SID SRIRAM UNVEILS HEARTFELT NEW SINGLE “DEAR SAHANA”
FIRST PREVIEWED IN HIS BREATHTAKING NPR TINY DESK CONCERT
SIDHARTH - DEBUT ALBUM EXECUTIVELY PRODUCED BY RYAN OLSON (GAYNGS, POLIÇA) WITH SUPPORT FROM JUSTIN VERNON (BON IVER) - OUT JULY 28
SET TO SUPPORT BON IVER ON TOUR THIS AUGUST
Artwork by Eric Timothy Carlson
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02 JUNE 2023 (TORONTO, ON) – Gaining traction as one of the year’s boldest breakthrough talents, singer, songwriter, performer, and Bollywood playback star, Sid Sriram reveals a new single entitled “Dear Sahana” out now via Def Jam Recordings. Listen HERE.
First previewed in Sriram’s stunning NPR Tiny Desk performance, “Dear Sahana” illuminates his boundless border-breaking style. Sriram’s vocals alternate between soft verses and stunning falsetto on the instantly unforgettable refrain. Its delicate clean guitar and cinematic strings perfectly complement his swooning and dreamy delivery with a promise, “I’ve been thinking about you girl.”
He initially debuted the single during his NPR Tiny Desk Performance. Receiving over 782K views on TikTok and 69.3K likes, it has incited an overwhelming response from fans with thousands of comments. As such, it has given diverse audiences a new kind of love song, speaking to women of all cultures and creeds worldwide and resonating throughout the South Asian diaspora and beyond.
Paving the way for the release, he has generated nearly 5 million views on a series of recent Instagram Reels. At the same time, he has inspired viral user-generated posts on TikTok from creators such as Melo Music, Vidya, and beyond with just shy of 2 million views.
Following the release of “Do The Dance.” The latter has clocked north of 1 million total streams, while the music video was notably filmed on location at The Malibu Hindu Temple with support of UCLA’s Raas Bataaka dance team. Stereogum praised “Do The Dance” as “a smooth, pretty song that mostly works as a showcase for Sid Sriram’s voice. That guy can really sing.” Additionally, he recently covered the Alanis Morissette classic “Uninvited” for Reimagined by GRAMMY.com.
It all paves the way for his anxiously awaited forthcoming debut English-language album, SIDHARTH, out July 28. The album was recorded at the studio of Ryan Olson in Minneapolis with support from Justin Vernon as well.
Sid will also be heading out on a string of tour dates this August supporting Bon Iver, including stops in Wisconsin, Montana, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah.
ABOUT SID SRIRAM:
At 32-years-old, he has spent years sharing his powerful, soaring voice with audiences in India and across the world; today, he ranks as one of the most popular Bollywood singers of the past decade. Born in Chennai, India and raised in Fremont, CA, Sid Sriram embraced Carnatic music, learning the style inside and out from his mother, who’s training set the foundation for Sriram’s musical career. After graduating Berklee College of Music and serendipitously connecting with two time Oscar-winning Indian film composer and musician, A.R. Rahman, Sriram relocated back to Chennai to pursue a career as a playback singer, where Rahman gave Sriram his first Tamil and Telugu song assignments in 2013. He has since amassed hundreds of millions of streams and a fervent international fan base.
The forthcoming album departs from the musical lineage of his family’s home country, where he has lived since 2015, and draws on the R&B, indie rock, and American pop styles he grew up with as an immigrant kid in The Bay Area, in the ’90s and 2000s. Through doing so, he hopes to find a way to communicate “truth” and connect his core identities in music through deeper personal exploration.
UPCOMING LIVE DATES:
*= with Sid Sriram
Sat 8/5: Madison, WI @ Breese Stevens Field*
Tues 8/8: Missoula, MT @ Kettlehouse Amphitheater*
Weds 8/9: Ogden, UT @ Ogden Twilight*
Fri 8/11: Boise, ID @ Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden*
Sat 8/12: Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater*
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