SHREYA JAIN: 'YOU CAN'T EXPECT YOURSELF TO WRITE GOOD MUSIC ON YOUR FIRST DAY'

THE MUMBAI-BASED SINGER-SONGWRITER RECENTLY RELEASED HER LATEST TRACK 'YEAH YEAH' AND WAS ALSO PART OF THE CAST FOR 'DISCO DANCER - THE MUSICAL' THIS PAST APRIL

- David Britto

WHEN WE CATCH UP with Nagpur-bred and Mumbai-based singer-songwriter Shreya Jain, she’s just finished rehearsals for the recently concluded Disco Dancer – The Musical at the city-based NSCI Dome. Not one to be bogged down with tiredness, Jain is at her bubbly best as she plays us some of her unreleased music at her home studio. The artist – whose streaming numbers for her songs are through the roof – kicked off 2023 with two singles, “Tera Mera Aasmaan” and “Yeah Yeah,” and she talks to Rolling Stone India about how she started out, getting into songwriting, her own music and more.

What do you recall from your early years growing up in Nagpur and getting into music?

I grew up in an Indian classical background. My father is a classical vocalist. My sister is also a trained classical singer. I was a little scared because I grew up seeing my father and my sister hustle. This field is where everybody has to hustle. I saw a lot of struggle that my father and my sister had to go through and then I decided I didn’t want to do music. So I ended up doing my graduation in Interiors.