It’s always fascinating listening to someone who can sing acoustic or a cappella right in front of you. I don’t mean your decently above tone-deaf peers belting out at the karaoke (once upon a time). I mean actual singers performing without all the bells and whistles. Shak’thiya Subramaniamm, or simply Shak, is in his element strumming the guitar while singing and getting his photos taken.
I’ve heard him sing on social media and in 2018’s National Day song. Yet as he vocalises his rendition of ‘Wonderwall’ (switching out to ‘Creep’ right before the famous chorus, a ploy he uses to subvert the overly requested song at bar gigs), everyone looks up as