Dhruv is a British-born, Singaporean-American singer-songwriter. Raised in Singapore with parents from India, Dhruv grew up on an eclectic mix of songs from Bollywood, 2000s pop radio and music from Singapore. He attended United World College in Singapore and at 18 moved to the US to attend Yale University in Connecticut where he began to become interested in making his own music. He plays several instruments such as the acoustic guitar, accordion, and keyboard.  His sound draws comparison to Frank Ocean as his music is the epitome of love, hardship, breakup, and all the raw emotion revolving around the themes of his experiences as a young, queer Indian man. Dhruv was signed to RCA Music after releasing independent mixtapes between 2017 and 2018. In August 2019 he released Double Take, his debut single. The R&B song about falling in love with a best friend hit number one in the Philippines and Thailand and was in the top five on streaming charts in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore that year. In 2020, he released his first studio album, Rapunzel becoming his first number one album in several Southeast Asian countries. In 2021 he became famous when Double Take became extremely popular though TikTok and was placed on Spotify's Today's Top Hits playlist in 2021. TikTok videos featuring the song have recorded over 250 million views and more than 700 million streams on Spotify. In 2021 Double Take debuted on the Billboard Global Chart. He followed this success with the singles Moonlight and Vulnerable in 2020. Dhruv performed his latest 2024 single Tragedy on the Jimmy Kimmel Show in February 2024 and according to his website DHRVIE.com, he will be performing in NYC on May 11th, in London May 23rd and Los Angeles, CA on May 30th, 2024.