Singer Arya Dhayal on her new English single, ‘King of My Kind’

It was through the lockdown that Arya Dhayal took the social media by storm with her singing. Arya is now out with her new English single, ‘King of My Kind’, which she has written, composed and sung.

A bundle of nerves previous to the earlier than the discharge of the video, she is comfortable that the track has been obtained nicely. “I had apprehensions about the reception to an English song because most of my listeners are Malayalis. But the response has been overwhelming,” says the 25-year-old, a local of Kannur in Kerala.

Arya says that the track is about her “dreams, life and destiny”. It is all about her journey as an artiste and an individual. The lyrics clearly say that the going has been powerful for her — ‘I’ll be just like the one I wanna be/I’ll do all of the issues I wanna be/I’ve an inventory what mamma mentioned by no means do/however it acquired the issues which I wanna be in true/Holdin up I might stroll like I’m king of my sort’

“It was not easy to break free of the barriers — cultural, gender-based and the like. The effort I took to overcome each of those challenges has been put forth in the lyrics,” says the musician. She had launched a single final yr, ‘Try my self’, which had gone unnoticed. “But now I am proud to have made a video with the money I earned from YouTube. I even got help from an anonymous fan. That’s why I call this a production of Arya Dhayal and friends. I am indebted to each subscriber. Also, most of the people behind the video are people whom I met on the social media,” she provides.

Arya had shot to fame on social media in 2016 for her soulful recital of a poem, ‘Sakhavu’. After a break she got here into the limelight once more through the pandemic. A educated Carnatic musician, she had completed her research and was in Bengaluru in search of a job when the lockdown was introduced. Stuck at her paying visitor lodging, she used her cellphone to shoot movies of her singing on the terrace of her paying visitor lodging and uploaded it on her pages. She began doing movies mixing Carnatic and Western music, taking part in the ukulele.

Among her followers are the who’s who of Indian music and movie business, together with Amitabh Bachchan who posted about her video wherein she combines Suddha Dhanyasi raga with Ed Sheeran’s phenomenal hit, ‘Shape of you’. Other viral movies of Arya embrace a medley with swaras in Thodi raga, a Kathakali padam from Nalacharitham— Day IV and ‘Believer’ by Imagine Dragons, Charlie Puth’s ‘We don’t speak anymore’ with ‘Entharo mahanubhavulu’, The Chainsmokers’ ‘Closer’ and ‘Vathapi ganapathim’ and a Carnatic model of Taylor Swift’s ‘Blank Space’.

‘King of My Kind’ additionally has fused Carnatic and Western music. “Carnatic music is part of my daily life and I can’t keep it out of the music I make. This song is based in Suddha Dhanyasi raga and I wanted Hriday Goswamy [the producer and arranger of the song] to bring in a balanced blend of pop and Carnatic genres,” she says.

On her determination to deliver out an English monitor, Arya avers that she will convey her ideas higher in English than in Malayalam. “I started listening to English songs when I was in Plus One and have written over 10 songs till now,” she provides.

Looking forward, Arya says that she desires to pay attention on impartial music. “Our music industry is heavily dependent on film music. It is disappointing when original compositions by bands and musicians go unnoticed. However, times are changing. During the pandemic most of the composers came out with original compositions on social media. So I feel that in another five years or so, independent musicians will find more success,” she provides.

‘King of My Kind’ is offered on YouTube. The video is directed by Amal Komath and Abhijith Kuttichira. Cinematographers are Favaz Afi & Faseen visuals and enhancing is by Artofshambu.