Raveena Aurora

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Raveena Aurora
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Aurora performing in Lucid Tour 2019
Background information
Born (1993-09-30) September 30, 1993 (age 31)
Massachusetts, US
Origin Queens, New York City, US
Genres R&B, pop, experimental
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • guitar
Years active2012–present
Labels
Website raveenaaurora.com

Raveena Aurora (born September 30, 1993), [3] [4] mononymously known as Raveena, is an American singer and songwriter. [5] [6] She gained a following after her debut EP, Shanti, was released independently in 2017. Her debut album, Lucid, was released independently in 2019 and distributed through Empire Distribution which rose to critical acclaim. [7] In 2020, she released her second EP, Moonstone. [8] After signing to Warner Records, she released her second album, Asha's Awakening , on February 11, 2022, and was met with positive reviews from critics. [9] On June 14, 2024, she released her third album, Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain, through Empire Distribution. [10] She is known for integrating R&B and her Indian heritage through her music by using Indian instrumentations.

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Early life

Raveena Aurora was born on September 30, 1993 [3] [4] in Massachusetts to Indian Punjabi immigrants [7] and grew up in Stamford, Connecticut. She moved to Queens, New York City when she was 17 [11] [7] [6] and she would visit India regularly. [12]

Aurora is Indian Punjabi American; [13] her family immigrated to Stamford from Punjab, India, after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in which her maternal uncle was killed and her family's business was burned down. She was raised in a traditional Sikh household. [13] [14] Punjabi was her first language. [15] As a child, she started writing poetry. [16] She became exposed to R&B, Soul, Jazz and Folk music in middle school, which piqued her interest in music and influenced her musical style later in life. [17]

At the age of 11, she started singing and would sing in the bathroom for hours a day, also studying how to use her voice and use it as an instrument. [11] Her first performance was at sixth grade in a talent show where she performed "Colors of the Wind" from the 1995 Disney film Pocahontas . [16] Soon her passion eventually became a decision to pursue music professionally and "was pretty set on it, honestly. Since I was really young, I knew that there weren't any other options for me."

Although her parents were initially "very hesitant" that she wanted to pursue a music career, they always supported her in developing her music skills. She has stated that her father was interested in Indian Instruments such as the harmonium and tabla and kept them in their house. [18] At the age of 12, she wrote her first song [19] [20] and aged 13, [6] [21] Aurora began songwriting and consequently started experimenting music with different genres. She studied and graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. [6]

Career

2012–2019: Career beginnings, Shanti and Lucid

Aurora began auditioning for Broadway musicals but she said that "there were no roles for little Indian girls". She mentioned that people told her many times that she could not be expected to sign a record deal if she was an Indian woman and said "It's not gonna work". She said, "It never became about signing a deal at that point. I was just like, 'I don't need to rely on these things, it's gonna work if it's meant to happen.'" [18] She would also sing for church services. [22] When she was 18, Aurora independently released her first single and music video, "Grey Eyes" on December 4, 2012, in YouTube along with her old EP, Where We Wander, which was released independently on February 19, 2013. She later made them private. [23]

During the beginning of her career, she was denied by multiple record labels: "I would have label meetings and people would be like 'We can't sign you, you're brown', to my face they would tell me 'there's no space for you.' I was forced to build the infrastructure myself. I hope that the people who have control over that infrastructure start to support marginalized artists really early on. It's such a hard phase when you're in it, and it breaks a lot of people." [24] [18]

She worked many full-time jobs like nannying and even worked at her first job in American Apparel as a sales associate and saved to spend her money to self-fund her music projects. [25] [26] When she was 21, she met and started working with record producer Everett Orr in 2015. [11] She and Orr continued releasing singles "You Give Me That", [27] "Johnny It's the Last Time" [28] and "Something's Gotta Give" on SoundCloud in 2016. [29]

She amassed a sizable online following after the release of her first EP, Shanti in December 2017. Shanti explored themes of self-love and healing, and blended R&B, soul, and jazz music. [30] Her debut EP drew praise from Sidney Madden of NPR for her "cool delivery and chill-inducing falsetto runs" and "astute songwriting chops". [31] She directed several of her own music videos where she displayed her Indian heritage and "rich interiority of women of color like herself". [32] The third track of the EP, "No Better" is included as a soundtrack for the 2020 romantic drama film, All My Life . [33] She also released a bonus track for the EP, "Wherever U Go" on January 12, 2018. [34]

Aurora performed her 2018 single "If Only" on the global music platform, COLORS, in January 2018 in which her popularity rapidly increased. [26] On June 6, 2018, Aurora announced in social media her first headline tour, Woman is Holy Tour, a reference to her lyric from 2018 single "If Only". [35] [36]

In the summer of 2018, she was included in ModCloth's Say It Louder campaign, which aimed to celebrate individuality and strong female icons in music. She was featured alongside other outspoken female musicians like Lizzo, Awkwafina and Hayley Kiyoko. [37] In November 2018, she performed at Tyler, The Creator's Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival. [38]

