- Lyricist
- Emcee Jesz
- Singers
- Emcee Jesz, Lady Kash, Krissy, Ranina Reddy
- Music director
- Harris Jayaraj
- Movie name
- Engeyum Kadhal
- Movie release year
- 2011
- Lyrics added on
- 8 Jul 2017
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This energetic, Western-influenced party track serves as a stylish intro and beachside anthem in the movie Engeyum Kadhal. Written and rap-performed by Emcee Jesz along with female vocals, the song celebrates summer vacation vibes, casual flirting, romance, and dancing by the ocean. The lyrics blend urban English rap and Tamil playful phrases, capturing a youthfully energetic mood of attraction, beach tanning, and carefree fun.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile
“Sun tanning like golden crisp”
Compares sunbathing skin tone directly to getting crisped to a golden color using 'like'.
Rhyme / Assonance (Edhugai)
“Chellamma chellamma… / Mellamma mellamma…”
Uses rhyming internal Tamil words 'Chellamma' (darling) and 'Mellamma' (gently) to create rhythmic vocal cadence.
Hyperbole
“Ya your sexy smile / Kill us all”
Exaggerates the intensity of a attractive smile as having the power to 'kill us all'.
Refrain
“Ya your sexy smile / Kill us all / Boy.. you know it drives me wild…”
The lines highlighting the seductive charm and driving wild are repeated throughout the track as a hook.
Did you know?
Trivia
Engeyum Kadhal (2011) was composed by Harris Jayaraj and directed by Prabhu Deva. The album was largely set and shot in France and exotic tropical locales, which inspired the heavy western pop, hip-hop, and beach-party elements present in tracks like this one.
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