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Priya Ragu has just shared her brand new single ‘Kamali’ a vibrant and empowering single from her upcoming debut mixtape. Quickly becoming an exciting name in new music, ‘Kamali’ shows off Priya’s authenticity and her ability to create new and exhilarating sounds. Her mixtape, damnshestamil, arrives 3 September.

The music video was made with Sasha Rainbow, director of the short film of the same name which inspired ‘Kamali’. It captures motherhood and identity in a culture of traditional gender roles. The larger-than-life sound is impossible to categorise by genre or culture, instead embodying the ‘Raguwavy’ style which the singer created herself. Here’s what she said about the new song:

“A few years ago someone sent me the link to the short movie ‘Kamali’ and I was immediately inspired. I was so moved by her story that I sent it to Japhna straight away and told him to watch it. A day later he called me up saying how he wrote a song with tears in his eyes... ‘Kamali’. In so many ways I could relate to this little girl. Growing up, we look at the world with curiosity and envision infinite possibilities without any limitation. For a lot of us, these possibilities and dreams get blurry by the way the roles of men and women are dealt out.

It is culturally rooted in ancient traditions where we are only good enough to become wives and mothers...where our life's purpose is to fulfil our duties of raising our children and taking care of the household. This still exists! I want to speak to all the Kamalis in the world to think bigger than that, to look further than that. If we can birth life, imagine what we can create if we are fully off the leash?! With this song I want to be another crack in the cycle, so that one day we can fully break it together”

damnshestamil arrives 3 September

damnshestamil tracklist:

1. Leaf High
2. Good Love 2.0
3. Lockdown
4. Lighthouse
5. Anything
6. Chicken Lemon Rice
7. Deli
8. Kamali
9. Forgot About
10. Santhosam (bonus track)

More about: Priya Ragu