Aaradhna has three things I admire: Long flowing hair, a love of big earrings, and an amazingly talented voice. I was watching a DVD with the first 10 years of Dawn Raid on Sunday and it has all her old music videos on it. So even though she’s not a recent muse she has been in the past.
Aaradhna Jayantilal Patel’s father is Indian, her mother is Samoan and her big break came when she got to sing in front of Dawnraid’s Brotha D while he was at her grandma’s getting his hair braided. She’s almost a mix of Beyonce and Amerie musically- so no wonder she’s over in LA writing, recording, and rubbing shoulders with the A-list of hip-hop!
I would have picked her collaboration with Savage (where she plays the ‘ghetto princess’) or Adeaze (where she’s dressed as a Bollywood diva) as my first video but this is her favourite song and she seems herself in the video- Bright Indian inspired sari and streetwear, plenty of bangles, and of course the statement gold earrings. The love story between her and the Fruit & Vege owner is very sweet too.
Here she goes full Beyonce- with prerequisite stage outfit, performing her heart out with two backup dancers. Her voice is amazing as always but the choreography? Not her strong point.
Like most of our national singers, she jumped the ditch two years ago and started experimenting with dance music (which Aussies are great at). She’s perfect in the genre, and her Indian style jewellery has been replaced with the chunky, African tribal look which is more modern.
So of course we wish her luck in the city of angels chasing her Hollywood dreams- keep doing your thing girl!
