India, May 29 -- In the late 1990s and 2000s Adnan Sami became the voice of pop for the South Asian community with songs like Lift Kara De and Tera Chehra. Recently, the singer redefined himself for the current generation with his latest single Lipstick, and he feels glad to be connecting with the youth. "I know all people are looking at today is that 15 second hook in their song, but I don't let that govern my thought process. Although, unconsciously, my songs have always had those hooks, and so does Lipstick," he says.

Talking about the music culture today being governed by algorithms more than art, Adnan Sami says, "Musicians today put so much emphasis on the hook that the rest of the song suffers at times. We don't care about the res...