New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- Hooks sharpened, drama deglazed: a 12-track sprint that turns release day into a civic ritual.

The production favors speed and sheen, but the writing still bears the signature: hyper-specific images, the sly politics of naming and not-naming, and a narrative drive that turns a three-minute single into a miniature novella. The title duet doubles as thesis, a theater of glamour and concealment where the performer's grin is both shield and invitation. Elsewhere, "Elizabeth Taylor" makes myth of myth, and "Eldest Daughter" returns to a familiar ledger of obligation, melodies stepping downward as if counting the cost.

The most formally audacious moment may be "Father Figure," which threads an interpolation of George Mich...