16th November, 2024
17th November, 2021The multifaceted Kayan displays her sundry creative hats in a first-of-its-kind, week-long artist residency at Soho House Mumbai, culminating in the creation of an upbeat R&B track with an empowering message.
Conveying undertones of independence, confidence, and self-fulfillment, the pop anthem carries forward Kayan’s hallmark soothing vocals over dancehall and afrobeat inflections, resulting in an anthem with plenty of bump. The product of the residency, On My Own is her latest in a series of Pop R&B singles that have rapidly established Kayan as one of the country's biggest stars to watch.
The music video, entirely self-shot, styled, and produced by Kayan during her time at the residency, is a testament to her message of self-sufficiency and self-love. “Why you so alone? You got you” she sings during the hook, “I’m dancing on my own, that’s how I do.”
Singer, producer-DJ, model, actor, and voiceover artist, Ambika Nayak is a young maverick now manifesting everything she wanted to be growing up. Amongst her developing personas is Kayan. A clever flip of her last name, read with a sense of mystique and curiosity, it just stuck-birthing Kayan, who seeks solace by inhabiting soul, electronic, pop and R&B terrains.
As Kayan, in her honeyed vocal style that’s informed by artists such as Jorja Smith and Kali Uchis, she’s always singing about stories–a theme she plaintively carries forward in her debut single Please. With a keen determination towards leveling up and expanding her audience, it’s this very flow of enthusiastic energy that makes Kayan one to watch. She’s already conquered stages around the country, holding forth a distinctive narrative as a rising artist who can’t stop, won’t stop.
Click on the link below to watch the music video:
