Youth from across the globe were tremendously fond of Korean dramas and music likewise an 18-year-old girl from Odisha Sriya Lenka has become the first-ever K-pop artist from India. Sriya Lenka will be joining the South Korean girl group Blackswan, along with Gabriela Dalcin from Brazil.
Some dreams are meant to be fulfilled just like Sriya Lenka who was born in Rourkela in 2003, she was trained in Odissi and other forms of contemporary dance. Lenka has been introduced to K-pop by a friend and ever since she loves listening to BTS, Stray Kids, and The Boyz.
It is her grandmother who helps her to find the right Hindustani classical vocal trainer. But for western songs, she had to rely on self-learning from online videos.
Sriya and Gabriela’s selection has been announced by the Blackswan’s label DR Music on the addition of new members in an Instagram post. Among thousands and thousands given auditions very fortunately they were selected on a global audition program held over the past six months. The audition was announced after one of the members, Hyeme, left the girl group.
D R Music Entertainment (Korea) Director Philip Y J Yoon told PTI, in an email response, that both, Sriya Lenka and Gabriela Dalcin, “showed us” positive energy. “It was one of the reasons we decided not to separate them,” he was added. The other members of the group are Youngheun, Fatou, Judy, and Leia.
