The singer of the viral “Lamberghini” song was rediscovered six years after the song was released. She told Brut what it feels like to be in the limelight.
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00:00LAMBORGHINI CHALAYI JANAYO
00:03What's the singer's name?
00:04I sang it.
00:06Because of Lamborghini, I get a lot of stereotyped audiences
00:10who want to sing on pop, commercial cars.
00:14I've also studied psychology and I don't believe that violins should be promoted in music.
00:21Hi, I'm Ragini Tandon and you're watching me on Root.
00:24LAMBORGHINI CHALAYI JANAYO
00:29I feel really good that the recognition I should have got 4-5-6 years ago
00:34is now being received by people.
00:37People are coming to my profile, YouTube and listening to my other songs.
00:40LAMBORGHINI CHALAYI JANAYO
00:45I was not even in the country when the song was released.
00:48I was studying in London.
00:50So, the marketing and PR that you get after such a big song
00:58didn't match with me.
01:01I have earned zero rupees from Lamborghini.
01:04Did anything of that sort happen when it was playing around you and you were like,
01:08I was the one who sang it?
01:10There are a lot of instances when I've done that.
01:12And then people don't even...
01:14They say, prove it.
01:15We don't believe it.
01:17Because there is no association.
01:19So, how did they realize it?
01:20But a very nice story and very fulfilling story of this is,
01:24I was still in London.
01:25And there, in all the nightclubs,
01:29a Punjabi song plays at 11 o'clock.
01:32And that song, for years...
01:35I was 1.5 years old and for 6-8 months,
01:38whenever I have done a party with my friends,
01:40it used to play, Mundiya To Bachke Rahi.
01:42Mundiya To Bachke Rahi
01:45But, one time after Lamborghini released,
01:49like when it had hit about 80-90 million or something,
01:53Mundiya To Bachke Rahi was replaced by Lamborghini.
01:56And I was in that club.
01:58And I just couldn't...
02:00It was just beautiful.
02:02People get drunk and they try to come up on stage.
02:04And they want you to sing specific kind of songs,
02:09which you don't want to do.
02:11Once, a specific singer,
02:14a very good Punjabi singer,
02:16told me to sing a song at the wedding.
02:18So, I refused.
02:19I don't sing such songs.
02:20Their songs have references of violence and guns.
02:25And that is not something I do as a rude.
02:29It doesn't work for me.
02:30I have also studied psychology.
02:32And I don't believe that violence should be promoted in music.
02:38At all.
02:38Lamborghini came in 2018.
02:41I have been making music since then.
02:43There is 2018, December is when I got into this.
02:47And I have about 30 singles since then.
02:50I have been finding my audience.
02:53Trying to understand what my audience is looking for.
02:57And making them understand what I also like.
03:00Because of Lamborghini, I get a lot of stereotyped audience.
03:05They don't want other music.
03:08They want pop, commercial, songs on cars.
03:12Which is not the kind of music I usually make.