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An Indian-American singer-songwriter named Avie Sheck collaborated with his mother, a classical Indian vocalist, to recreate Tame Impala’s hit song New person, same old mistakes. The video of this duet has gone viral, swiftly garnering widespread acclaim.
Sheck, a Los Angeles-based artist, is known for blending influences from Nu-Metal and RnB/Hip-Hop, and carving a niche in the Alternative Pop and RnB music scenes.
Sheck captioned the video, “A duet with my talented mom. ♥️ she is a classical Indian musician and gave me my gift of music,” His mother delivers a soulful classical chorus, harmonising beautifully with the Tame Impala track.
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The video has already gained 3,49,290 likes on Instagram. Spotify India’s official handle commented on the video saying, “@tameimpala did you know your banger is based on Raga Bhairavi.” Singer SZA also came across the video and said, “This is INSANE.” Another user wrote, “I just witnessed generational healing.”
One Instagram user wrote, “I can’t wait till more Indian music starts to merge with western. It’ll be just as fun as when it happened with western & afrobeats.”
Sheck, a verified artist on Spotify with 2,215 monthly listeners, has also released a contemporary short film Black $ummer to accompany the release of his new extended play (EP) of the same name.
