Local Bus is a song by the queen of Bangladeshi Folk music Momtaz and rapper Shafayat from Jalali Set. The song was composed by Pritom and released under the banner of Gaanchill Music.[1]

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Composition

This song was composed by Pritom. He likes to experiment with different genres.[2] Local Bus was a fusion of hip-hop and folk music. It was difficult to mix folk music into hip-hop. This is the first time Momtaz worked in a digital dub step type of song.[3]

Release history

The song was in the development stage for over a year. Then, Gaanchill Music gave it a green light.[4] The song Wwas released with a music video on YouTube on September 2, 2016.[5] It went viral within several hours. After 5 days, it had over half a million views on YouTube.[6] It is expected that this song will break several other records of Bangladeshi music.[7]

Reception

This song was well received by almost all music listeners of Bangladesh.[5] This was the first time Momtaz performed alongside a hip-hop artist.[8]

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