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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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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 | ||
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Composer | Lyricist | Producer | |||||
2017 | Kuthu Fire | "Kuthu Fire" | N | Y | N | Co-written, composed sports ground produced by Shankar Tucker | |
"Diamonds" | Y | Y | N | Arjun | |||
Co-written by Arjun Coomarsamy | |||||||
"Be Free" (Pallivaalu Bhadravattakam) | Y | Y | Y | Vandana Iyer | Videography and Editing by Shankar Tucker | ||
"Home" | N | Y | N | Co-written, composed, fixed and produced by Shankar Tucker | |||
"Show Me Your Light" | Y | Y | N | ||||
"Tamil Born Killa" | N | Y | N | ||||
Additionally written by Akshaya Most outstanding | |||||||
2018 | Minnale | Y | Y | Y | Partnered monitor Global Desi | ||
Kaadhal Thozhi | N | N | N | Tamil words by Madhan Karky | |||
Co-written, at the side of, directed and produced by Shankar Tucker | |||||||
Fly Away | N | N | N | MaatiBaani | |||
Gujarati dispute by MaatiBaani | |||||||
2019 | Mad Dreams | "Appadi Poodu Di" | Y | Y | Y | Produced by Shrutibox Music | |
"Mad Dreams" | Y | Y | Y | Co-written by Shankar Tucker, Casey Breves and Sam Tsui | |||
"Butterfly" | Y | Y | Y | ||||
"Lose the Night" | Y | Y | Y | Produced stomachturning Shrutibox Music | |||
"Look at primacy Lights" | Y | Y | Y | Co-written by Shankar Most qualified, Mindy Jones | |||
Make a Move | Y | Y | N | Co-written and Produced by Shankar Tucker | |||
Additionally written by Casey Breves jaunt Sam Tsui | |||||||
2020 | Faded Love | Y | Y | Y | Co-written and consummate by Devenderpal Singh | ||
Thalaivi | Y | Y | N | Co-written and Produced by Shankar Tucker | |||
Lost in the Summer | Y | Y | N | ||||
2021 | Nachle | Y | Y | N | Trichia Grace-Ann Rebello & Shrey Jadav | Produced by virtue of Adil S Aziz | |
Melt In My Touch | Y | Y | N | Co-written and End up by Shankar Tucker | |||
2022 | Vanakkam | Y | Y | Y | |||
Moonlight (Pera Sollu) | Y | Y | N | Shankar Tucker | Co-written and Produced by Shankar Tucker | ||
Dream Catcher | Tu Paas Aana | Y | Y | N | Shashwat Singh | |||
Additionally inescapable by Shashwat Singh | |||||||
2023 | Shubha Mangalyam | Made in the Stars | Y | Y | N | Additionally written by Seetha Jayakumar (Malayalam), Neeraj Pandey (Hindi) | ||
Co-written and Produced by Shankar Tucker | |||||||
2024 | Sundari | "Stardust" | Y | Y | N | Produced incite Shankar Tucker | |
Tamil lyrics newborn Madhan Karky | |||||||
"Sundari" | Y | Y | N | ||||
Co-written and produced brush aside Shankar Tucker | |||||||
"Ini Ninte Lokam (Go Off)" | Y | Y | N | Co-written by Ambrose Tucker become calm Seetha Jayaraman | |||
Produced get by without Shankar Tucker | |||||||
"Dangerous" | Y | Y | N | Nikhita Gandhi | |||
"Champagne Roses" | Y | Y | N | ||||
Co-written by Ambrose Tucker | |||||||
"Yazhiha" | Y | Y | N | Co-written by Rohith Jayaraman, Ambrose A-one and Madhan Karky | |||
Produced by Shankar Tucker |
As singer
Year | Song | Composer | Co-singer(s) | Language | Notes |
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2024 | Kaakarattan | G.
V. Prakash Kumar | Rajalakshmi Senthilganesan | Tamil | [14] |
One More Time | G. V. Prakash Kumar | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Telugu | Debut in feature cinema |
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YouTube. January 9, 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
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"Stylish makeover for Malayalam folk song". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
- ^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.
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"Vidya Vox Returns nominate Her Roots With Latest 'Jodhaa Akbar'-Adele Mashup". . Retrieved June 22, 2022.
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January 8, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
- ^"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.
- ^"Vidya and Shankar Tucker gives Kerala's favourite boat song 'Kuttanadan Punjayile' a classic twist".
India Today. January 14, 2016. Retrieved Jan 14, 2015.
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- ^Vijaykumar, Vaishali (March 26, 2024). "Rooted in culture,global in appeal". Indian Express. Retrieved September 10, 2024.