Senior Manas Manu first started growing his passion in singing almost four years ago, during his freshman year. What first started as participating in singing competitions and filming covers to songs soon turned into publishing his first original song, “Aadat Hai.” With the help of his friends, family, and manager, they worked together to film a music video that premiered on Dec. 22, 2020. View the video below to learn more about the process and details of the songwriting and filmmaking process.

Note from El Estoque added on 1/20/20 2:16 p.m: The reporters working on this story aimed to explore the making of senior Manas Manu’s song and corresponding music video. They did not do any investigative reporting pertaining to the allegations of bot usage in the music video; the YouTube analytics and paid advertisements are not discussed in this story.