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Actor-musician Shruti Haasan has been singing since the age of five, but eventually found her passion in creating independent English music. Although she is also known for her acting projects in the Tamil, Telugu and Hindi film industries, she feels that English music has not yet reached its potential audience in India.
Recently, musician Ananya Birla, while announcing her retirement from music, also appealed to the people to give a chance to Indian-made English music.
Talking about the state of Indian English music, Shruti, who released her first independent English song The Edge in 2020, says, “It’s a lot better than when I started, but legitimate Indian English music is still good. Not in place. I understand the value of regional independent music.
The 38-year-old gives the example of the popular Bollywood track Desi Girl, and makes an interesting comment: “The number of Hindi and Tamil songs with English lyrics is huge and no one is questioning it. This is surprising to me. When you mix it with something it sounds good and I understand it, but when it comes to English songs, I start hating it, which I find strange.
Shruti, whose songs include HER and Toxic, also shares that when she started out as an indie musician, people thought it was a “bad idea”, but now people are more open towards it. She also explains the difference in the accessibility of regional music compared to the accessibility of English music with the help of her songs.
“I had a communique called monster machine Last year there was a release in English and this year in Tamil called Animal. Both are in the independent music space, but the reach of the inimail song as well as the video was higher,” says Shruti, “I knew an English or Hindi song would have a higher reach. I make English music because I’m passionate about it. This is the language I can write in my songs. I can sing in many languages. I try to very organically bring into my music the influences and things that make me who I am as an Indian English musician.”
She was asked about the obstacles faced by domestic English music and Shruti was quick to point out prejudice. “However, ultimately the audience and their support is what really drives and determines that change. I think audiences will support artists more, stream more and go to their shows and support live English music more, it will make a huge difference,” says the actor, who was last seen Salar Part 1.
