Rohan Solomon, singer, songwriter, producer, audio engineer and the lead vocalist of the erstwhile alt-rock band Cyanide, has released his latest single, ‘We Demand Change’. His new creation has an impressive juxtaposition of acoustic guitar, a string orchestra, and beat of stomping feet and a gunshot.

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For the musician, the beat signifies a sense of “seriousness”

“I wanted that because the song stems from some true horrors of the world that we’ve read in the news. It talks about things that are very serious and very real. There were multiple things that used to upset me sometimes and they were all to do with things that are happening in the world,” he told Opoyi.

“It could be something as simple as looking within ourselves and wanting to change something so of course the last couple of years probably had some trigger points here and there. If you really listen to the song, I am not pinpointing at one thing. It’s really a very wide spectrum of things that need change,” he added.

Giving examples from his own experiences, he said that “now that could be something as basic as road rage . Why people’s first reaction is anger. There was so much other stuff that upset me and I would like to see a change in the world. For example non-violence, anti racism.

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Solomon, who has worked at one of the biggest mainstream studios in Manhattan and was exposed to artists such as John Legend, Toni Braxton, Anderson Paak, Immortal Technique and many more, says that he himself was subjected to racism.

“ I myself lived in the US and was subjected to racism. It’s not a very good feeling obviously and I think when I hear stuff on the news, I would like to empathise with people who are facing that not just in India or US but everywhere around the world,” he said.

However, Solomon says that while working as a sound engineer and producer in New York, he understood inclusivity like never before as he has friends who represents multiple culture.

“I became friends with people of multiple races and various sexual orientations and it just didn’t matter who you were. You were accepted and loved in that space,” said the musician who has directed the track using an iPhone and has been edited into a lyric video by American filmmaker, photographer and musician Cheilean Jacob.

The track is already receiving significant praise as ‘a fierce, poignant anthem’ and ‘paen for hope’ and is steadily climbing the global radio charts- he’s entered the Top 40 category on World Indie Music Charts and Euro Indie Music Charts.

His other works include a trilogy — ‘Blue Sky’, ‘Hard to Breathe’ and ‘Time’ released in 2019. ‘Keep Holding On’, ‘Victoria Secret’ and ‘Without a Trace’ , released in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, also created an impact