rappersinger alok r babu popularly known as all ok has not let the pandemic prevent him from chasing his goals he has released two new tracks during lockdown and is determined to continue working on his music through these challenging times while he is also making his debut in sandalwood as a music director in a conversation with bangalore times the artiste talks about the independent kannada music scene his upcoming projects and more excerptsyour latest track serial chiller is sort of a gamechanger tell us about ittheres always a certain formula or approach used while making music videos or when shooting a song we have tried to change that in serial chiller the aim is also to take music from the kannada industry to a global audience this video for this number was shot in vietnam also i have used explicit language in it which is a first for methe lockdown period has been tough for a lot of artistes but you have released two tracks around this time how are you managing thingsto be honest i have songs ready for the next two years i prefer planning things ahead and had it not been this way i wouldnt have been able to release good morning and serial chiller during this period i am also extremely thankful to my team members who support me and understand my vision having said that it is extremely challenging to shoot anything at a time be it in terms of getting technicians or finding locations to shoot our videos also i dont want to to be known only as a rapper i do other things tooyour views on karnatakas indie music sceneof late theres been a resurgence of independent artistes in the kannada music industry a lot of new artistes are showcasing their work and thats a good thing at this time its also important that kannada artistes are represented in a better way keeping in mind the kind of conflicts seen in other industries its necessary that new artistes are careful about the kind of content they put out music should either heal or entertain people but not hurt anyone tell us about working on bengalur boysbengalur boys is a youthoriented film and its a wonderful team to work with amazing energy the songs are going to be different and mindblowingdoes the shift to sandalwood mean that your original music will take a backseat nownot at all independent music has given me bread and butter and recognition i am grateful for it although i will be working on films as well the idea is to release at least 67 singles in a year so even if i work on films i will continue to make original tracks it is often said that rappers sing only about sex drugs and alcohol what is your response to thatthats a wrong notion rap is a music genre under which there are several subgenres it would be unfair to think that rappers only use sex or