Husband-and-wife duo Sachet-Parampara must be still on a high following their 2020 wedding. Each a talented composer and singer, Sachet Tandon and Parampara Tandon (née Thakur) allow their ever-happy, romantic and euphoric mood to flow through their first pop EP, Achha Lag Raha Hai. The 2024 record, which explores the different phases of a relationship “from meeting and falling [for someone] to staying deeply in love [with them]”, is a spirited journey into upbeat pop. That feeling spills over into the cover artwork too, which shows the pair riding a tandem bicycle on top of a multicoloured frosted doughnut dotted with sprinkles. As Parampara says: “Eating is an important part [of courtship].” Sachet-Parampara considered a few names for the collection—including “Stages of Love” and “Lost in Love”—before settling on Achha Lag Raha Hai or “It Feels Good”. “We use the term multiple times a day,” Sachet says. “It’s so simple and positive.” The phrase also fits well with the couple’s mission to spread happiness through their songs. “Our aim,” Sachet adds, “is to produce a smile when anyone hears our songs.” Notably absent is a heartbreak ballad from the pair, who are arguably best known as the music directors behind “Bekhayali”, the chart-topping break-up anthem from 2019 Hindi film Kabir Singh. “When we score music for movies,” Parampara says, “we’re somewhat limited because we have to create songs according to the characters and their situations. Here, we were just having fun.” Below, the duo give Apple Music a track-by-track breakdown of the EP. “Mera Saaya” The EP’s mellowest track, “Mera Saaya” describes that euphoric point in a romance when two people are so “deep in love” that you’ve completely “given yourself to each other”, according to the duo. It also happens to be one of the first songs they created together after they met in 2015 and thereafter embarked on their relationship. “It’s an ocean of emotion,” Parampara says. “Achha Lag Raha Hai” For this song, which portrays the initial phase of a couple’s relationship when everything feels new and exciting, the pair asked lyricist Kumaar “to write something that evokes the kid in every person”. Parampara adds that, through the song, “we want to tell people to not take life too seriously and to just enjoy themselves”. When the duo began composing what would eventually become the title track of the EP, they knew it had to be uptempo. “The lyrics needed something energetic—a drum pattern that keeps your body grooving,” Parampara says. “It couldn’t be soft.” “Ghungroo” The pair envisioned this Punjabi R&B jam as a song for celebrations, whether you’re raising a toast to your partner in private or out partying with friends. “You keep looking at her as she’s dancing—that was the thought behind it,” Sachet says. A tune to sing along to during a leisurely drive or groove to inside a club, “Ghungroo”—like all their material—was fashioned to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. “We want our music to reach everybody, from small children to senior citizens,” Parampara says. “We’re making it for the people. We’re not only making it for ourselves.” “Kho Jaana” A composition about “getting lost in love”, this track was first conceptualised as a ballad, with strings and piano serving as the instrumentation. “We heard it again after a month,” Sachet says, “and then again after two months—and we felt it was getting stuck somewhere. We realised that in trying so hard to make it different, it was sounding forced. [If it’s talking about] being madly in love, [then it should] give you an adrenaline rush.” Soon after, the couple came up with the house music beat that now drives the pulsating tune. Parampara adds: “We tend to have a lot of discussions around the BPM [beats per minute] of a song and how fast or slow it should be—and if the lyrics are clearly audible and understandable.” “Malang Sajna” The inclusion of this 2022 single—which is among their most popular songs—is apt considering that it “celebrates love in all forms”, Sachet says. “People have been using it as an entrance song at weddings,” he explains, adding that the bonus stripped-down “Jamming Version” is “a special treat” for fans who love dancing to the hit at the couple’s concerts. “Malang Sajna” also works as a ballad, Parampara says, because there’s “a mellow yet cheerful vibe to it”.