October 27, 2025 • 24 mins
🌟 Rising teen pop artist Nini Uppuluri joins Coach Dini to share her journey from New Jersey to Bharat, India — and from fan to full-fledged songwriter. 🎶 At just 14, Nini’s debut EP Lost and Found and singles like “If You Only Knew Me”showcase her gift for heartfelt storytelling and bright, infectious pop. 💖 With influences like Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo, she’s crafting songs that connect across cultures and generations. ✨ Tune in as we talk inspiration, creativity, and growing up with global dreams. 💫
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:44):
Hey, Hey, Hey, what's going on? Guys?
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Welcome to another incredible episode of Vigilantes Radio live right
here on iHeartRadio, and I am your host, Deanie.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
We have a very special guest for you guys.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
If you definitely want to stick around for that, and
as a matter of fact, text your buddies. Family members
are even shared on social media rights now and let
them know that we are about to dive deep into
another interview. Before I bring my guests, I do want
to say that this is the frequency of the fearless.
(01:20):
You know, every generation has a voice that carries a
little magic, A spark that reminds us what it feels
like to dream again for.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Our special guests.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
That spark started with headphones, favorite songs and a notebook
full of melodies that eventually became her world. At just
fourteen years old, she's already a singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and
storyteller with a sound that bridges continents, using the soul
of New Jersey.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Pop with the heart of India. Her music feels.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Like the glow of early morning, full of honesty, curiosity,
and courage.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
You know.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Songs like if You Only Knew Me and All that
I Want to be, show wisdom beyond her years, and
a reminder that no matter.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Your age, your voice matters.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
So tonight we are talking about creativity, culture and the
courage to start early, because the world doesn't wait for
you to grow up before it calls you to greatness.
You're not just here for a talk show. And this
isn't just radio. This is revival for your mind, body,
and spirit. This is a Vigilantes radio life. My name
(02:37):
is Coach Deni and change is possible. I hope you
guys are ready.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Are you ready?
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Are you ready?
Speaker 4 (02:55):
Ready? Are you ready?
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Well, let's go. Let's go this.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
All right, all right, all right again, Welcome to the show.
You're listening to vr L, That is Vigilantes Radio Live
or right here on iHeartRadio, and I am your host, Deani.
Our interviews are designed to go beyond the music, news, books, art, acting, films, technology, education, entrepreneurship, entertainment, spirituality,
(03:31):
and sometimes even past that theme that we call the ego.
Our interviews are designed to go behind the scenes into
the minds of these brilliant people, you know, the ones
who are out there giving it.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
They're all for me, for you, and for the war
held Well, ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
She's young, she's gifted, and already turning emotion into melody.
Nini Upaluri is a fourteen year old Indian American pop
artist and songwriter whose music blends her American roots with
her Indian soul. From heartfelt lyrics to radiant melodies, Nini
is redefining what it means to be a global teen artist.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
The songs like if You.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Only Knew Me and Little Brother, and her debut EP,
Lost and Found is already making ways. So please, please,
please please join me in saying welcome friend to Meini
Goopoleari Hello, Hello, Hello, welcome to the show.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
Hi Vigeland Radio.
Speaker 6 (04:36):
Thank you so much for Halie having me, Hi Dani
cool your name Retevis.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
That's awesome.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Ahi, Hey Deani and Nini? What's up? What's up? Welcome
to the show. I'm super glad that you were here.
Speaker 5 (04:49):
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Indeed, So before we get into everything, what's been on
your heart and mind lately?
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Nini, good question.
Speaker 6 (05:01):
Honestly, just a bunch of songwriting, you know, and writing
down like poetry Mary, stuff like that that's been online lately.
Also that I was to fok and yeah, that's about it,
and a little more German here and there.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
So all right, So you started writing music at such
a young age.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
How old were you when you first started writing music.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
Maybe like eleven, eleven or twelve?
Speaker 2 (05:31):
I remember, that's cool. Eleven and twelve.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
I think I was just watching cartoons or something. You
got started on your dream pretty early, don't worry, I was.
