Leo
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| 📅 Released | 2023 | |||
| 🎙️ Recorded | June–September 2023 | |||
| Studio | Albuquerque Records, Chennai Studio DMI, Las Vegas | |||
| ⏳ Length | 14:19 | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| 🏷️ Label | Sony Music | |||
| 🤑 Producer | Anirudh Ravichander | |||
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| Singles from Leo | ||||
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Buy this album Leo (soundtrack) or listen to it on amazon
Leo is the soundtrack album composed by Anirudh Ravichander and lyrics written by Vishnu Edavan and Heisenberg, for the upcoming 2023 Tamil-language film of the same name, directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj starring Vijay, alongside Trisha, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Sarja, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Mansoor Ali Khan and Mysskin. The film is produced by S. S. Lalit Kumar under Seven Screen Studio.
The album featured six songs, with four of them being previously released as singles. It was planned to be released on 30 September 2023 which would have been coincided with the audio launch event in Chennai, before its cancellation.[1]
Production
Leo's soundtrack is composed by Anirudh Ravichander, in his fourth collaboration with Vijay after Kaththi (2014), Master (2021) and Beast (2022); third with Lokesh after Master and Vikram.[2] The audio rights for the film were purchased by Sony Music India for ₹16 crore (US$2.2 million).[3] Leo was intended to be a songless film, similar to Lokesh's Kaithi (2019) with Sam C. S. being in consideration to score the film which turned to be false.[4] The Times of India reported that the soundtrack will have two songs.[5] However, Lokesh, during an interview with Behindwoods in early October, stated that the film would have a total of six songs.[6]
All the songs in the film were written by Vishnu Edavan, Lokesh's assistant director, who also previously contributed for Master and Vikram. The English tracks in the film are penned by Heisenberg. The songs were recorded during June–September, and the background score in mid-September, with the re-recording for the film completed within 10 days.[7]
Release
Before the album's release, four of the songs—"Bloody Sweet", "Naa Ready", "Badass" and "Anbenum"—released as singles, while two other songs, which later revealed to be as "I Am Scared" and "Villain Yaru Da", is speculated to be released separately or along with the album.[8][9]
Singles
"Bloody Sweet", the first song composed for Leo, was also cited by Anirudh as the fastest track he composed to that point.[10] The track that featured in the two-minute promo video, was performed by Anirudh and Siddharth Basrur,[11] and was released on 3 February 2023, the same date as the promo, albeit not being part of an official single on the album.[12][13]
"Naa Ready" was the first single from the film, sung by Vijay, along with Anirudh and Asal Kolaar, the latter performing rap portions; it was the fourth time Vijay had sung for Anirudh's composition after previously doing so for "Selfie Pulla" from Kaththi, "Kutti Story" from Master and "Jolly O Gymkhana" from Beast.[14] The song released coinciding Vijay's birthday (22 June 2023).[15] Although it was positively received by the audiences, it garnered criticism from politicians and activists over the glorification of smoking and drugs.[16][17] This resulted the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) instructed the team to modify the visuals and lyrics, with immediate effect on 9 September 2023.[18][19]
"Badass" was the second single from the album released on 28 September,[20] Although, a romantic song featuring Vijay and Trisha, performed by Anirudh and Shakthisree Gopalan, was intended to be released as the second single from the album on 19 September,[5] the track was later reported to be a family song, described by Lalit through the X (formerly Twitter) Space.[21] Titled "Anbenum", the song was sung by Anirudh with Lothika Jha performing the female vocals instead of Shakthisree, who would make her playback debut in Tamil,[22] and was earlier scheduled for release on 9 October.[21] However, it was officially released two days later.[23][24]
Cancelled audio launch plans
At the CII-Dakshin Media and Entertainment Summit,[25] Lalit who had participated in the event, said that he initiated plans for an audio launch event in southern part of Tamil Nadu, instead of Chennai,[26] and had zeroed on Madurai, Coimbatore and Trichy as the venues.[27][28] In earlier August, it was reported that the film's audio launch will be instead held either in Malaysia or Dubai,[29][30] and they tentatively planned for the event at Axiata Arena indoor stadium in Kuala Lumpur during late-September or early-October.[30] However, plans for the event at Malaysia was being cancelled and the team instead planned to conduct the event at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai.[31] Lalit later explained the reason for the cancellation as the venue was not available for their planned schedule.[32]
It was reported that the event would be held on 30 September at the said venue.[32] However, on 27 September, the producers confirmed that the event would be cancelled citing safety constraints,[33][34] while claiming that it was not due to political pressures.[35] Trade analysts claimed that the overflowing requests of passes for the event had led the producers to cancel it, as around 70,000 people had pre-booked their passes for the event, while the venue itself could accommodate an audience of 6,000–8,000, and poor management could lead to an unprecedented mishap.[36] They cited the catastrophic incident happened at A. R. Rahman's concert, three weeks prior in Chennai, as another reason for the cancellation.[37][38]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bloody Sweet" | Heisenberg | Anirudh Ravichander, Siddharth Basrur | 2:49 |
| 2. | "Naa Ready" | Vishnu Edavan, Asal Kolaar | Vijay, Anirudh Ravichander, Asal Kolaar | 4:07 |
| 3. | "Badass" | Vishnu Edavan | Anirudh Ravichander | 3:49 |
| 4. | "Anbenum" | Vishnu Edavan | Anirudh Ravichander, Lothika | 3:34 |
| 5. | "I Am Scared" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 6. | "Villain Yaru Da" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Total length: | 14:19 | |||
Reception
Critical response
The Indian Express writing for the track "Naa Ready" called it a "typical Tamil ‘Kuthu’ number, which is sure to find lot of takers."[39] Priyanka Goud of Pinkvilla stated it as a "perfect mass anthem" with Vijay's vocals and dance performance "make for a perfect treat to fans".[40] Writing for the track "Badass", IndiaGlitz stated "Badass is Anirudh's super stylish tribute to Vijay's stardom. The track does complete justice to its title. It has powerful vocals by Anirudh and high octane lyrics penned by Vishnu Edavan."[41]
Audience response
The track "Naa Ready" garnered 20 million views in 24 hours, setting the second highest viewed Tamil song in 24 hours, behind Vijay's own song "Arabic Kuthu" from Beast.[42] It also garnered 1.6 million likes in 24 hours becoming also the second highest liked Tamil song in 24 hours, behind the same song.[43] The song was also streamed 1 million times in Spotify in 24 hours.[44] The second single "Badass" crossed 13 million views in 24 hours.[45]
References
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