Indian singer Shweta Subram, who was born and raised in Dubai, has earned a quirky moniker. She’s now called the ‘Jalebi Baby’ girl wherever she goes because her brassy and bold voice in Canadian singer Tesher’s catchy song has captured the imagination of music lovers across India.
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00:00BICHHDE ABHI TOH HUM BAS KAL PARSO
00:14JEEUNGE MAIN KAISE IS HAAL MEIN BARSO
00:30BICHHDE ABHI TOH HUM BAS KAL PARSO
00:34It's a very challenging journey, I'm not gonna lie.
00:36I'm not gonna paint a rosy picture here.
00:38It was actually very tough because
00:40firstly, you know, just knowing the ropes of the business, right?
00:43Like, how things work.
00:45For me, in the beginning, I thought it was a lot about talent.
00:47Just being talented was enough.
00:49But clearly that wasn't the case.
00:51I remember going to Bombay and it was so important for me to network.
00:55You know, more than...
00:56They're like, okay, you're talented, a lot of people can sing.
00:58There's thousands of others that can sing here.
01:00But the most important thing is meeting the right people,
01:02the right place at the right time.
01:04So that was key.
01:06I don't even like jalebis, I'm not gonna lie, okay?
01:08I don't relish jalebis.
01:11It just happened because I became a part of the song
01:14and the song became viral and exploded and it's trending.
01:18You know, this all happened very quickly.
01:21Again, during lockdown, actually.
01:23Prior to Diwali, three weeks prior to Diwali,
01:26a friend of mine was just mentioning to me that,
01:28hey, there's a fellow Canadian musician called Tesha
01:31who is doing pretty well.
01:33He has a song called Young Shah Rukh and you should just check out his works.
01:36And I was surprised I didn't know about him
01:37because usually in the music industry, we all know about each other
01:40and we're always on the lookout for great talent.
01:42So I felt a little ashamed.
01:43I'm like, no, I have to find out who Tesha is.
01:45So I went on Instagram, saw his work,
01:46I was like, oh, this guy does some cool stuff.
01:48So I wrote to him congratulating on his work
01:50and he was sweet enough, he wrote back to me saying,
01:52listen, actually, I just went through your works
01:55and I'm working on a project called Jalebi Baby
01:57and the kind of voice I'm looking for
01:59is very, very close to the kind of texture and tonality you have.
02:03So how about we just give this a shot?
02:05Can you just record Jalebi Baby and send it across to us?
02:08So literally, thanks to technology,
02:10I'm sitting here on this table and I'm just,
02:13you know, I put my microphones,
02:15it's like I have a setup,
02:16like I have my Logic Pro software and everything.
02:18So I just, you know, had my mic on, headphones on,
02:21I recorded it, I sent it across to him.
02:22He's like, we're using your vocals.
02:24And I was like, are you serious?
02:25Like something that's recorded in my dining room?
02:28Like, is that okay?
02:29And he was like, yeah.
02:30Welcome to COVID.
02:31He's like, yeah, this is how it's going to work.
02:33Unless COVID like, you know, gets better.
02:35This is how it's going to work.
02:36So three weeks later, I didn't even know,
02:39but a friend of mine basically brings it to my attention
02:42that this song is exploding on Instagram
02:44and I listened to it and my voice is on it.
02:46I remember I moved to Canada in my primitive,
02:48in my teenage years and that time
02:50there was a competition there when I was in school.
02:53It was like, there's a group called Sangam Kala Group
02:56that's based out of Delhi.
02:57It's a very, very well-known organization
02:59that's been there for years.
03:01In fact, they've discovered Sonu Nigam,
03:03Sunil Johan, Shreya Ghoshal.
03:04So they wanted to go international for the first time
03:07and they had a competition in North America.
03:10So contestants from Canada and US came together.
03:13And I remember my friends, my friends, my family didn't.
03:16My family was like,
03:17you don't have to go into the competition
03:18because my mom thought I was taking music
03:20a little too seriously.
03:21So she's like, nah, it's okay.
03:22Concentrate on your studies.
03:23My friends were like, no, you have to go.
03:25You have to compete.
03:26Who cares?
03:27Let's see how it turns out.
03:28Four month long competition.
03:29I won the competition with my rendition of Lambi Judai,
03:32this lovely song by Reshma Ji.
03:34And as they say, you know, the rest is history.
03:37I mean, for me, that's how it all started.
03:39Like my passion for music,
03:41somewhere I started thinking of it as a profession,
03:43as a career.
03:44I'm saying this with total humility and honesty
03:46that for me, my mentor so far has been Sonu Nigam Ji.
03:49Because, you know, it was amazing.
03:51Like I remember the first time,
03:52like he came across my work for a number of years.
03:55And the first time he actually shared my work
03:57was when I wrote my,
03:58when I had my original song released.
04:00It was called Rasiya.
04:01And he really liked it so much.
04:03Like I remember sending him an email
04:04and I didn't expect a response, you know,
04:06but he replied back with an entire like detailed response
04:09and what he loved about the song.
04:11And the next day I woke up to him sharing it on Facebook,
04:14on his personal page, on his fan page.
04:15It was being shared everywhere.
04:17So then I was in touch with him
04:18and then he called me to perform with him
04:20on tour in the US and in South America.
04:22So he's been like, you know, a constant mentor for me.
04:25Like anytime I have a question about music,
04:27how to practice, how to do my Riyaz,
04:29am I doing it the right way?
04:30Like I still send him voice notes,
04:31like, you know, a couple of months back
04:32I sent him a voice note asking him how it's sounding.
04:35So he's been my constant mentor.
04:48He's been a great mentor to me.