Indo-European singer Ridi Oswal’s songs highlight issues that resonate with her
The HinduBeing multifaceted comes easily to Ridi Oswal. When we address her as a versatile teenager during a video call, Ridi laughs and quips, “Teenager only for a couple of months!” New single Ridi’s new single ‘Love me until you lose me’which dropped three weeks ago, has Indian and Western influences like her other songs, ‘Top Guy’, ‘Happier, Aaja Baby’ or the recent ‘Guilty Feet.’ She has carved a niche for herself by creating a unique sound blending two music styles. “I sing raat hi acha tha before an Indian drop happens in it which says sometimes it is better to leave things in the night than through remembering.” Love for music Growing up in Switzerland, Ridi was always interested in music. Raising voice Ridi’s challenging high school phase also served later as an inspiration to launch Stop The B!, an anti-bullying initiative, with her sister Vasundhara. For instance, the song ‘Guilty Feet’ talks about how ‘women are made tosuppress their pleasures and desires.’ Her next single, ‘Make it all make sense’, a Western song with a Sanskrit slogan, talks about embracing the confusion and uncertainty and being a girl boss through it all, she is excited about the song ‘I could be your daddy.’ She is not sure of its release date but hopes young girls and adults resonate with this fun song, “I Could Be Your Daddy’ talks about how women, especially in Asian societies, sometimes are forced to take a back seat in a patriarchal household.