To promote it, she is currently in India for a multi-city tour.Īs part of ‘Vidya Vox Kuthu Fire Tour’, the singer, who is in her 20s, will be performing here on November 25.įashion brand Forever 21 is the title sponsor of the tour. She has also come out with an album, “Kuthu Fire”, consisting of original songs. That’s okay,” said Vidya, popular for mashups like “Closer-Kabira” and “Love me like you do-Hosanna”. Some people connect with it and some don’t. It’s important to remember not to listen to them. It’s very difficult… people get bullied all the time. She has amassed over 350 million views and over three million subscribers.īeing a YouTube star, cyber bullying must be common. In 2015 she launched her YouTube channel with mashups of western pop hits and music from India. That’s how we came up with the idea of mashups,” said Vidya. “I always thought how could I marry these two worlds… even if it’s for a few minutes. The singer, who has learnt Carnatic music, felt like she was living in two separate worlds. At school, I would listen to Beyonce (Knowles) and eat pizza and fries,” she added. I spoke in Tamil at home and ate dosa and idli. “Growing up, I had a bit of an identity crisis. I am not going to hide it any more,” she said. And because of that, I tended to hide my Indian culture, but that changed by the end of high school. “I was bullied when I was in middle school in DC, especially for being an Indian, because there weren’t many Indian kids in school.
While growing up, I didn’t see examples like that.” There are many people like Priyanka Chopra of South Asian descent in the media who are in the forefront right now. Vidya Iyer, better known by her stage name Vidya Vox, was born in the Indian city Madras (now Chennai), grew up in Virginia, and is based in Los Angeles.Īsked how she feels being an Indian in the US under Donald Trump’s administration, Vidya told here: “It’s great. But she is now “100 per cent” proud of her roots and feels it is great to be an Indian in the US right now. New Delhi: US-based YouTube star Vidya Vox says that, while growing up, she tried to shun her Indian heritage as she was often bullied in school.
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