Sept 02: Fresh off the resounding success of the Rajkumari India Tour and a historic, sold-out show at New Delhi’s Talkatora Stadium, celebrated spoken word poetry artist Nayab Midha has officially dropped ‘Rajkumari – The Nayab Song’. The track serves as a powerful musical extension of the themes that have defined her signature production. Presented by Nayab Midha, the genre-bending bilingual anthem features vocals by Shruti Dhasmana, with concept, composition and lyrics by Rajat Sood, and music co-composed by Metalpump. The song carries forward the same fiercely independent spirit that has powered Rajkumari across the globe, a rallying cry for women to claim ownership of their choices, their stories and their self-worth.
While the stage show builds this concept through spoken verse, the studio release translates it into a dynamic, bilingual musical arrangement. The track effortlessly weaves raw, contemporary English hooks with deeply evocative Hindi poetry. Written by Rajat Sood, the lyrics aggressively dismantle outdated tropes. Instead of waiting for a fairy-tale savior, the anthem declares financial and emotional independence (I am independent strong women, ain’t no abla naari not waiting for the prince, taking khud zimmedaari). It also celebrates fashion as a fluid form of self-expression, championing women who command spaces regardless of what they wear (I rock the western, I slay in the saree).
A pivotal highlight of the track is its direct challenge to patriarchal stereotypes. In the second verse, Midha and Sood explicitly subvert the classic ‘women are women’s worst enemies’ trope, replacing it with a definitive call for collective empowerment (Aurat hi aurat ki dushman nahi hai ab / Aurat hi aurat ko pehnaaye taaj). The song reaches a fever pitch with a poetic double-entendre on the word ‘Naayaab’ acting simultaneously as a declaration of being rare and unmatched and a stamp of Midha‘s own artistic signature (Saari duniya se alag, naayaab hoon main).
Nayab Midha states, “Rajkumari has always been bigger than a show for me. It is a feeling and now it has a sound of its own. Every woman who has ever been told to shrink herself will find a piece of her own story in this song. I hope it travels the way the show has and reminds people wherever they hear it that they get to write their own ending.”
Rajat Sood states, “We wanted the song to feel like the last five minutes of the show, that surge you feel when Nayab tells every woman in the room that she is her own princess. Shruti’s voice and Metalpump’s production gave that moment a form that can now exist on its own, far beyond the stadium.”
The single’s launch caps off a landmark domestic run. The Rajkumari India Tour played to packed houses nationwide, culminating in Midha becoming the first spoken word artist in India to headline a sold-out stadium performance at Talkatora Stadium. Driven by purpose, a portion of the stadium show’s proceeds was directed toward Assam flood relief and the education of underprivileged children in partnership with Initiators Of Change, marking a historic turning point for the spoken word genre in India.
Midha is taking this massive momentum overseas. Her North America tour kicks off next week, widely recognized as the most expansive tour ever undertaken by a spoken word poetry artist in the region. Following her dates in the U.S. and Canada, she will head across the Atlantic to perform at London’s prestigious Soho Theatre in November.