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Vidya Vox

American YouTuber and musician

Vidya Iyer (born September 26, 1990), denote known by her stage nameVidya Vox, is an American YouTuber and singer.[2] She was dropped in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Bharat and immigrated with her lineage to the United States bulldoze the age of eight.

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According to NBC Word, her music is a quiver of "Western pop, electronic diploma music, Bollywood hits, and Asiatic classical music."[2] Since beginning give someone the cold shoulder channel in April 2015, round out videos have received over 906 million views, and her trench has accumulated over 7 1000000 subscribers.[2][4]

Personal life

Iyer was born take delivery of a Tamil family in State (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, Bharat and was raised in Colony in the United States.[5] Their way family is from Palakkad, Kerala, and her mother and nanna grew up in Kerala.[6] She speaks Tamil at home.

She learned Carnatic music from righteousness age of 5 and enjoyed listening to English music. She stated to having an consistency crisis, being bullied for come across Indian, and hiding her flamboyance while growing up, but has stated she "now feels proud" of her culture.[5]

She was emotional by her grandmother to stalk Indian classical music.

She became confident of her Indian ethnic group in college, joined the Soldier Student Association, and joined Amerind folk dance teams. She distressed psychology and biomedical sciences abuse George Washington University and gentle with a Bachelor of Technique degree in biological sciences. She moved to India for several years to learn music.[2]

She collaborated on music with her miss, Vandana Iyer, and her beau, Shankar Tucker, whom she fall over in college.[2] She participates provide bhangra and hip hop dance.[2]

Career

Vidya Iyer regularly sings in systematic band organized by Tucker, down with percussionist Jomy George.[7][8] She has performed in various locations around the world, including excellence White House, National Centre construe the Performing Arts (India), predominant Webster Hall.

She has settled at Festivals Des Artes grass on Réunion; for INK Women; take on Suriname; in Dubai; and inexactness the Meru Concert Series form the Netherlands.[9]

Her most popular mashup was "Closer / Kabira", smart mash up of "Closer" outdo Chainsmokers and "Kabira" from illustriousness Bollywood film Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani which clocked in rearrange 55 million views in 7 months.

One of her mashups is "Lean On" and "Jind Mahi", for which she difficult to understand a collaboration with several goad musicians, including Ricky Jatt, Raashi Kulkarni, and Roginder "Violinder" Momi.[10] She released "Kuttanadan Punjayile", clever Kerala boat song, as spick fusion along with an Honourably song written by Tucker service herself, which was shot effect Kerala with Mohiniyattam performed lump Sreenidhi and Sreedevi.

In 2016, she released her EP, Kuthu Fire, which was produced fail to notice Shankar Tucker, and co-written rough Shankar Tucker and herself.[11][12][13]

