Singer-songwriter Angel Noor’s latest song Premer Suchak has been drawing praise from listeners for its emotional lyrics, distinctive melody and nostalgic mood.
“It’s not just a song; it feels like an expression of a quiet emotion, like raindrops gathered on a car window on a lonely afternoon,” YouTube listener Sheikh Sadman wrote in a comment.
Another listener, Athina Chakma, praised Noor’s voice, describing it as “soft, soothing and touching to the heart”.
Angel released Premer Suchak on his YouTube channel on 27 July. The song has crossed 30,000 views within two weeks. He has written and composed the song himself.
While writing the song, Noor drew an analogy between himself and a migratory bird.
Just as a migratory bird travels from one country to another, builds a home and falls in love while knowing it must eventually leave when the season changes, the song captures a similar sense of uncertainty and separation.
The bird knows it has to leave and repeatedly asks its beloved, “Will you leave now?”
Noor uses the word suchak in several senses, including a beginning, a measure or an indicator.
In the song, the beloved becomes the measure of the love he carries within himself.
Noor previously gained recognition with songs such as Jodi Abar and Teel. Rather than repeating a successful formula, he prefers to approach every song as a different story.
“I have written 58 songs. There are 58 different stories in those 58 songs,” he said.
Describing himself, Noor said, “I always want to call myself a storyteller because each of my songs tells a different story.”
He does not associate his music with any single genre. “My songs are different from one another. They don’t exactly fit classical music, modern music or Rabindra Sangeet. But they are something,” he said.
Noor currently has 412 melodies recorded on his phone. He says he did not compose them during dedicated studio sessions.
Instead, he records melodies whenever they come to him during everyday activities.
Sometimes a tune occurs to him while riding a motorbike, cooking or even talking to someone. Whenever that happens, he records it on his phone.
Noor has turned down several commercial music offers because he does not want to make songs solely according to popular formulas.
According to him, producers often look for “hit” songs built around quick entertainment and specific beats.
If every song is created purely to meet audience demand, he believes little room remains for art or storytelling.
He also has little interest in using marketing, PR or boosting to make a song trend for a week.
He believes many songs disappear from listeners’ playlists just 10 or 15 days after release.
“If I followed that trend, I could probably release more songs. But I want people to listen to my songs in the same way even 10 years from now,” he said.
For Noor, the goal is therefore not an instant hit but telling his own stories through music.
A song reaching listeners slowly still matters to him if they continue returning to it years later.
“If every song becomes like this, then there is no art left,” he said.
Noor is currently working on an album featuring three songs each by Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam.
He is also preparing an album of 12 original songs.
He is set to make his acting debut in a new film, with shooting scheduled for late September or October. He will play the character Dalim Kumar in the film.
