{"id":2064678,"date":"2025-10-02T16:11:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2064678"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:11:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:11:02","slug":"bengaluru-musician-rudy-shines-in-a-new-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bengaluru-musician-rudy-shines-in-a-new-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengaluru musician Rudy shines in a new era"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After a long journey to the Ziro Festival of Music in Arunachal Pradesh, Bengaluru artiste Rudy Mukta (who goes by Rudy as an artiste) got on stage with her band for the first time on September 27, debuting new songs and new versions of songs. While Ziro does get cool in September, it was sunny when Rudy made her entrance on the bamboo stage wearing a long, hooded coat, which she soon realised it was too hot for.<\/p>\n

Running through songs with her band comprising bassist Niya Rose, drummer Rhema George and keyboardist Leeanne Besterwitch, Rudy performed \u2018Morbid Bop,\u2019 \u2018Weathering,\u2019 \u2018Checkmate,\u2019 \u2018Time\u2019 and more. Among them was \u2018Funny,\u2019 the first song Rudy ever made and \u2018Love & Limerence,\u2019 the latest she released via Universal Music India\u2019s imprint IndieA on September 9. By the end, an attendee even got on stage to offer her a bouquet, much to everyone\u2019s bewilderment.<\/p>\n

A week prior to performing at Ziro, Rudy spoke to The Hindu<\/i> about a reinvention of her music, her visual aesthetic with the \u2018Love & Limerence\u2019 music video and playing live. Last year, Rudy graduated from Bengaluru\u2019s Mount Carmel College, majoring in economics and sociology. \u201cSuddenly, I have so much time and it\u2019s good. I\u2019m slowly centered and getting into a routine. In the beginning, it was I was, \u2018Oh my God, now my life is in my hands and I have to do something with it\u2019,\u201d she says over a call.<\/p>\n

It was soon after she graduated that she and her longtime producer Kalmi \u2014 who many know as the beatmaker for Hanumankind\u2019s breakout hit \u2018Big Dawgs\u2019 \u2014 got together for sessions in Hyderabad and came up with \u2018Love & Limerence,\u2019 an R&B\/pop song that is emotionally heavy and builds up in sonic intensity as it goes. Rudy recalls, \u201cHe wrote a piano piece, and I just sang over it, and it came to be. We posted on Instagram right after we made it. After that, we built on it with the production and everything else.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As regular collaborators \u2014 Kalmi also worked on Rudy\u2019s 2021 EP Broke My Slumber ,<\/i> the singer-songwriter says they have both arrived at a \u201cmature sound\u201d with \u2018Love & Limerence\u2019 and current material. He also called on Rudy to contribute vocals to Hanumankind\u2019s \u2018Cause\u2019 from his recent mixtape Monsoon Season<\/i>. <\/p>\n

The creative process between them has often been about \u201cmaking new sounds\u201d without thinking about whether it will be material they have to release, Rudy notes. \u201cIt is because we spent so much time making new sounds and not dropping them for a certain amount of time, that I was just excited to put things out at one point.\u201d <\/p>\n

The title of her new song, specifically \u201climerence\u201d came from Rudy\u2019s habit of noting down \u201ccool words or phrases\u201d whenever she comes across them. She says, \u201cI jot them down in my Notes app, and leave it for later. Then, when I sit down to write, I\u2019ll pick it up and think, \u2018I like this, let me build on it. I am going to come up with a concept around it.\u2019 I think a reel mentioned limerence, and I thought, \u2018Oh, this is such a nice word\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

The haunting, seemingly goth-inspired music video directed by Deepika Menon (her directorial debut, Rudy reminds us) with Lendrick Kumar as executive producer is a deep dive into the artiste\u2019s psyche as she grapples with love, longing and emotional distance. Rudy says, \u201cThis was my first major music video with a full-fledged set and a crew. I learned a lot by being on set and was inspired after seeing everyone be so good at what they do there. They made the whole process easy and comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Ziro Festival of Music, Rudy is heading to Lollapalooza India in Mumbai on January 25, 2026. Previously only performing solo, she says there is now more freedom with having a band, more so an all-girl band.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe get to experiment with ideas that aren\u2019t in the studio version of the song. I am able to add to certain pockets and make it more high energy, for instance, changing the groove somewhere in the middle. It is super fun,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n

In the run up to the next festival performance, Rudy says there may or may not be more new songs. \u201cLet\u2019s see. Ideally, I would like to drop some, but if not, there still is music being made, and there still is music waiting to come out.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Published – October 02, 2025 09:28 pm IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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