Speaker 5 (05:45):
Also watching cartoons.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Cool.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
So what was the first song or moment that made
you say I want to do this.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
For real, I want to do this for the rest
of my life.
Speaker 6 (05:59):
I remember when I was twelve, I was in my
room and I was thinking about my little brother, how
it was always so nice to me, how he always
cared and he always asked, like when I was feeling down,
if I'm okay, And I thought that was really sweet
of him. And I was really emotional all of that,
so I thought I wanted to write something about it.
(06:19):
And yeah, I mean sometimes he is like kind of annoying,
but I still love him, and yeah, that's why I
kind of wanted to write a song about growing up
and this really conventually feeling of that.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
Yeah, most little brothers are annoying. I have one too,
and he still annoys me. Grown he's a grown up now, he.
Speaker 5 (06:43):
He's still annoyingus, I guess.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Yeah, So let's talk about your EP. It's titled Lost
and Found. It's pretty powerful. What does that represent for
you personally?
Speaker 5 (06:59):
For me, I was going.
Speaker 6 (07:00):
Through you know, like friendship, break up stuff like that,
and I was emotional about that.
Speaker 5 (07:06):
And again, little brother was also.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
A part of my EP.
Speaker 6 (07:09):
So growing up just all these like, you know, kind
of emotional feelings. I wanted to write that down, and
you know, I kind of wanted to write down those things.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
Yeah, and moving from New Jersey to India must have
been a very big change. Did that change your perspective
as a person and an artist or you kind of
remain the same.
Speaker 5 (07:35):
Yeah, I think it did actually expand in my mind.
Speaker 6 (07:39):
You know, I am Indian Americans, so you know, I
know that in the USA and India there's like different
cultures and different religions, and it's really cool, you know,
to kind of comparing trast and see that. And it
also does help me, you know, in my songwriting sometimes
and you know, to put myself like in other people's
shoes and try to understand their experiences, what they're going through,
(08:02):
and that kind of helps me to write things down and.
Speaker 5 (08:04):
Kind of you know.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Yeah, so tell us about if you only knew me?
What inspired this song and what message do you hope
listeners take from it?
Speaker 5 (08:17):
Yeah, so I remember for if you only knew me again,
I was.
Speaker 6 (08:22):
I remember like I had, you know, a friend and
we were kind of you know, like there was some
argument or something, and you know, we were like bvfs.
So it really hurt when you know it kind of
I felt like everything was falling apart literally, And you know,
I also knew a bunch of people at the time
who I thought were my friends, but really they were
(08:43):
just talking like to me, they were talking badly about others,
and then they were doing the same like behind my
back literally so and they would ghost me sometimes, which really,
you know, hurt me, and I thought I needed to
get it out somehow.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Yeah, Nini, what I've learned growing up, most people who
gossip to me usually gossip about me as well.
Speaker 5 (09:07):
Yeah that's absolutely true.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Yeah it's kind of crazy how it happens, but it does.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
You also have a music video for this song, and it.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Feels and seems very organic, like a campfire field. Were
you involved in the creative in the visual creative process.
Speaker 5 (09:30):
A little bit, honestly.
Speaker 6 (09:32):
Mostly it was like the team who kind of told
me which areas were going to kind of record and
what I should be, you know, how I should emotionally
apt I guess for a certain scene.
Speaker 5 (09:44):
But overall it was like an amazing experience.
Speaker 6 (09:46):
And you were in Lussouri, which is a very beautiful
northern part of India, and it was just gorgeous.
Speaker 5 (09:53):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
What was your favorite part about the video?
Speaker 5 (09:58):
A good question.
Speaker 6 (10:00):
I think the scenes where I was like having that
blue jacket.
Speaker 5 (10:05):
On and I was like kind of in the mountainous area.
That was really cool. I love that. I love filming
that part. It was really cool though.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Nice And you're also a multi instrumentalist. What instruments do
you play well?
