Dhee later worked with Santhosh Narayanan in critically acclaimed albums including Kaala (2018) and Vada Chennai (2018), before collaborating with Yuvan Shankar Raja for the song "Rowdy Baby" in Maari 2 (2018). Singing alongside Dhanush, the film garnered popularity soon after its release. The song raked in about 1 Billion plus views on YouTube making it the highest viewed Tamil music videos, and one of the most-viewed Indian videos of all time.