On October 23, 2018, Aurora released a new single, "Temptation" and came out as bisexual. [39] [12]

In March 2019, Aurora co-headlined the Java Jazz Festival in Jakarta, Indonesia, with H.E.R and Toto. [40]

On May 31, 2019, she released her debut album Lucid, distributed through Empire Distribution. [41] Lyrically, she explored sensuality, healing from trauma, and spirituality; through tracks like "Stronger" and "Salt Water", she opened up about her experience as a sexual assault and abuse survivor between the age of 17 and 22. [11] [42] [19] Lucid was met with very positive reviews. Sidney Madden of NPR described Lucid as "comforting but nuanced, balancing cultures old and new by mashing up contemporary R&B with traditions from the South Asian diaspora". [43] In a track review for the penultimate track, "Petal", Vrinda Jagota from Pitchfork wrote: "over the course of 12 songs, her sound becomes bolder and clearer, finding strength in everything from sun showers to her mother's resilience to her own femininity and womanhood". [44] To support her album, Aurora announced in social media that she embarked on her second headlined tour, Lucid Tour, on June 14, 2019. [45] "Lucid" was named one of the "Best Albums of 2019" by NPR. [46] Aurora's 2019 single "Stronger" was named one of the "100 Best Songs of 2019" by Noisey. [47] On December 9, 2019, Aurora performed a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. [48]

2020–2023: Moonstone and Asha's Awakening

On February 7, 2020, Aurora released her second four-track EP, Moonstone through Empire Distribution and Moonstone Recordings LLC, her independent label. [2] It was released after a week of her single, "Headaches". The EP blends psychedelic indie pop with soul. Moonstone explored her past relationships and her own identity. [8]

On February 5, 2021, Aurora released a new single and music video, "Tweety". [49] [50]

In 2022, she signed to Warner Records and she announced her sophomore album, Asha's Awakening , in January 2022. [9] The record was created as a concept album from the perspective of a Punjabi space princess. [1] The release was preceded by the singles "Rush" and "Secret," with the latter featuring American rapper Vince Staples. [51] Asha's Awakening was released on February 11, 2022, and received acclaim from music critics. [52] Eric Torres from Pitchfork said that it is "a throat-clearing moment for the singer, drawing on both Western and South Asian inspirations and collaborations for a blend of dance-friendly R&B songs and soothing ballads, each of which stands on her distinctive, quiet strength." [53] In the track, "Time Flies", she opened her experience on having an abortion at age 21. [54] Asha's Awakening was included as the "Best Albums of 2022 So Far" by Rolling Stone [55] and also by Clash [56] and NPR. [57] "Rush" was included as "The Best Songs of 2022 So Far" by Rolling Stone. [58] On December 1, 2022, Asha's Awakening was included in Rolling Stone's "The 100 Best Albums of 2022" and ranked in 84. [59]

To promote Asha's Awakening, Aurora embarked on an Asha's Awakening national tour from 15 April 2022 to May 28, 2022. [60] [61] She headlined of the 2022 Coachella Music Festival. She became the first woman of Indian descent to perform as a solo artist at Coachella Music Festival. [62] On June 19, 2022, she performed in Something in the Water festival. [63]

On November 5, 2022, she announced that she embarked on a Latin America Tour where she performed at Primavera in Brazil, Buenos Aires and Chile. While on tour, she opened up about being sexually assaulted. [64] She also performed at Corona Capital in Mexico City, [65] and she made her India debut and performed at Lollapalooza India in Mumbai, India, on January 29, 2023. [12] On May 20, 2023, she performed in Head in the Clouds Festival. [66] On August 11, 2023, she performed in Outside Lands. She was featured on King Krule's track "Seagirl" in his fifth album, Space Heavy and in "Bloom", the tenth track of the deluxe version of Prateek Kuhad's album, The Way That Lovers Do. [67] [68]

2024–present: Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain

On May 8, 2024, she released a new single, "Pluto" along with the music video. [69] [70] [71] On May 22, 2024, she released another single along with the music video, "Lucky", [72] and announced her third album, Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain, which was released on June 14, 2024, through Empire and Moonstone Recordings. [73] She started working on the album since 2022 and "wrote almost 115 songs for it." [74] The album explores themes of new love, maturity and comfort. [73] [10] She explained the album and the album title saying: "Butterflies are so delicate that they have to hide in leaves and flowers until the rain passes so that their wings don’t get crushed in the rain. I felt like that was kind of a metaphor for where I was in my life. I needed to go back to comfort—to deep rest—and stop weathering storms." The album blends pop and R&B with traditional Indian instrumentations. [73]

On June 5, 2024, she released her third single, "Junebug", with JPEGMAFIA as a featured artist. [75]

