Rhea Raj

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Rhea Raj
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Born
Rhea Rajagopalan

(2000-04-05) April 5, 2000 (age 24)
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
Years active2014–present
Relatives Lara Raj (sister)
Musical career
Genres
  • Pop
  • dance
[1]
InstrumentVocals
Website rhearaj.com

Rhea Rajagopalan [2] [3] [4] (born April 5, 2000) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. [5] She auditioned for American Idol in 2016 [4] [3] [2] and was featured on MTV for her two covers of "New Rules" by Dua Lipa and "I Got You". [6] Her songs "2AM" and "Royalty" with UpsideDown were released in 2019. [7] [5] Her music fuses pop with dance and hip hop. [8]

Contents

Early life

Rhea was born in Stamford, Connecticut to Indian parents, [5] and grew up in New Jersey before moving to New York. Her mother taught her Indian classical music and she learned Bollywood dance at home, where Rhea first developed an interest in music. [9] Since she was 10 years old, she started musical training. [9] [10]

Her younger sister is fellow singer-songwriter and producer Lara Raj, who is a member of the 6-member girl group KATSEYE [11] [12]

Discography

Studio albums
Singles

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