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Sometimes, you come across songs that just have to be shared, and that was definitely the case with ‘tuu’ by Bilal Khalid and Ittehad Band. The fun song has lyrics in Urdu and Sindhi, with a bit of English sprinkled in as well.

The song has been sung and composed by Khalid and Zain-ul-Aabdin. Both singers contributed to the lyrics as well, along with Sufiyan Ahmed and Salal Ahmed.

The track, which has been produced by Seventean, is about longing for love and reassuring your beloved that you’ll be by their side if they take a chance on you.

Switching between Sindhi and Urdu, the song’s incredibly catchy hook — “Tu munjhi ahain (you are mine)” — is something that’s stuck in our heads.

‘tuu’ leans into a genre of desi pop popularised by Hasan Raheem and Taha G — easy listening that makes you want to dance.

In the music video, the boys hang out, head to an arcade, walk through the aisles of a grocery store, man a food kiosk and generally do what pop boys do in music videos about love. It’s got a hazy, retro effect with dim lighting and a slightly blurry nature that adds to the fun nature of the song — it doesn’t take itself too seriously.

We could be wrong, but it appears that part of the video has been shot in Karachi’s Creek Walk, which immediately takes us back to Hasan Raheem’s ‘Joona’, which was shot in a grocery store in Bukhari Commercial.

There’s something about a video shot with a lower budget that utilises the city you’re in that just works. It proves that you don’t need flashy elements and a massive budget to produce something great.