Speaker 6 (10:20):
I play guitar, and I've learned guitar and piano. I
won't stay I'm a pro. I'm not a pro at all,
but like I do know enough, you know to kind
of like make my own melodies, and just saying, you know,
do cover songs and stuff like that in the future
would be really.
Speaker 5 (10:38):
Fun to kind of work on.
Speaker 6 (10:40):
You know, the instruments play much more, and yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
So you get to incorporate your instruments into the melodies
and the songs that you write.
Speaker 5 (10:50):
Yeah, for sure, for sure.
Speaker 6 (10:51):
You know, sometimes I actually start with like, you know,
chord progressions and then I just.
Speaker 5 (10:57):
Kind of found a bunch of random melodies and then
you know, I write the lyrics down.
Speaker 6 (11:01):
It honestly depends sometimes, you know, could be you know,
writing concept down and then writing the melody.
Speaker 5 (11:08):
It just all depends on how I'm feeling and what
ways best for me.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Nice. What was the best part of recording Lost and File?
Speaker 5 (11:20):
Good question.
Speaker 6 (11:22):
Everything was new to me, like in the professional music field,
you know, I didn't really.
Speaker 5 (11:27):
I was just getting to know about you know.
Speaker 6 (11:29):
Recording studios and like production and my mistakes, you know,
team were and you know taking like a bunch of
you know, retaking.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
In the studio.
Speaker 6 (11:39):
You know, all the different parts that can really make
a good song, you.
Speaker 5 (11:43):
Know, like harmonies, ad lists, all that stuff.
Speaker 6 (11:46):
These really elevate the song. That's just what I kind
of learned. And I also learned that teamwork is a
really big thing. And you know, my dad says teams
wins the individuals, was generally speaking. So I don't that
really inspired me?
Speaker 3 (12:01):
And yeah, yeah, who did you have to walk you
through the whole process of recording?
Speaker 5 (12:08):
Ooh, good questions. My dad always came along with.
Speaker 6 (12:11):
Me, and you know my uncle too, and uh, of
course the town engineers were there, you know, so I'm
really thankful for them.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
Nice Is your dad musical?
Speaker 5 (12:24):
Oh no, you're not musical?
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Oh yeah, what he is?
Speaker 5 (12:34):
Yes, my belong yes, because like but not like pop music.
Speaker 6 (12:39):
She's interested in like Indian classical music, which is also
called Karnatic music, and it's ready different from pop. But
she's musical, I would say nice in fact, In fact,
in cases here I started with Karnatic Music. I but honestly,
I did like two years of it, but I didn't
(12:59):
like it. It didn't really resonate with me because it
was very rigid.
Speaker 5 (13:03):
It was very strict, and I.
Speaker 6 (13:04):
Generally just like the freedom and pop and it's fine
every stole all right.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
Before we play some music.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
When when you imagine your future, what kind of artist
do you want to become?
Speaker 5 (13:17):
Good question. I just want to, like, I obviously love
pop music.
Speaker 6 (13:22):
Maybe go into like you know, maybe try out experiment
with like pop rock genres or you know, like pop
mix it like others other genres are mixed with pop pop.
Speaker 5 (13:32):
But honestly, yeah, pop music and just kind of being
real authentic.
Speaker 6 (13:37):
I feel like this world kind of you know, we
need more authenticity and realness in the world.
Speaker 5 (13:43):
So yeah, I just.
Speaker 6 (13:45):
Want to do that and kind of keep writing about
my experiences and other people experiences.
Speaker 5 (13:50):
So yeah, with my co writers stuff, I feel like
it would be awesome.
Speaker 6 (13:55):
I'm super excited to learn about you know, I'm super
I'm just super excited to collaborate with more people. Just
enjoy the whole process because he is a creative process.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
Indeed, it is all right, Listeners, are you ready for
some music? We have all that I want.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
To be by Nini Hooper Leary, and then we'll be
back to put her in our traditional hot seats where
she could perform for us if she wants to. She
could sing, she could rap, do spoken word, tell a joke,
tell a story, play an instrument, give some advice, or
do nothing at all. That is cool as well. But
for right now here, it is all that I want
to be. Stay tilled.
