&nbsp;Before it was remixed into a sweeping global hit, OMI&rsquo;s &ldquo;Cheerleader&rdquo; was something far more quaint. &ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t even supposed to be a song,&rdquo; the 28-year-old Jamaican vocalist born Omar Samuel Pasley says over the phone from London, where he&rsquo;s touring radio stations in support of his long-gestating smash. &ldquo;It was just supposed to be an interlude. I didn&rsquo;t want to put a beat underneath it.&rdquo; But plans changed after OMI, who was then just cobbling together tracks that would become his early singles, played the demo for Clifton &ldquo;Specialist&rdquo; Dillon, the storied dancehall producer behind landmark jams. The Jamaican singer&#39;s single &quot;Cheerleader&quot; was officially hailed as &quot;Song Of The Summer&quot; by Billboard after a six-week reign at the number one spot on Billboard&#39;s Hot 100 chart. First released in 2012, the original &ldquo;Cheerleader&rdquo;&mdash;a laid-back, lilting reggae song that found OMI pledging allegiance to his lady over soft finger snaps&mdash;enjoyed a life of leisure, going number one in Jamaica and finding an audience in Hawaii. The track could have lived out its time in these twin tropical paradises had it not caught the ear of Patrick Moxey, founder of the dance label Ultra Music and president of Sony&rsquo;s Electronic Music division. &quot;Namaste India, I just want to say thanks for the invite to share your culture. I was looking forward to visit a country known for its diversity. I definitely want to try some local food, meet some local musicians and sightsee at some iconic places. Omi also delivered another hit &quot;Hula hoop&quot; in his debut album &quot;Me 4 U&quot;. He has worked with artistes like Felix Jaehn, Shaggy, The Vamps, Taylor Swift and Avril Lavigne. It&rsquo;s always surprising when a pop song goes from zero to Top 40. There was a time before said song was everywhere, legend has it, but the hit so quickly became omnipresent, blasting from every speaker and earbud, that it&rsquo;s now hard to remember a time when it wasn&rsquo;t that way. Delhiites spoke to OMI personally during his Debut tour to India, to discuss his rapid rise to fame, remix culture, and, yes, avoiding that dreaded three-word phrase: One-hit wonder.<img src="http://magarticles.magzter.com/articles/7186/277104/5af5327c7ff6d/1526018288875.jpg"" owidth=420 oheight=978" style="height:1164px; width:500px" />When did you start signing? I started at the age of 14. I started recording at about 18-19. I actually started going to the studio at that age. I heard my voice on playback at that time.Who is your inspiration? I have an interesting mix-up. Bob Marley is one of my great inspirations, then Micheal Jackson. Because there are always some elements take way from various artists and its all the great.<img src="http://magarticles.magzter.com/articles/7186/277104/5af5327c7ff6d/1526018332502.jpg"" owidth=1023 oheight=1365" style="height:667px; width:500px" />What inspired you to make the song cheerleader? Cheerleader, Aaah! funny enough. I used to be like honest. Writing and writing only. I like to write metaphoric standpoints that were more like my thing. One day I was in a cab and I started humming actually the melody of the song and then the lyrics came to me in its most organic form so, naturally. I went to the studio and we just had a link up and we were just recording every day. There I told them of the idea but I told them I don&#39;t want it to be a songsong. I wanted it to be like instrumental. There were no instrumentalists. We recorded it and we did just by vocals. I met Mr. Dillon, a specialist. He said the melody of the song cheerleader is interesting, I think you should add the third burst and make it into a song. So, we did that. We released it in 2012 and it garnered a lot of attraction. In Jamaica, it got a lot of rings on the radio. When I got signed to Russian in 2015. It was November 11, 2015. They had_ worked on the track, a German DJ. He did a wonderful job. He came up with two versions and the version you know now is the one they took. When I heard it, I was like yes there is something special here. I didn&#39;t see it going like that.How was the feeling like when it became number one in the UK? When it became four times the topcharts in Sweden, I thought is it going to be stopped? Then it started going through Europe like double platinum in one day. Then it went three times platinum in the US. Then I think 6 times platinum in Australia. In Canada as well, 6 times platinum in Canada. So, it was just, I was like &lsquo;wow&rsquo;. 6 weeks on Billboard chart, broke Marley&#39;s record in London. &lsquo;That was crazy&rsquo;. I realized that it was a pretty good start. What more could I have asked for? Your first record being put outgoing that great. A lot of people said that there is a lot of pressure comes with it also because then you try to follow up. I have to just calm down and gather my wisdom and see what direction I want to go. Singing and swinging on the tunes of Cheerleader from the Singer himself.<img src="http://magarticles.magzter.com/articles/7186/277104/5af5327c7ff6d/1526018414491.jpg"" owidth=1055 oheight=1000" style="height:474px; width:500px" />So, it&#39;s your first visit to India? YesHow do you feel? I feel awesome. I said in a couple of interviews previously we have a lot of people living in India from Jamaica. So, we thought of coming here and see from where it all originated.Till now what is the best thing you have found in India? Hospitality. Your hospitality is just out of the change. I don&#39;t have any complaint with them. You have beautiful people.&nbsp;<img src="http://magarticles.magzter.com/articles/7186/277104/5af5327c7ff6d/1526018530258.jpg"" owidth=1023 oheight=1365" style="height:667px; width:500px" />Rapid Fire&nbsp;Your favourite city to perform? New YorkYour favourite cuisine? JamaicanThree things you don&#39;t leave your house without? I don&#39;t leave my house without my phone, my wallet and my watch, also adding sunglasses to the bucket.Who is your favourite singer today? Laurell, because she is sitting right next to me.If you want to give the life advice to someone, who would it be? If I would like to give advice to someone then I will give it to Laurell because she a like a little sister to me at this point. We are in the same camp and before that, I had thought a lot of things and I want to show off that I know a lot of things. Be humble, calm. You look forward but always remember where you are coming from. Be humble and keep focus.

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