Hear Glimmering Electro-Pop and Hip-Hop in Tamil and Telugu with JioSaavn Spotted South Finalists

Surging EDM, rap and tender ballads alike have made it to the final playlist for the South bracket of talent hunt JioSaavn Spotted.

In the search for young, new and unsigned talent who have unreleased music, the JioSaavn Spotted South finalists have been narrowed down to six artists. The final songs include the emotional Tamil song “Vazha” by artist Saravanan V., plus composer S.D. Sadikh Hassan’s emphatic electro-pop song “Kaalgal Adhu Tharaiyinil Illaye,” which features vocals by Nikhita Gandhi and Aravind Srinivas with lyrics by Kartheeswaran.

Then there’s the guitar-inflected Telugu hip-hop song “Sye” by Akhil Bandhu aka A-B, who’s been rapping since he was 10 years as part of the crew Rival Mob. Hyderabad/Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and lyricist Sruthi Dhulipala has crafted an elegant Telugu song “Maaya” and Chennai-origin Balaganesh Parthiban invokes a rural love story with the breathy “Nenapu Irukka.” Meanwhile, singer-songwriter and producer Vignesh Rajendrakumar has chosen to celebrate heartbreak in his Tamil piano-pop song “Un Ninaiviley.”

The South finalists have been announced following JioSaavn Spotted Hindi, East zone and Punjabi finalists and winners, who so far include Aman Sagar (Hindi), Akash Gautam (Punjabi) and rapper Archiesman Kundu (East zone).

Up next, JioSaavn Spotted will seek entries – unreleased demos from independent artists – in English in October, followed by Haryanvi, Bhojpuri, Kashmiri, Himachali and other Northern languages clubbed together in November.

Stream the JioSaavn Spotted South Finalists here.