Speaker 7 (14:46):
Don't know where the moon was sting, don't know what
God was plenty, but ever since it took a breath,
I feel it.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
I get it.
Speaker 7 (14:58):
I was little Megan wisters on t don't create there
for any.
Speaker 6 (15:02):
Kount of battle because.
Speaker 7 (15:04):
I love over. I come from to get all on,
to get lost. So the world keeps spinning fast, falling
off the tracks. Don't know what's coming nice. But that's
the best part, I guess I did. I just one thing.
(15:24):
When I jot up just on tree, waking me up
in the night, it's all okay, Like the birds unshine
on me, give me up, and the cloud come down
over mountains an say where I can Mary, Oh that
I want to be like a good old pair of trees.
(15:53):
Will they ride up the seams everywhere.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
I'd take a step.
Speaker 5 (15:58):
I just fit like it.
Speaker 7 (16:02):
So the world keeps spinning fast, falling off the drugs.
Don't know what's coming next. But that's the best part.
I guess did do I? Did they just want thing?
When I do just wantree waking me up in the night.
(16:22):
It's all, okay, you're like the Bride Sunshine on me,
take me up and so come down, Oh momains, don
say where I can do all that I want to be?
Who cares if I want it all? If I'm ready
to take the fall. Don't know what's to come, but
(16:46):
I find where having did they just want to day?
When I don't just wann Tree waking me up in
the night? It's all okay, you like the Bride Sunshine
(17:11):
it out?
Speaker 3 (17:40):
Alright, alright, I probably did that song injustice Meani is
the professional Deani is not, honestly, but oh man, it's
such an incredible record, right, so so good, all right,
let's go ahead.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
And bring MENI back, Hello, thank you, So you're welcome.
You're welcome, and you're back with us and in our
hot seats. Are you going to perform for us?
Speaker 6 (18:10):
Yes?
Speaker 5 (18:11):
I will show you.
Speaker 6 (18:12):
I will say in a small sip tippet of an
upcoming song that I and my coriters wrote.
Speaker 5 (18:19):
It was I'm super uh you know, happy about it. Yeah,
all right, this one's for you, Mickey.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
You can You're it's going so.
Speaker 8 (18:32):
Much fun line and go wana guilt guilty, going for
your tricks, your tricks not to please that any one.
Speaker 5 (18:45):
Can not these is no one.
Speaker 8 (18:49):
Not say no.
Speaker 5 (18:51):
You can't shake what I know, but love I am
in already win. I'm not going on your guilt trip.
Speaker 6 (19:02):
Now we'll snippet of an upcoming song. I won't give
too much away, but you never you got.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
To wait for it. Wow. That was awesome, Thank you
so much, soome. Yeah, so, Nini, this is our mic
drop moment.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
If you could give advice to another young person who
is afraid to share their voice, to share their talent,
what would you tell them?
Speaker 6 (19:27):
Yeah, so the advice I would give honestly, you just
keep going at it and don't worry about what others think.
Persistence is important, obviously, and hard work, you know, discipline, consistency,
But it's a consistency I really mean it, because small
steps every day do lead to big progress. Over time,
(19:49):
and yeah, just go on it. And you have to
be patient because you know, learning any skill, not just
music but anything, it takes time.
Speaker 5 (19:57):
So just be patient with yourself. And it's okay if
you you don't get it on the first try. Just
got to keep going until you do.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
Absolutely, that is some good advice, Nini.
Speaker 3 (20:07):
Where can our listeners connect with you on the internet
and check out more music?
Speaker 6 (20:13):
Yeah, so they can connect with me on my YouTube
channel called me New Flurry, also on Instagram TikTok. Yeah
for now it's the same like Menia Flury. And they
can also listen to like my music, I guess on Spotify, oh,
Amazon Music, a couple iTunes to helpus on all that,
(20:35):
there's so many other platforms, all the major online.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Right listeners.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
Just in case you need those links, I will have
them in the description of the episode and in the
show notes.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
I'll make it super easy. All you have to do
is click the links and you will connect with Thank you.
