The Star June 10, 2022 10:59 UTC