On July 18, 2024, she released the music video of "16 Candles". [76]

Aurora is set to serve as the opening act for the North American leg for Tinashe's upcoming fifth concert tour, Match My Freak: World Tour . [77]

In October 2024, she released a short film of the album, Where the Butterflies Went. [78]

Artistry

Influences

Aurora cites Asha Puthli as one of her greatest inspirations and influences. She grew up listening to Bollywood soundtracks, especially to 70s and 80s music. [79] When she was 8 years old, she was first introduced to the music of singers Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday. [19] The other influences that she drew heavy inspirations are Nina Simone, Minnie Riperton, [6] Corinne Bailey Rae, Sade, [7] rock band Fleetwood Mac, [18] Stevie Wonder, D'Angelo [11] and Björk. She also grew up listening to Indian musicians Asha Bhosle, [80] Lata Mangeshkar, R D Burman [79] and Ravi Shankar. When writing for Lucid, Feist, Sade, Kadhja Bonet, Asha Puthli and Björk were her influences for her album. [81] She cited the British-Sri Lankan rapper M.I.A. as an influence as during her teenage years, she only had M.I.A. that represent "some version of herself". [19] She focused and watched her go to mainstream music, M.I.A. showed and proven Aurora that she could go to mainstream as well. Speaking to NME, she said that "When I saw someone like M.I.A. go mainstream, I thought this is a path I could potentially take." When she started listening to Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, they inspired her to be a singer, saying, "Once I heard their voices, I was hooked, there was no turning back. I really fell in love with the voice and how to use it and study it and be as expressive with it as possible." [26]

Musical style and songwriting

Aurora has been described as a R&B, [82] soul, [83] jazz, [84] experimental, [6] [49] contemporary R&B and pop [14] singer. She plays the guitar and the piano. [74] The subject of her songs is based on her personal experiences. [79] [12] Her lyrics refer to variety of themes, such as identity politics, sexuality, [12] heartbreaks, hardships, and mental struggles. [14] She stated that she had always found songwriting to be a form of catharsis and having music as a way to process and reflect on her experiences "saved" her. [14] [12] According to her, songwriting "happens by feeling" and the song process begins from the music then she writes the lyrics. [85] Before making Shanti, she said, "I wrote hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of songs before my first project. Good songwriting is the heart of any person's success, so I felt like the only thing I could do is write good songs to prove myself." [18]

Personal life

In 2018, Aurora came out as bisexual through her 2018 single "Temptation". [32] On June 3, 2021, on Twitter, she said that she thinks that she is actually pansexual. [86] She is spiritual as she regularly reads Buddhist, Sikh and Hindu texts. She also focuses on meditation and mindfulness. [80]

Other ventures

Philanthrophy

In November 2021, Aurora started the Aurora Loving Kindness Project, a mutual aid hub providing "healing, wellness and investment". The Project’s first grant cycle was specifically for Black, Brown and queer musicians. The second cycle was for musicians of domestic violence, intimate partner violence and sexual assault. The third cycle was for musicians interested in sustainable futures through community programs such as "meditations, grants, shops for donation, non-traditional forms of trade and collaborating with other programs". [87] [88]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum details
Lucid
Asha's Awakening
Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain
  • Released: June 14, 2024
  • Label: Moonstone Recordings LLC, EMPIRE
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Extended plays

TitleAlbum details
Shanti [a]
Moonstone

Singles

List of singles, showing year released and album name shown
Title
YearAlbum
"You Give Me That"2016Non-album singles
"Johnny It's the Last Time"
"Spell"2017Shanti
"Sweet Time"
"If Only"
"I Won't Mind"2018Non-album singles
"Honey"
"Temptation"
"Mama"2019Lucid
"Stronger"
"Headaches"2020Moonstone
"Tweety"2021Non-album singles
"Rush"2022 Asha's Awakening
"Secret"
(featuring Vince Staples)
"Pluto"2024Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain
"Lucky"
"Junebug"
(featuring JPEGMAFIA)

Music videos

TitleYearDirector(s)
"Sweet Time"2017Raveena
"Honey"2018Raveena, Weird Life Films
"Temptation"Jackson Tisi
"Mama"2019Danica Kleinknecht
"Stronger"Raveena, Danica Kleinknecht
"Petal"Danica Kleinknecht
"Headaches"2020Raveena
"Tweety"2021Raveena, Chris Cadaver
"Rush"2022Raveena, Munachi Osegbu
"Secret"
(featuring Vince Staples)		Raveena
"Love Overgrown"
"Mystery"2023Melting Clock Films
"Pluto"2024Raveena, Tanmay Chowdhary
"Lucky"Isha Dipika Walia
"Lose My Focus" (lyric video)Raveena, Tanmay Chowdhary
"16 Candles"

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Notes

  1. ↑ Though Aurora independently released one EP in 2012, Shanti is widely reported to be her debut EP. [30]
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