Legendary Bollywood singer Asha Bhosle passed away on Sunday, April 12, at the age of 92 at Mumbai, India.

Bhosle, whose voice defined Bollywood music through the 1970s and 80s, began singing at the age of 10 and in a career spanning over eight decades, she sang over 12,000 songs in almost a dozen languages.

She also won several accolades including two National Film Awards, two Grammy nominations, the Dadasaheb Phalke award – India’s top arts accolade, the Padma Vibhushan – the second-highest civilian honour of the country and was acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2011 as the most recorded artist in music history.

She also gained global acclaim and collaborated with international artists including British singer Boy George, Australian cricketer Brett Lee and inspired 90s British band Cornershop‘s hit track Brimful of Asha.

Just weeks before her death, she recorded an India-inspired song called The Shadowy Light with the British band Gorillaz for their album The Mountain.

In the announcement post for the song on social media, she described what the song meant to her and how it symbolised her life’s journey.

“On ‘The Shadowy Light’, my crossing this deep river signifies my life’s journey… my birth, my relationships, my dedication to music, my achievements and my duties as a daughter, mother, sister, wife and a Hindu Indian. The boatman is my music, my guide across this river of life, and when I get to the other side, my journey shall be complete. I shall attain moksha (ultimate freedom) wherein I shall become one of the thousands of sounds floating all around us. If you put some of them together, they form a beautiful tune. Therefore, I shall become one of those sounds, which shall eventually become a musical note in a beautiful song which shall be heard by several generations for thousands of years. This freedom to become one with nature is what awaits me on the other side of the river.”