dont blame bengaluru is the name of musician thimme gowda mj first video song which he says is dedicated to namma bengaluru dont blame bengaluru is an emotional musical tribute to bengaluru penned and composed by me and the song requests people who moved here to build their lives and made a happy living in this city not to curse during its toughest times as the city has been just like a mother to us says thimme due to the lockdowns imposed the same populace who were dependent on bengaluru for their livelihood returned to their natives and humiliated bengaluru city while it was under immense pandemic stress on the flip side once everything is back to normal the same crowd will come back to the city to restart their livelihood says thimmed gowda in the lyrics he requests the viewers not to curse bengaluru who took care of you for so long the song has been sung by sa re ga ma fame singer ashwin sharmathe song was released on june 5 2021 by rj sunil on his youtube channel it is sung by ashwin sharma aniruddha jatkar vasishta n simha harshika poonacha pranitha subhash soun gowda anuradha bhat and shamitha malnad etc are some of the sandalwood celebrities and singers who participated and supported the song