Karan Aujla -" Machine Geetan Di"

Who is Karan Aujla ? 

Karan Aujla- singer, lyricist, and rapper known for his work in Punjabi music Industry. A name that has taken the Punjabi Music Entertainment by storm.He is best known for the songs "Don't Look", "Chitta Kurta", "Don't Worry", "Hint", and "Sheikh". 

He  has released over thirty-nine singles as a lead artist and thirty-two as a lyricist. He has also featured in forty-three songs as a guest artist. Five of his singles as a lead artist have featured in Global YouTube music chart, while twelve have featured in UK Asian music chart by OCC.

Journey from a lyricist to a singer :

Coming from  Ghurala, Ludhiana ( Punjab) Jaskaran Aujla( now known as Karan Aujla) started his career when he was still nine,  with writing lyrics for Jassi Gill's "Range", from his album Replay. His parents death at a tender age left a deep embark on him, and same reflects in his writings also which pushed him to become a famous lyricist. He also has their names and pictures tattooed on his arms . Now living in Canada, happily married to Palak Aujla, working as a part time longshore man in Surrey, he has written  lyrics for various other artists. He started his singing career with his friend Mehak Benipal , when he sang "cellphone" and tried to promote the same on You Tube spending Rs. 25000 out of his pocket but the song did not do well making him stick to writing songs instead of singing them. But when he moved to Canada , the famous songwriter Deep Jandu and Sandeep Rihaan, encouraged him to sing his own songs and in 2016, he released his debut song "Property of Punjab" as a lead artist, and the same was received very well by the audience and liked a lot. This changed the course of his life . Further, in 2017, his  second song “Alcohol” became famous all around. After that, he never looked back. Then, he gave many super hit songs to Punjabi Music Industry and earned a huge fan following for himself,  all over .

 He started featuring as guest artist in songs. He came into limelight with his tracks like "Yaarian Ch Fikk", "Unity", "Alcohol 2", and "Lafaafe"; subsequently he achieved mainstream popularity in 2018 with "Don't Worry", his first song to enter UK Asian chart. In 2020, his singles "Jhanjar" and "Red Eyes" entered top 10 in the chart, while "So Far" entered top 5.

Different moods of writing/ Singing 

Karan, at the age of 23  has earned household fame and has become an icon for the youth. Many singers in Punjab are so looking forward to sing his writings, which are a distinctive dose of music. His pen speaks for him. He has touched different aspects of the society while writing. He has even stated in one if his interviews that he would like to write on a deeper level but at this point , he is synced to the liking of the current generation. He spoke his mind saying that it is very easy to write on some of the topics today as use of weapon etc. but he prefers to touch the more sensitive side of the society. He wrote lyrics of 

" Nee ‘vaaj fakeeran di,

Sun lai kuday chit laake " - sung by sufi singer Kanwar Grewal. 

His mind has different faces of creativity, be it writing the lyrics or singing , he comes out with flying colors in all. He has touched different nooks of the Punjabi culture in his writings, like Jhanjar,  miseries of common man etc.. to the extent that he is fondly known as , " Geetan di machine".

He is of the opinion that he prefers to write on subjects where a common man can relate himself to the lyrics of the song , since music influences the thought process of a human. He has written and sung songs for different moods  as the choice of a song is highly based on the mood of the listener at the given point of time. While doing so,  he has definitely done a justice to his pen .

His favorite song is " Up& Down" that he sang personally but his own song sung by Kanwar Grewal is one if the most liked writings by him. Unlike other Punjabi singers who have confined themselves to specific boundaries of singing , Karan Aujla has outshined himself on all the subjects that he has chosen in the field of Punjabi Music. We wish him the best in life !!