Retro starring Suriya in the lead is a Karthik Subbaraj directed film which is scheduled to release on May 1, 2025. The movie with Santhosh Narayanan for music is all set for a first single release now. Retro first single is titled Kannadi Poove releases on February 13, 2025 marking the Valentine's weekend. 

Kannadi Poove has been described as a 'soulful song' which reflects 'the heartfelt longing' of the lead pair Suriya and Pooja Hegde in Retro. Film's director Karthik Subbaraj has decribed the Retro first single as a 'love drug' from Santhosh Narayanan. 

Retro is a joint production venture of Jyotika - Suriya's 2D Entertainment, and Karthik Subbaraj's Stone Bench Films, T-series music label holds the audio rights to Retro Tamil movie.