New Delhi: What began as a revisit to old 90s songs gradually turned into a trend on X, with multiple users sharing their own versions.
It all started with Tumsa Koi Pyaara from the Govinda-starrer Khuddar and Mujhse Mohabbat Ka Izhaar from Aamir Khan’s Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke playing on a jukebox in an X post.
The trend was both a tribute to and a way of putting together a list of songs that were hits in the 1990s. X user Yash Bhardwaj was among the first to share a website that played songs reminiscent of those heard in Indian barbershops.
“Before you became fancy and started visiting salons, you once went to a ‘saloon’. ₹20 haircuts, simple hairstyles, with music that could fix your soul,” Yash wrote in his post on X.
From Salons to Trucks, Navratri and Ghazals
X users Yash Bhardwaj and Shubham Bhatt both started with salon-focused playlists. This made people on X feel nostalgic, as they began reminiscing about the old times and the lost Bollywood songs.
X user Aditya Bawa wrote in the comment section: “God’s work man! banger stuff.” Many others started recommending similar playlists for truck drivers, mithai shops and more.
This started a trend on X, where people began creating their own versions.
Since then, several playlists have been randomly created on the app. One user, Suryansh, even created a tutorial on how to make a playlist.
The platform, known as Runable, follows an AI–driven process where they provide a reference image and the idea, then give a prompt for a hero image in the same art style. Runable is an AI agent platform that helps in building websites, slides, reports, images and podcasts.
After the hero image is generated, it is put in animation mode and songs are added. Runable then generates a unique website name for each playlist.
Using this AI platform, several users created diverse playlists. Among the first to jump into the trend was the truck playlist.
“Inspired from this, I created a truck playlist site,” wrote Hiren Thakkar.
The song featured was Jeeta Tha Tere Liye from Dilwale, released in 1994.
Following this, Aman Jha also created a truck playlist with a superhit song from the 2001 movie Gadar: Ek Prem Katha – Main Nikla Gaddi Leke.
A playlist dedicated to ghazals and “mehfils” was also released.
Regional playlists in Tamil, Telugu and the Seven Sisters playlist were also created.
“A tribute to northeast music” by @audaciousSneha featured songs from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.
Users are now creating playlists of devotional music for Ganesh and other gods.
Even a Moroccan user jumped into the trend by releasing a list of songs. He wrote, “inspired by Yash Bhardwaj.”
“Kassita means cassette. The tapes that carried Moroccan classics everywhere – from the barber shop to the grand taxi, from family gatherings to long drives; the kind of music that made ordinary moments feel special,” he wrote on X.
(Edited by Maryam Hassan)