Odisha’s Shreya Lenka Creates History, Becomes First-Ever Indian To Be Selected For A K-Pop Band

Shreya, a trained dancer and yoga enthusiast, was one of the 23 finalists shortlisted from across the world by DR Music

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- May 30, 2022 | 10:50 AM IST
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After Delhi’s Anupam Tripathi, who rose to global prominence playing a Pakistani immigrant in the ‘Squid Game’, the world of Korean entertainment will have another Indian face — that of Shreya Lenka from Jharsuguda, Odisha, who has become the newest member of the K-pop band, Blackswan.

Going by the name of Sriya, 18-year-old Shreya and the Brazilian Gabriela ‘Gaby’ Dalcin were greenlighted for the band after an online global audition helmed by the Korean music label, DR Music, at a time when a Covid-19 lockdown was still in force last year.

The audition, which was a part of DR Music’s Cygnus talent search programme, was announced after the departure of a Blackswan member.

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Shreya, a trained dancer and yoga enthusiast, was one of the 23 finalists shortlisted from across the world by DR Music. She had sent an unedited song and dance video for the audition carried out on YouTube.

After a year of training, Shreya and Gaby were selected to join the internationally acclaimed girl band.

Making the announcements, DR Music posted on Instagram: “Cygnus, which means constellation of swan, is a project to discover and to train trainees to become stars like the Cygnus. Sriya and Gabi are the first generation of Cygnus.”

The K-Pop group has international artistes from multi-ethnic backgrounds. Apart from two Korean band members, the group has Fatou, a Senegalese vocalist/rapper, and Leia, a Brazilian-Japanese singer.

Previously, K-Pop boy band Tomorrow X Together, which comprises of Soobin, Yeonjun, Beomgyu, Taehyun, and Hueningkai, have made it to the fourth position on the Billboard 200.

According to an article by Billboard, Tomorrow X Together have charted their 4th EP, ‘minisode 2: Thursday’s Child’, at Number fourth on the Billboard 200, as well as Number 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart with the third-largest sales week of any album in 2022.

‘minisode 2: Thursday’s Child’ marks Tomorrow X Together’s sixth entry into the Billboard 200 and second consecutive entry into the chart’s Top 5.

The band’s debut album, ‘The Dream Chapter: Star’, charted at No.140; the third EP, ‘minisode1 : Blue Hour’, charted at No.25; the Japanese first studio album, ‘Still Dreamin’, charted at No.173; the second studio album, ‘The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE’, charted at No.5; the Japanese first EP, ‘Chaotic Wonderland’ charted at No.177; and the newest 4th EP, ‘minisode 2: Thursday’s Child’, charted at No.4.

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