Odisha’s Shreya Lenka turns into first Indian Okay-pop star after becoming a member of widespread band Blackswan 

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Shreya Lenka, an 18-year-old woman from Odisha’s Rourkela, has been chosen because the fifth member of widespread South Korean pop band Blackswan. Lenka, who goes by stage identify Sriya, can be becoming a member of the unique members of the woman group — Youngheun, Fatou, Judy and Leia — together with Gabriela Dalcin (Gabi) from Brazil because the sixth member.

Record label DR Music welcomed Lenka and Dalcin on board in an Instagram publish. “With their debut, we will be back with the new Blackswan,” the publish, accompanied with images of the brand new members, learn.

Lenka and Dalcin had been chosen for the band after collaborating within the six-month-long international auditions, that had been introduced by DR Music final yr after Hyeme left the woman group. DR Music Entertainment Korea director Philip YJ Yoon mentioned Lenka and Dalcin labored nicely collectively in the course of the audition course of.

“They showed us very positive energy when sticking together and achieving each of the assignments they needed to overcome. It was one of the reasons we decided not to separate them,” Yoon informed PTI in an e-mail interplay.

As a part of the coaching, which began in December, each the artists needed to work on their Korean language, dancing and vocal abilities. “The duo will now start preparing for their new album and stage performances,” Yoon added. Lenka, a educated dancer, was launched to Okay-pop by a good friend just a few years in the past.

She discovered the choreography within the music movies very enticing and bought hooked onto its “unique style” of singing and dancing. Boy band Exo was {the teenager}’s introduction to the world of Okay-pop and subsequently she fell in love with songs by the BTS, Stray Kids and The Boyz.

In 2020, she noticed Okay-pop report labels open on-line auditions because of the COVID-19 pandemic and determined to provide it a shot. When Lenka’s household learnt that she was making use of for Okay-pop auditions, her grandmother launched her to a classical music trainer.

Her brief stint in studying Odissi helped her enhance delicate nuances.