Tell us the story behind the lyrics in your latest single ‘AURAT’?
This is the first Hindi rap that I gave birth to and I remember shedding tears when I wrote this. I was in my office cab just thinking about my life, my childhood where my whole family saw me differently and with suspicion for being open-minded but more because I was an open-minded girl. I was born in a joint family where I was the first girl child in 3 generations, so they took all the provisions to keep me “safe”.
That means no school trips ever, no social media, supervised internet, no boys whatsoever, curfews at 7 pm to come home whereas that wasn’t the case for my brothers. I took all that anger, the frustration, the thought that I’m not alone and this is the story of every female in the country may be worse and wrote AURAT, my beautiful baby who has met 19 Million people already. Thank you !
How do you discover new music, let us know artists you listen to?
I keep exploring new artists every day, either through Spotify or YouTube no matter the genre or language because music has none. right? Some of the artists I regularly listen to are Dounia, Nicki Minaj, Rilès, Frank Sinatra, Raja Kumari, Billie Eilish, Mickey Singh, Billy Joel, there are so many more.
What advice will you give women like you building their independent music career?
People will try to put you down and things will be hard but know that they are afraid of your independence and they haven’t seen anyone like you. So never stop following your dreams and do what speaks to you without losing your ethics.
What’s next? Agsy
Me and my team are putting together a series of singles with the theme that represents me, that is classy. we are going to experiment with some genres and put out a lot of music in the coming years. So, follow me for more updates and stay blessed.