MUMBAI: A R Rahman engaged with his 17.6 million Twitter fans on his recently released album which features the 19 minute masterpiece with the Seattle Symphony titled The Flying Lotus.
On Monday, the maestro tweeted “Have something interesting coming up for you. RT this tweet for a surprise”. He followed this up with “I will be taking five questions on The Flying Lotus, so tweet using #TheFlyingLotus and I might just pick your question”.
His fans on Twitter went into a frenzy sending back thousands of questions on The Flying Lotus from which he personally handpicked 5 to respond to via a series of videos.
In a candid conversational campaign, AR Rahman for the first time answered a range of questions on The Flying Lotus.
• Why did you think of naming it Flying lotus???
• TheFlyingLotus is intense & full of raw emotions. The music conveys a sense of pain/anguish. Is it so? What was going through your mind?
• TheFlyingLotus ARR! Should Artists react or stay away from reacting to issues around him ? he is affected even if he reacts or does not ?
• What excited you to do this piece and how seattle symphony reacted to your idea. How did all happen??? #TheFlyingLotus
To know his responses to the above questions, check the link here for his VIDEO responses:
Rahman answers questions from 5 lucky fans about #TheFlyingLotus