Irfana Hameed grew up in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. This emcee, singer and trumpet participant began with Carnatic vocal and veena coaching in her early years. Reduce to school, and he or she discovered poetry and hip-hop. The remaining is historical past.
Irfana started to sing solo in addition to one-half of the duo Irfana and Taslina. She has already tasted the primary sips of success with the clinically acclaimed EP with Taslina, Ko-Lab. You too can hear her voice on Netflix’s Masaba Masaba – the title monitor I’m your King. Her tune Kannil Pettole from the Malayalam film Thallumaala made it extraordinarily clear that her hip-hop chops had been actual.
Her final two tracks – London Dry and Sheila Silk – have been acquired effectively. They’ve established Irfana’s ear for an excellent beat, eye for visible storytelling and soul for what the tradition desires.
Right here’s what Irfana mentioned when The Rating Journal caught up along with her.
Which Kendrick Lamar hit you the toughest and why?
I don’t keep in mind if it was only one tune however many of the songs on “good child maad metropolis” had been the primary Kendrick songs to actually hit me. Perhaps it was Swimming Swimming pools. I feel it’s as a result of his lyrics had been so highly effective and the sound matches the depth. It was only a deep awakening expertise to what hip-hop might be.
What’s the primary tune you composed however by no means launched?
I used to write down many songs in highschool and school however I actually can’t keep in mind what the primary one was. On the time I wasn’t a profession musician so I by no means considered releasing any songs.
How would you describe your music to somebody who has by no means heard of it otherwise you?
Old style rhymes and laborious bars and enjoyable darkish content material, HOPEFULLY relatable, energizing, humorous and thought scary.
Describe your transition from listener to artist. What music did you develop up with? When did you resolve you wished to make music?
I grew up totally on previous Tamil movie songs and hip-hop. I made a decision I wished to make music once I got here again from school and issues began to organically align in that course.
You bought signed by Def Jam India! First feminine artist to attain this feat. Inform us every part.
Thanks! It was positively a spotlight of my journey up to now. It fastballed me into the world of labels and commercializing music so it has been humbling, inspiring, academic, and masses and a great deal of enjoyable. I’m tremendous grateful to the Common staff for placing me on, it positively modified how I seemed on the potentialities of my profession in hip-hop.
Inform us about your music – London Dry and Sheila Silk.
London Dry has my love for writing cool lyrics in it with a brand new sound. It’s customized to my life-style (Goa on the time) and brings out components of my darkish facet and I like that.
Sheila Silk is my sensual facet. I totally loved the entire course of from writing, to working with Riidem, to my homie and director Sisnu and I conceptualizing the video, to Aqib(primarily) and all of us operating round making an attempt to make the manufacturing occur. It was intense however that’s my expertise, I hope you just like the output though you wouldn’t have the ability to inform by means of it, what a journey it was
What evokes your aesthetic on and off stage/video? Are you concerned in selecting the visuals?
Sure I’m extraordinarily concerned within the visuals! It’s an enormous a part of my course of, I normally conceptualize what I need the tune to indicate after which work with administrators and stylists and so on. to flesh out the entire concept whereas staying exact to the essence of the piece.
What are you engaged on now? When can we get one other single?
Very quickly ! Hopefully this month if all goes effectively, and keep tuned as a result of some loopy new shit’s popping out – might even be an EP!
A fast shout-out to readers of The Rating Journal.
Thanks guys for studying, comply with my music on Spotify and watch my movies on YouTube and sustain with my life on Instagram ! I’m right here to entertain and empower, so I’m actually grateful for all of your help and hope to develop exponentially!