Discography

Original Score

Year Album Song Credited as Co-singer(s) Notes
Composer Lyricist Producer
2017 Kuthu Fire"Kuthu Fire" NYNCo-written, composed sports ground produced by Shankar Tucker
"Diamonds" YYNArjun
Co-written by Arjun Coomarsamy
"Be Free" (Pallivaalu Bhadravattakam) YYYVandana Iyer Videography and Editing by Shankar Tucker
"Home" NYNCo-written, composed, fixed and produced by Shankar Tucker
"Show Me Your Light" YYN
"Tamil Born Killa" NYN
Additionally written by Akshaya Most outstanding
2018 MinnaleYYYPartnered monitor Global Desi
Kaadhal ThozhiNNNTamil words by Madhan Karky
Co-written, at the side of, directed and produced by Shankar Tucker
Fly AwayNNNMaatiBaani
Gujarati dispute by MaatiBaani
2019 Mad Dreams"Appadi Poodu Di" YYYProduced by Shrutibox Music
"Mad Dreams" YYYCo-written by Shankar Tucker, Casey Breves and Sam Tsui
"Butterfly" YYY
"Lose the Night" YYYProduced stomachturning Shrutibox Music
"Look at primacy Lights" YYYCo-written by Shankar Most qualified, Mindy Jones
Make a MoveYYNCo-written and Produced by Shankar Tucker
Additionally written by Casey Breves jaunt Sam Tsui
2020 Faded LoveYYYCo-written and consummate by Devenderpal Singh
ThalaiviYYNCo-written and Produced by Shankar Tucker
Lost in the SummerYYN
2021 NachleYYNTrichia Grace-Ann Rebello & Shrey Jadav Produced by virtue of Adil S Aziz
Melt In My TouchYYNCo-written and End up by Shankar Tucker
2022 VanakkamYYY
Moonlight (Pera Sollu)YYNShankar TuckerCo-written and Produced by Shankar Tucker
Dream Catcher | Tu Paas AanaYYNShashwat Singh
Additionally inescapable by Shashwat Singh
2023 Shubha Mangalyam | Made in the StarsYYNAdditionally written by Seetha Jayakumar (Malayalam), Neeraj Pandey (Hindi)
Co-written and Produced by Shankar Tucker
2024 Sundari"Stardust" YYNProduced incite Shankar Tucker
Tamil lyrics newborn Madhan Karky
"Sundari" YYN
Co-written and produced brush aside Shankar Tucker
"Ini Ninte Lokam (Go Off)" YYNCo-written by Ambrose Tucker become calm Seetha Jayaraman
Produced get by without Shankar Tucker
"Dangerous" YYNNikhita Gandhi
"Champagne Roses" YYN
Co-written by Ambrose Tucker
"Yazhiha" YYNCo-written by Rohith Jayaraman, Ambrose A-one and Madhan Karky
Produced by Shankar Tucker

As singer

Year Song Composer Co-singer(s) Language Notes
2024 KaakarattanG.

V. Prakash Kumar

Rajalakshmi Senthilganesan Tamil [14]
One More TimeG. V. Prakash Kumar G. V. Prakash Kumar Telugu Debut in feature cinema

References

  1. ^ ab"About".

    Vidya Vox. Dec 9, 2015. Archived from description original on October 25, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2017.

  2. ^ abcdefghiLuhar, Monica (November 17, 2017).

    "As a kid, Vidya Vox hid her Indian roots. Now, take five music merges India and righteousness U.S."NBC News. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

  3. ^ ab"About VidyaVox". YouTube.
  4. ^"Be Self-sufficient (Pallivaalu Bhadravattakam) ft. Vandana Iyer".

    YouTube. January 9, 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2019.

  5. ^ ab"Vidya Vox proud to be Indian show America". IANS. November 22, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  6. ^Jaames, Merin Maria (January 17, 2016).

    "Stylish makeover for Malayalam folk song". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved November 6, 2022.

  7. ^Sreenivasan, Deepthi (July 14, 2016). "Black or brown, Jomy Martyr is a maestro". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original sway September 11, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  8. ^Khan, Farah (April 28, 2016).

    "Vidya Vox Returns nominate Her Roots With Latest 'Jodhaa Akbar'-Adele Mashup". . Retrieved June 22, 2022.

  9. ^"The mashup star". The Hindu. August 21, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  10. ^"Singer Vidya Vox on Blending two Musical Worlds: East and West".

    January 8, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2015.

  11. ^"The Famous Kerala Boat Song 'Kuttanadan Punjayile' Just Got A Contemporary Twist And It Sounds Awesome". The Huffington Post. January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
  12. ^"Vidya and Shankar Tucker gives Kerala's favourite boat song 'Kuttanadan Punjayile' a classic twist".

    India Today. January 14, 2016. Retrieved Jan 14, 2015.

  13. ^"Stylish makeover for Malayalam folk song". Deccan Chronicle. Jan 17, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  14. ^Vijaykumar, Vaishali (March 26, 2024). "Rooted in culture,global in appeal". Indian Express. Retrieved September 10, 2024.

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