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“Modern dating has mislaid each meaning; determination is thing important astir it anymore,” believes Bengaluru-based singer-songwriter Diya Yadalam whose debut azygous titled ‘Tell Me’ released recently.
Poised, focused, and assured contempt her youth, Diya is each acceptable to marque her people successful the euphony manufacture with her opus ‘Tell Me’ that questions the thought of being loved and seen successful a satellite that embraces facades.
“The 12-year-old maine would beryllium screaming close now,” says the singer, talking astir her philharmonic journey. As a child, Diya grew up successful a location filled with euphony and shared memories of her grandma playing the veena each greeting and her parent signaling performances with a handycam.
Songwriting came people to her and rather aboriginal connected successful her childhood, says Diya, adding that the lyrics reflected the antithetic stages of her life. As a child, her songs were simple, usually revolving astir friendships oregon her mother, and yet moved connected to themes of love, romance and relationships.
Diya began learning euphony successful the sixth people which provided her with a coagulated vocal training; she besides learnt to play the guitar. She joined Moksha 360 successful 2024 to actively prosecute her passionateness successful the euphony industry.
“The inspiration for ‘Tell Me’came from a abrupt impulse to write. I would support humming, to effort and find the melody I wanted,” the 19-year-old says, adding overmuch of the recognition of the song’s occurrence goes to her mentor and euphony composer Richard A Dudley.
Richard Dudley, laminitis of Moksha 360, talks astir the value of look wrong music, humorously recalling however astir young artistes travel to him with songs astir love, “in the opening it’s astir a feline that gave them butterflies and six months later, it’s astir however helium broke her heart.”
Talking astir Diya’s debut single, Richard says helium is gladsome the opus resonates with radical and their affectional experiences.
‘Tell Me’ comes from a susceptible abstraction of idiosyncratic experiences and crafting this opus “gave maine a caller and breathtaking feeling”, claims the young artiste. The visuals for the euphony video are gorgeous, with an aerial of warmth, and a definite fragility.
Diya draws inspiration from her favourite artistes Billie Eilish and Olivia Dean, and particularly the caller album, The Art of Loving. “I find Olivia’s euphony rather lover-girl coded, dreamy, and hopeful successful a satellite that is drowning with euphony of heartbreak and sadness.”
Ten years on, she hopes to beryllium connected theglobal stage, performing astatine Lollapalooza, Coachella, and the Grammys, too. But for now, Diya is moving connected releasing an EP successful 2026.
Tell Me is disposable connected each streaming platforms.
