In Cool Like You, Boston-based indie pop artist Varun Sheel crafts a glistening confession: a song about pretending, performing, and the price of suppressing your truth. It’s the kind of track that sneaks up on you — upbeat and danceable on the surface, but carrying a deep emotional undercurrent that lingers. Disco grooves and pop hooks make it feel effortless, but its heart beats with quiet intensity.
Sheel’s gift lies in his fusion — of cultures, styles, and emotions. Raised in a home filled with Hindustani classical music thanks to his father, and later drawn to virtuosic Western guitar heroes, his sound is an honest reflection of a life lived between worlds. Cool Like You embodies this hybridity, mixing 808s and Bollywood-inspired vocal phrasings into a sonic palette that feels both fresh and familiar.
It’s no surprise that an artist with a background in neuroscience would know how to get inside your head. Sheel’s songwriting is layered, thoughtful, and deeply human. The emotional weight of Cool Like You — the ache of hiding who you are for someone else — hits like a memory you didn’t know you had. This is music that understands the psychology of love and the physics of longing.
Beneath the glossy production and rhythmic sparkle lies a lyrical depth that elevates Cool Like You beyond typical indie pop. It’s confessional, yes — but also universal. Who hasn’t tried to be “cool” for someone they love, even at the expense of themselves? Sheel captures that painful, relatable truth with the lightest of touches and the strongest of hooks.
As tastemakers continue to take note of Varun Sheel’s genre-blending brilliance, Cool Like You stands as both a statement and a stepping stone. It’s music you can dance to — and music that might just see you through your next existential spiral. Honest, infectious, and culturally rich, this single is more than a bop — it’s a breakthrough.
