There’s something bold about arriving with an album that doesn’t hold back. With 27 Club, Ranj doesn’t ease in. She makes her entrance with a 27-track statement that feels expansive, unfiltered, and hard to ignore. The music is modern, upbeat, and naturally fun, while her lyrics bring a kind of honesty that feels personal without losing its wider appeal. As the album unfolds, each song feels sharper than the last, showing her range, vulnerability, and sense of play without forcing any of it.
Raised in a home where music was always around, Ranj brings that closeness into her voice. What makes this album land is how fully she owns her sound. Ranj shows immense promise.
27 Songs For A Debut Album Is No Small Feat
At the start of last year, I did not have much music in the bank to release because my producer and I lost many demos when a couple of hard drives crashed, and then my laptop crashed too. At the same time, I was taking a huge leap by moving to Mumbai, which was financially very scary and not the safest decision, and it really felt like a turning point. Musically, I had felt stuck for a long time, which was part of why I decided to move. A lot of that came from feeling fearful about releasing music because I kept thinking I was only doing singles, thinking it needed to hit certain num- bers. All of that felt suffocating, especially since I had also lost so many demos and was scared people would forget me and that I would no longer be relevant. I felt backed into a corner, and when I feel that way, the only way out is to remind myself that I am doing this because I believe I am really good at it and that it is my purpose. Azadi Records did a writing camp, and I created some music there without thinking about when I would release it or what would come of it, and that pressure-free process felt so good. It made me realize what I had been missing, and that was when I decided to make a big project. I was also inspired by artists like Doechii, who made something big simply because she wanted to make the music she wanted to make. With this project, I wanted to show a lot of range because singles only let me show one side, but a bigger project meant that people cannot ignore me now because I am showing you all the different things I can do.
27 Club, In Her Words
To me, it feels like a complete person but that somebody is definitely flawed. Somebody who has moments of extreme confidence and moments that are extremely painful to reckon with so a person with a lot of feelings. Also, the album is true to who I am, because even in real life, I flip from one thing to the next superfast. I am very impatient. I do not wait too long for certain things, and my mind is very distracted and jumps from one thing to another. So I feel like all of that is encompassed in this project.
Album Unfolding Like A Story
I took a long time to figure out the exact order because there are a lot of songs with a lot of different moods and emotions. So I spent a long time thinking about how to sequence it and how it would feel for people to experience it. The way I put it together, it felt to me like I was capturing what a whole life feels like through this project. It starts as an introduction to the world, then moves through fun moments, love, mistakes, and relationships. From there, it goes into more serious themes, like the ones I have been exploring lately as I grow up. Some of those things were difficult for me to talk about, but through this project, I am being brave, being an adult about it, and addressing them for myself. It ends with what I would describe as a peaceful feeling, but also the feeling of a life well lived and a sense of grief. That is how I structured it. I do not mean for it to be interpreted only that way, and listeners can take from it whatever they want, but that was my idea. I am really proud of how it came out. It makes so much sense that even when I am figuring out a setlist for a live show, I can easily take that same reasoning and apply it in a different context.
This article is from the May EZ. For more such stories, read the EZ here.
Words Hansika Lohani
Photos Apoorv Songara
Date 3.6.2026