Speaker 5 (20:54):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
Indeed, indeed, all right guys. Tonight.
Speaker 3 (20:59):
Nimi reminded us that talent has no timeline and that
courage often starts young. At just fourteen, she's crafting songs
that speak to the heart, blending her story across two
cultures and proven that music truly is a universal language.
So Nini, thank you for shining your light, sharing your journey,
(21:21):
and reminding every dreamer listening that it's never too early
to believe in their gifts. And to everyone tuning in.
Scream Lost and Found on all major platforms. Watch the
If You Only Knew Me music video on YouTube and
follow Nini upa Leari lurie across all socials, and remember
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support the show. Whether you are fourteen or forty, your
dreams are still waiting to be sung.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
And this isn't just radio, this is revival Day Fearless.
Thank you so much, Nini, thank you so much.
Speaker 6 (22:01):
I'm truly grateful to all of you, to God, to
my family, my team. I try ask my teachers say all.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
Right, we think you have a wonderful night.
Speaker 4 (22:12):
Peace to all. My name is Deanie and I am
the host of Vigilantes Radio Live.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
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of us simply we're not bored into the club. But
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Speaker 2 (00:44):
Hey, Hey, Hey, what's going on? Guys?
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Welcome to another incredible episode of Vigilantes Radio live right
here on iHeartRadio, and I am your host, Deanie.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
We have a very special guest for you guys.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
If you definitely want to stick around for that, and
as a matter of fact, text your buddies. Family members
are even shared on social media rights now and let
them know that we are about to dive deep into
another interview. Before I bring my guests, I do want
to say that this is the frequency of the fearless.
(01:20):
You know, every generation has a voice that carries a
little magic, A spark that reminds us what it feels
like to dream again for.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Our special guests.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
That spark started with headphones, favorite songs and a notebook
full of melodies that eventually became her world. At just
fourteen years old, she's already a singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and
storyteller with a sound that bridges continents, using the soul
of New Jersey.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Pop with the heart of India. Her music feels.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Like the glow of early morning, full of honesty, curiosity,
and courage.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
You know.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Songs like if You Only Knew Me and All that
I Want to be, show wisdom beyond her years, and
a reminder that no matter.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Your age, your voice matters.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
So tonight we are talking about creativity, culture and the
courage to start early, because the world doesn't wait for
you to grow up before it calls you to greatness.
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held Well, ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
She's young, she's gifted, and already turning emotion into melody.
Nini Upaluri is a fourteen year old Indian American pop
artist and songwriter whose music blends her American roots with
her Indian soul. From heartfelt lyrics to radiant melodies, Nini
is redefining what it means to be a global teen artist.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
The songs like if You.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Only Knew Me and Little Brother, and her debut EP,
Lost and Found is already making ways. So please, please,
please please join me in saying welcome friend to Meini
Goopoleari Hello, Hello, Hello, welcome to the show.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
Hi Vigeland Radio.
Speaker 6 (04:36):
Thank you so much for Halie having me, Hi Dani
cool your name Retevis.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
That's awesome.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Ahi, Hey Deani and Nini? What's up? What's up? Welcome
to the show. I'm super glad that you were here.
Speaker 5 (04:49):
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Indeed, So before we get into everything, what's been on
your heart and mind lately?
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Nini, good question.
Speaker 6 (05:01):
Honestly, just a bunch of songwriting, you know, and writing
down like poetry Mary, stuff like that that's been online lately.
Also that I was to fok and yeah, that's about it,
and a little more German here and there.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
So all right, So you started writing music at such
a young age.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
How old were you when you first started writing music.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
Maybe like eleven, eleven or twelve?
Speaker 2 (05:31):
I remember, that's cool. Eleven and twelve.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
I think I was just watching cartoons or something. You
got started on your dream pretty early, don't worry, I was.
Speaker 5 (05:45):
Also watching cartoons.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Cool.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
So what was the first song or moment that made
you say I want to do this.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
For real, I want to do this for the rest
of my life.
