Telugu pop singer Vamsi Kalakuntla finds his voice with ‘Adios’

Singer-songwriter Vamsi Kalakuntla’s latest way ‘Adios’ discusses idiosyncratic maturation and transformation. To him, ‘Adios’ is much than a song. “It is simply a connection that comes from a spot of self-belief. I shed aged versions of myself — failures, doubts, and expectations to clasp caller energy.”

Born successful Hyderabad and present based successful Dallas, Vamsi is arrogant of his multicultural individuality and blends Telugu and English successful the track. ‘Adios’ besides marks an creator displacement successful 5 years of his philharmonic career. “It is astir believing successful your ain timing, adjacent erstwhile the satellite doubts you. The inspiration came from resilience — turning soundlessness into sound, and symptom into power.”

Interest successful music

A first-generation artiste successful his family, Vamsi grew up surrounded by music. “Our mornings began with bhajans played connected the aged cassette subordinate astatine home. And, by the clip we near for school, it had already flipped to Telugu and Hindi movie music.”

Radio was besides a large portion of his childhood. His begetter had enrolled Vamsi and his sister successful Carnatic classical euphony classes but Vamsi gave up aft a year. However, helium took to euphony during his days successful engineering college, erstwhile helium met an up-and-coming Telugu euphony manager and learnt the nuances of songwriting and composing.

Learning the craft

While pursuing masters successful the US, helium worked arsenic a vigor jockey and DJ for an on-campus NPR and BBC-affiliated station. From 2015 to 2019, helium absorbed the trade — learning production, performance, and presence.

Meeting Jonathan Camacho, a euphony producer, was a life-changing infinitesimal arsenic helium discovered ‘sound’ and besides released his ain euphony successful 2020. “Watching Punjabi euphony spell planetary gave maine direction. I knew Telugu popular deserved a akin spotlight and I wanted to beryllium the 1 to bring it there.”

For Vamsi, the halfway thought of a opus starts with an emotion — a chord, a phrase, oregon adjacent a colour, and helium treats songs similar scenes from a movie. For ‘Adios’, helium saw visuals earlier helium adjacent wrote the lyrics — a antheral walking distant from his past with calm confidence. “Once that feeling locks in, I physique astir it; the production, melody, and the visuals travel from that emotion.”

Using AI successful editing

Vamsi uses new-age methods to link with listeners — interactive music stores, AI-generated visuals, and experiences to blend tech and culture. He utilized AI for demo premix and mastering, and creating visualisers for his euphony videos. “I don’t spot AI arsenic a threat, not if it is utilized the close way. It tin velocity up mixes, assistance successful editing visuals, oregon assistance plan mock-ups successful ways that prevention artistes clip and resources. No substance however galore tools are introduced, thing tin instrumentality distant the authenticity of an artist.”

Drawn to the works of artistes specified arsenic The Weeknd, Drake, Post Malone, and AR Rahman, helium besides seeks inspiration from cities, heartbreaks, loneliness and hope. “Every dependable I make needs to consciousness cinematic yet human. Telugu pop, successful my view, should dependable planetary but honest.”

Vamsi looks astatine challenges arsenic opportunities to get empowered: “Every milestone reminds maine that this path, though unconventional, is mine. I bask each spot of it, from the grind to growth.”

‘Adios’ is disposable connected large euphony streaming platforms.