Singer-Songwriter Priya Ragupathylingam, better known by the stage name Priya Ragu was born in Switzerland in 1985 to Sri Lankan Tamil parents. Her parents left Sri Lanka during the civil war in the 1980’s and emigrated to the Bazen Heid, Canton of St. Gallen region of Switzerland. To help Priya and her brother (Producer Japhna Gold) be more aware of their Tamil Heritage, her father decided to create a small band performing songs from Kollywood (Tamil Cinema) movies. Priya sang while her father played the Tabla and her brother played keyboard. Her father also encouraged her and her brother to perform at cultural events and weddings to raise money for the people in Tamil Nadu. After completing her secondary education Priya moved to Zurich Switzerland and became an accountant for Swiss International Airlines. She continued to do music in her spare time but like most South Asian parents, they did not encourage Priya to quit her job and to pursue music full time due to their conservative views about Pop and western music. Thankfully, Priya followed her heart and continued to make music secretly against her parents' wishes. In 2017 she moved to New York for six months to pursue her musical dream but unfortunately did not meet anybody to help move her career forward. Instead, she continued to collaborate over Skype with her brother, Producer Japhna Gold who was still back in Switzerland. Priya's brother encouraged her to record songs in Tamil and the duo titled their album Ragu Wayy. In 2020 she released her song Good Love 2.0 which was played on the popular BBC radio show Future Sounds, and she consequently signed a record deal with Warner Music in October 2020. Her debut mixtape titled damnshestamil consists of 10 tracks include the singles "Good Love 2.0", "Chicken Lemon Rice", "Kamali", "Forgot About" and "Lockdown".   damnshestamil was produced in collaboration with her brother, Japhna Gold, included backing vocals from her father, and its closing track, "Santhosam" (which translates to Happiness), was written by her mother. She has received multiple award nominations from MTV UK, MTV Europe, BBC and the Swiss Music Awards. She has also appeared in British Vogue, on BBC Radio 1 and on the FIFA 21 soundtrack. Vogue India named her as one of 6 musicians who are about to blow up. Please support Priya’s music.