Making An Impression

British-Tamil Popstar Kharesma Ravichandran: “I Did My First Recording Session When I Was Thirteen.” How She Built & Sustains Her Artistic Success

December 23, 2023 Sound Sapien Podcasts Season 1 Episode 1

Making An Impression

Dec 23, 2023 Season 1 Episode 1

Sound Sapien Podcasts

Kharesma Ravichandran is a British-Tamil playback singer in the South Indian movie industry who shot to stardom with the 2015 song ‘Kadhal Cricket’ in the film Thani Oruvan, composed by Hiphop Tamizha.

In this episode, Tom seeks to understand how Kharesma became a successful artist from a young age, including her steps to get so good at singing! Her vocal ability transpires to be underpinned by a wide range of musical stylistic influences and many hours in professional studios. From this experience, she offers some great points of wisdom in becoming a more authentic artist and unveils her broader methodological approach in setting life and career goals.

Jump right back into the Christmas spirit by listening to Kharesma’s 2022 release, ‘Christmas Alone’ on Spotify.

The topics of the episode are as follows:

• Being brought into the music industry by Harris Jayaraj and Hiphop Tamizha

• Kadhal Cricket

• The joy of singing Tamil music

• From playback singing to releasing her own songs with English lyrics

• How Kharesma became such a dynamic vocalist at such a young age

• Her unique upbringing in the music industry

• The utmost importance of authenticity as an artist - in songwriting, and the recording studio

• Taking a law conversion course

• Entering the music industry, YouTube vs TikTok, and networking

• “Just don’t give up”