The sheer level of talent displayed by the younger generation never ceases to amaze. Not only are they comfortable with the innermost workings of technology, but they also have the confidence to use its immense reach to share their talent with the world. This is certainly true in the case of 14-year-old trisha, who recently released her first single ‘i’m tired’. This teenager knows her mind, as is evident from her categorical assertion that her name and the name of her song be written in small letters. She also sings her mind through her first-ever meditative acoustic ballad which released on 20 May.
“I wrote this song in 2021 when I was in a very bad place emotionally. Every day seemed so monotonous, and it was driving me crazy as there was nobody who seemed to understand what I was feeling. I pictured these fantasies in my head that described what I felt, and wrote a song about it. Fantasies were my way of escaping from the world. Then I compiled these thoughts into an original song of my own,” says the young artist.
Having been trained under an esteemed Nigerian pop artist Asari commonly known as Jazzsari, trisha is also a student of Hindustani and western classical vocal training. Her strength lies in her versatility as she composes, records, mixes and masters her numbers herself at her home studio. She has also been trained for piano and western vocals at Performance Collective School, Gurugram. She cleared Grade 4 piano with distinction from the Rock School of Music, UK (RSL) and Grade 2 vocals at the Trinity College Curriculum, UK.
Speaking about ‘i’m tired’, she says, “Last year, my mom asked me to write a song for her birthday, as till then I was mostly doing covers. I had never done this before and was quite excited to take on the challenge. The idea came from how I felt at the time. I was honestly very burnt out from the monotony of life and very ‘tired.’ I wanted to be true to my feelings. My experience of recording it was a lot of fun, although I took my time to decide the sound I wanted, even though it meant recording over and over again. Not sure if the experience was fun for the recording engineer!”
Born in Dubai, and raised in Africa, USA, and now Chennai, trisha has had an interesting upbringing. She credits her African music teacher Asari for teaching her many techniques that improved her range and tone. While in Africa, she also sang with a band on the weekends, which helped her improve her live performance skills.
Despite her confidence, trisha has her head firmly on her shoulders. She shares with candour, “I would consider having made a break once I hit a million streams on Spotify with any of my songs. Until then, I am just evolving. Honestly, these days distributing music is a lot easier because of digital streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music etc. But the fact that your music is likely played alongside Billie Eilish or Ariana Grande means that the production must be of top-notch quality. Hence, we need to find the right producers who can match the sounds you’re looking for, and we also need ample budgets!”
The song is accompanied by a lyric only video, which trisha was closely involved with the making of. Through her mother, she contacted a few lyric video artists online and found one who understood the concept she had envisioned. She has two upcoming songs, very personal with a different flavour, that she believes are a step up from ‘i’m tired’.
The talented young singer signs off with, “I am currently taking a course on songwriting with Berklee College of Music, which is helping me improve my songwriting quality! As I’m just entering Grade 9 at school, I can see that juggling schoolwork and making music is going to be a challenge, but I hope to continue to manage both aspects well and put out more songs.” With her confidence and skill set, trisha is surely one to watch for.
Noor Anand Chawla pens lifestyle articles for various publications and her blog www.nooranandchawla.com. She can be reached on nooranand@gmail.com.