Speaker 6 (05:59):
I remember when I was twelve, I was in my
room and I was thinking about my little brother, how
it was always so nice to me, how he always
cared and he always asked, like when I was feeling down,
if I'm okay, And I thought that was really sweet
of him. And I was really emotional all of that,
so I thought I wanted to write something about it.
(06:19):
And yeah, I mean sometimes he is like kind of annoying,
but I still love him, and yeah, that's why I
kind of wanted to write a song about growing up
and this really conventually feeling of that.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
Yeah, most little brothers are annoying. I have one too,
and he still annoys me. Grown he's a grown up now, he.
Speaker 5 (06:43):
He's still annoyingus, I guess.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Yeah, So let's talk about your EP. It's titled Lost
and Found. It's pretty powerful. What does that represent for
you personally?
Speaker 5 (06:59):
For me, I was going.
Speaker 6 (07:00):
Through you know, like friendship, break up stuff like that,
and I was emotional about that.
Speaker 5 (07:06):
And again, little brother was also.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
A part of my EP.
Speaker 6 (07:09):
So growing up just all these like, you know, kind
of emotional feelings. I wanted to write that down, and
you know, I kind of wanted to write down those things.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
Yeah, and moving from New Jersey to India must have
been a very big change. Did that change your perspective
as a person and an artist or you kind of
remain the same.
Speaker 5 (07:35):
Yeah, I think it did actually expand in my mind.
Speaker 6 (07:39):
You know, I am Indian Americans, so you know, I
know that in the USA and India there's like different
cultures and different religions, and it's really cool, you know,
to kind of comparing trast and see that. And it
also does help me, you know, in my songwriting sometimes
and you know, to put myself like in other people's
shoes and try to understand their experiences, what they're going through,
(08:02):
and that kind of helps me to write things down and.
Speaker 5 (08:04):
Kind of you know.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Yeah, so tell us about if you only knew me?
What inspired this song and what message do you hope
listeners take from it?
Speaker 5 (08:17):
Yeah, so I remember for if you only knew me again,
I was.
Speaker 6 (08:22):
I remember like I had, you know, a friend and
we were kind of you know, like there was some
argument or something, and you know, we were like bvfs.
So it really hurt when you know it kind of
I felt like everything was falling apart literally, And you know,
I also knew a bunch of people at the time
who I thought were my friends, but really they were
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just talking like to me, they were talking badly about others,
and then they were doing the same like behind my
back literally so and they would ghost me sometimes, which really,
you know, hurt me, and I thought I needed to
get it out somehow.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Yeah, Nini, what I've learned growing up, most people who
gossip to me usually gossip about me as well.
Speaker 5 (09:07):
Yeah that's absolutely true.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Yeah it's kind of crazy how it happens, but it does.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
You also have a music video for this song, and it.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Feels and seems very organic, like a campfire field. Were
you involved in the creative in the visual creative process.
Speaker 5 (09:30):
A little bit, honestly.
Speaker 6 (09:32):
Mostly it was like the team who kind of told
me which areas were going to kind of record and
what I should be, you know, how I should emotionally
apt I guess for a certain scene.
Speaker 5 (09:44):
But overall it was like an amazing experience.
Speaker 6 (09:46):
And you were in Lussouri, which is a very beautiful
northern part of India, and it was just gorgeous.
Speaker 5 (09:53):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
What was your favorite part about the video?
Speaker 5 (09:58):
A good question.
Speaker 6 (10:00):
I think the scenes where I was like having that
blue jacket.
Speaker 5 (10:05):
On and I was like kind of in the mountainous area.
That was really cool. I love that. I love filming
that part. It was really cool though.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Nice And you're also a multi instrumentalist. What instruments do
you play well?
Speaker 6 (10:20):
I play guitar, and I've learned guitar and piano. I
won't stay I'm a pro. I'm not a pro at all,
but like I do know enough, you know to kind
of like make my own melodies, and just saying, you know,
do cover songs and stuff like that in the future
would be really.
