Nostalgia has quietly become the biggest trend in India’s music culture — not as a throwback, but as a full-blown mood. Gen Z is joining the club reclaiming the very tracks millennials enjoyed at festivals, clubs, dorm rooms and road trips. The artists who once owned our aux cables are back on repeat, slipping into reels, gym circuits, late-night drives and pre-game rituals like they never left, now performing India’s stages soon! The nostalgia loop is about to hit its best version: loud, live and backed by the kind of city-by-city crowd chaos that only India can deliver.

Which one refuses to leave your playlist and more importantly, are you ready to feel it live?

 1.‘Take Over Control’ by Afrojack

The opening beat alone feels like a throwback to when EDM took over every playlist in the country. Afrojack’s sound is loud, stadium-ready and unapologetically fun, the type that makes strangers at a festival turn into best friends. He’s played in India and every set becomes a “remember that night?” moment. This track is pure “standing on your toes waiting for the drop” energy that you must witness during his India tour in November 2025 as he heads to Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi-NCR.

2.‘Titanium’ by David Guetta

You can try pretending you’ve moved past him, but the second ‘Titanium’ kicks in, the room reacts. Guetta’s strength is simple: he knows how to land a track exactly where the crowd wants it. He’s performed in India before and now he’s returning for Sunburn Festival adding that familiar mega-festival energy fans swear by.

3.‘Play with me’ by Sara Landry

This is the hardcore pick. Sara Landry has turned heads in India before and is lined up to headline Sunburn Festival this year. Hard techno, no fluff. If you’re the kind of person who wants the beat to hit deep, she’s your artist.

4.‘Sun Is Shining’ by Axwell

This track is practically a festival memory on its own. Axwell hits right in the sweet spot of big-room energy but never outdated. This December, he returns to India for Sunburn Festival, bringing that classic, goosebump-inducing big-room energy that defined an entire era of nightlife.

5.‘Lean On’ by DJ Snake

Some songs don’t just top charts, they define an entire era. ‘Lean On’ is that global anthem that turns every commute, house party and festival into a moment of pure, hands-in-the-air nostalgia. For India, it’s practically a cultural artefact – a track that still gets crowds screaming the first note. With DJ Snake’s long-standing love for India and his electric performances here, the excitement only builds every time he’s back on home turf, ready to set off another wave of collective euphoria in February 2026 taking a massive 6-city India tour.

6.‘One Kiss’ by Calvin Harris

There are hits, and then there are Calvin Harris hits, the ones that play at brunch, weddings, gyms, clubs – everywhere. ‘One Kiss’ is one of those “collective serotonin” tracks that millennials will forever claim as a personality trait. Harris will be making his debut in India with a 3-city tour in April 2026, which only makes conversations hotter!

If anything, this wave proves that electronic music is growing its shared cultural thread. These tracks aren’t just being heard; they’re being felt, rediscovered through festival line-ups, Arena tours and the collective high of a crowd waiting for a drop they already know by heart.