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Nihaarika had a Sony Music India deal before she knew who she was.

Most artists would call that the dream. She calls it the problem.

Tuesday on The Bridge, I sit down with her to get into why.

Here’s where she’s coming from. A middle-class girl from UP, her words, making music out of Delhi. A family full of doctors and engineers, where the degree matters more than the education. Nobody in that house knows a thing about music. She’ll tell you she thought this dream was “only for big people.”

Her Instagram bio says “multi-grain artist.” If she were a bread, she’d be the multi-grain one. Won’t be boxed into one genre. Won’t take social media as seriously as everyone else does.

Then the label comes early. Big break, right? She says it cut both ways. She had the platform. She had the craft. What she didn’t have yet was the clarity. Where she grew up, most of a girl’s decisions get made for her, and the moment called before she had the chance to know herself.

So when the contract ended, she went independent. Not against labels. For herself.

Now, an artist walking into the independent space isn’t new. It’s been happening as long as there have been labels. But autonomy has its value, and hers is specific. What Nihaarika figured out is that she wants to be clear on how she presents herself. Not just the sound. The person. And maybe, she’ll admit, she didn’t give herself enough time to figure that out before the first big yes.

Her theory on why most artists don’t last: ten lakh people are making good songs every day. The rare thing is standing for something. And you can’t give words to a struggle you’ve never felt.

That’s the story here. Early success, then the hard part: going out to find her own identity, and coming back in a form that’s actually hers.

What I want to know Tuesday: who did she find out there? And what does she sound like now that she’s the one writing the narrative?

The break came early. The artist is arriving now. @nihaarikax.x 

🎙️ Tuesday, 9 AM PT | The Bridge with Sammy Chand
📻 Rukus Avenue Radio & iHeartRadio

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