“Listening to it on repeat.”
The newest release from Coke Studio Bangla Season 3, ‘Café’, has arrived and listeners are already calling it a masterpiece.
Blending the intimacy of a slow afternoon with the warmth of Latin rhythm, the song feels like an experience more than a performance.
The collaboration features Tanzir Chowdhury Tuhin of Avash, Brazilian artist Lívia Mattos, Gaurab Chatterjee, and producer Shuvendu Das Shuvo.
Each artist brings a different flavour to the table, shaping ‘Café’ into a cross-cultural conversation where Bangla soul meets Latin jazz.
Listeners can sense how Afro-Cuban percussion, gentle salsa grooves, and poetic Bangla lyrics come together in complete harmony.
Tuhin’s emotive vocals anchor the song while Shuvo’s smooth harmonies add layers of warmth and longing throughout the track.
Lívia’s accordion flows through the composition like a breeze, giving the music both colour and calm.
Meanwhile, Gaboo’s vibrant rhythm provides the heartbeat of the song, balancing serenity with movement in the most organic way.
The result is a piece that feels timeless and universal, carrying emotions that transcend place, language, and culture.
It is the kind of track that seeps into the listener’s heart, balancing nostalgia, love, and melancholy with delicate precision.
Fans have flooded social media with praise, calling ‘Café’ one of the most soulful tracks of the entire season.
One listener wrote: “It feels like I’m sitting by a window in Dhaka, watching rain, but the music carries me to Brazil.”
Another fan commented: “Listening to it on repeat.”
Many applauded Coke Studio Bangla for once again taking bold, creative risks and proving that true music speaks through feeling, not words.
The fusion of instruments and styles has drawn comparisons to both Eddie Palmieri’s Latin brilliance and Mohiner Ghoraguli’s Bangla poeticism.
What stands out most is how ‘Café’ manages to sound modern yet intimately local in its essence.
It transforms the ordinary concept of a ‘Café’ into a metaphor for connection.
The song comes after Coke Studio Bangla’s last release, ‘Moha Jadu,’ which fused Bangla mysticism with Persian poetry. The track earned praise for its haunting spiritual tone.
Many have also lauded Coke Studio Bangla for continuing to experiment with global influences while staying rooted in Bangladeshi emotion.
Now streaming as the seventh track of Season 3, ‘Café’ marks another milestone in the platform’s evolving journey.
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