Raveena Aurora, commonly known as Raveena, is an American singer and songwriter. She has developed extensive expertise in the jazz, R&B and soul music genres. In 2022, Aurora became the first Indian-American woman to perform at Coachella, an annual music and arts festival at the Empire State Marathon in Indio, California. Ball club.
Wiki/Biography
Raveena Aurora was born on Friday, September 30, 1994, in Massachusetts, United States (27 years old; as of 2021). Her zodiac sign is Libra.
Lavina Aurora’s childhood
Her family originated from the Indian state of Punjab. Her parents immigrated from India to Queens, New York, during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. She grew up in Queens, New York, and Stamford, Connecticut. Aurora has loved music since she was a child, and she began singing in sixth grade; Ravenna first sang “The Color of the Wind” from Pocahontas when she was eleven. Gradually, she became fascinated by music and began to study R&B, jazz, soul and folk music. Aurora was introduced to musical theater in middle school, and by high school she began composing original music. She studied recorded music at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Old photos of Ravenna Aurora
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Hair color: black
Eye color: brown
family
Raveena belongs to a traditional Sikh family.
Parents and siblings
Raveena Aurora is the daughter of Rajiv Mehta and Dimple Mehta. Her mother is a fashion designer; she worked with Calvin Klein in the 1990s. She has a sister Kareena and a brother Rajveer.
Raveena Aurora with her mother and grandmother
Profession
music
Raveena began her music career in 2015; working with record producer Everett Orr. In December 2017, she released her debut EP “Shanti”. Her debut EP is a fusion of R&B, soul and jazz with themes of self-love and healing. Won high praise from the audience. She then began directing her own music videos.
🌺✨⭐️☀️🌼SHANTI EP released today🌷✨⭐️☀️🌻🌹@spotify ：https://t.co/c6iyn4c3RQ@soundcloud：https://t.co/CYpqqa66Ax pic.twitter.com/b9jbXaYija
— Raveena (@raveena_aurora) December 6, 2017
Her debut album “Lucid” was released on May 31, 2019. The album is distributed by Empire Distribution. Her album received positive reviews. NPR’s Sidney Madden describes the album as
Comfortable yet subtle, it balances old and new by fusing contemporary R&B with the traditions of the South Asian diaspora. “
Vrinda Jagota from Pitchfork praised the album’s song “Petal,” writing:
Over the course of 12 songs, her voice becomes bolder and clearer, finding strength in everything from sunshine showers to her mother’s resilience to her own femininity and femininity. “
NPR named Lucid the “Best Album of 2019.” The single “Stronger” from the album was named one of the “100 Best Songs of 2019” by Noisey.
Transparent cover
On February 11, 2022, she released her second album “Asha’s Awakening”. In the album, Raveena takes on the avatar of a space princess from the planet “Sanataan”. Aurora wears an ornate nose pin and is depicted wearing traditional Indian jewelry. This avatar is her interpretation of a space Punjabi princess.
Asha’s Awakening
live performance
In 2018, Raveena became part of ModCloth’s Say It Louder campaign. The event celebrates individuality and strong female icons in music. There are also other outspoken female musicians including Lizzo, Awkwafina and Hayley Kiyoko. In November 2018, Raveena performed at Tyler, The Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival. In March 2019, Aurora performed at the Java Jazz Festival in Jakarta, Indonesia, along with HER and Toto.
ravena aurora in stage show
Ravena became the first Indian-American woman to perform at the 2022 Coachella Music Festival. During the festival, she performed a surprise cover of “Dum Maro Dum” from the Bollywood film Hare Krishna Hare Ram (1971).
Raveena Aurora performs at Coachella
After the event, Raveena took to her Instagram page to thank her team. She wrote,
I’m so crazy that I became one of the first Indian women to attend Coachella. Thank you to my beautiful band (love you Ty, Cale and Aaron) and team for making this happen! May there be thousands more! ! ! …”
Favorites
- Song: Raat Hamari Toh, from the movie “Parineeta” (2005)
- Travel destination: Las Vegas
- Fashion brands: Collina Strada, Eckhaus Latta
Facts/Trivia
- In her free time, Raveena enjoys painting and playing guitar.
- She has appeared in Vogue India several times.
Raveena Aurora appears in Vogue India
- She has many tattoos, including a butterfly tattoo on her left arm, a tattoo on her right arm, and a tattoo on the right side of her waistline.
Lavina Aurora’s Tattoo
Lavina Aurora’s Tattoo
- She was often spotted drinking on different occasions.
Raveena Aurora enjoys a drink
- Raveena revealed in an interview that her grandfather would give her Reiki (a form of energy healing) exercises whenever she had stomachaches as a child.
- Raveena shared her favorite childhood memory in an interview, saying:
I don’t come from a musical family, but I come from a family of talented bathroom singers. My favorite childhood memory is the warm feeling I got when my friends’ parents were over and they sat in the living room and took turns singing old Indian songs. I’m always very creative. Singing and writing are my escape and how I find security and meaning in the world, especially when I’m going through sad or difficult times. It’s not always easy to be an eldest son in the United States, or a first-generation child who has survived and grown up with parents who have been here for generations and are more settled than my classmates, which isn’t always easy. That environment can cause you a lot of stress and confusion, and you have to deal with it on your own. “
- Raveena’s mother often collaborates with her to create colorful costumes for her videos and stage performances. Talking about this in an interview, Ravina said:
Now, we make clothes for my music together and it’s a big part of our relationship. She was a big influence on my style growing up and now I can pitch her for anything, really modern or a new designer or this crazy 70s Cher mood board I just made and let’s see How to translate it all in a way that is relevant to what I do. She has a very elegant philosophy in everything she does. “
- Raveena lost an uncle in the 1984 Sikh massacre. Her family business was also burned down during the riots.
- In an interview with a leading New York news daily, Raveena revealed that she started writing poetry from a very young age.
- As a child, Lavina grew up listening to songs by Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. Aurora said of this in an interview:
When I heard their voices, I was hooked. There is no turning back. I really fell in love with the sound and how to use it, study it and express it as best I could. “
- Lavina is very open about her transsexuality. She has revealed that she is a survivor of sexual abuse.
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