There is a touch of the existentialist that lurks within every songwriter. Savera Mehta though admits that it is a natural bent of his personality. His latest single, Love Lost, captures a melancholic and dystopian romance through pulsing electronic synth and rhythms. Released last week, the song is the first of more such releases to come this year.

It is also his first independent release in two years, without his friend and regular partner-in-crime, OAFF aka Kabeer Kathpalia. “With the indie stuff, I am not worried about numbers. I am doing it for myself,” Mehta tells us. Why the melancholic tone? “Most of my independent songwriting is melancholic,” the singer laughs.