Speaker 5 (10:38):
Fun to kind of work on.
Speaker 6 (10:40):
You know, the instruments play much more, and yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
So you get to incorporate your instruments into the melodies
and the songs that you write.
Speaker 5 (10:50):
Yeah, for sure, for sure.
Speaker 6 (10:51):
You know, sometimes I actually start with like, you know,
chord progressions and then I just.
Speaker 5 (10:57):
Kind of found a bunch of random melodies and then
you know, I write the lyrics down.
Speaker 6 (11:01):
It honestly depends sometimes, you know, could be you know,
writing concept down and then writing the melody.
Speaker 5 (11:08):
It just all depends on how I'm feeling and what
ways best for me.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Nice. What was the best part of recording Lost and File?
Speaker 5 (11:20):
Good question.
Speaker 6 (11:22):
Everything was new to me, like in the professional music field,
you know, I didn't really.
Speaker 5 (11:27):
I was just getting to know about you know.
Speaker 6 (11:29):
Recording studios and like production and my mistakes, you know,
team were and you know taking like a bunch of
you know, retaking.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
In the studio.
Speaker 6 (11:39):
You know, all the different parts that can really make
a good song, you.
Speaker 5 (11:43):
Know, like harmonies, ad lists, all that stuff.
Speaker 6 (11:46):
These really elevate the song. That's just what I kind
of learned. And I also learned that teamwork is a
really big thing. And you know, my dad says teams
wins the individuals, was generally speaking. So I don't that
really inspired me?
Speaker 3 (12:01):
And yeah, yeah, who did you have to walk you
through the whole process of recording?
Speaker 5 (12:08):
Ooh, good questions. My dad always came along with.
Speaker 6 (12:11):
Me, and you know my uncle too, and uh, of
course the town engineers were there, you know, so I'm
really thankful for them.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
Nice Is your dad musical?
Speaker 5 (12:24):
Oh no, you're not musical?
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Oh yeah, what he is?
Speaker 5 (12:34):
Yes, my belong yes, because like but not like pop music.
Speaker 6 (12:39):
She's interested in like Indian classical music, which is also
called Karnatic music, and it's ready different from pop. But
she's musical, I would say nice in fact, In fact,
in cases here I started with Karnatic Music. I but honestly,
I did like two years of it, but I didn't
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like it. It didn't really resonate with me because it
was very rigid.
Speaker 5 (13:03):
It was very strict, and I.
Speaker 6 (13:04):
Generally just like the freedom and pop and it's fine
every stole all right.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
Before we play some music.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
When when you imagine your future, what kind of artist
do you want to become?
Speaker 5 (13:17):
Good question. I just want to, like, I obviously love
pop music.
Speaker 6 (13:22):
Maybe go into like you know, maybe try out experiment
with like pop rock genres or you know, like pop
mix it like others other genres are mixed with pop pop.
Speaker 5 (13:32):
But honestly, yeah, pop music and just kind of being
real authentic.
Speaker 6 (13:37):
I feel like this world kind of you know, we
need more authenticity and realness in the world.
Speaker 5 (13:43):
So yeah, I just.
Speaker 6 (13:45):
Want to do that and kind of keep writing about
my experiences and other people experiences.
Speaker 5 (13:50):
So yeah, with my co writers stuff, I feel like
it would be awesome.
Speaker 6 (13:55):
I'm super excited to learn about you know, I'm super
I'm just super excited to collaborate with more people. Just
enjoy the whole process because he is a creative process.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
Indeed, it is all right, Listeners, are you ready for
some music? We have all that I want.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
To be by Nini Hooper Leary, and then we'll be
back to put her in our traditional hot seats where
she could perform for us if she wants to. She
could sing, she could rap, do spoken word, tell a joke,
tell a story, play an instrument, give some advice, or
do nothing at all. That is cool as well. But
for right now here, it is all that I want
to be. Stay tilled.
Speaker 7 (14:46):
Don't know where the moon was sting, don't know what
God was plenty, but ever since it took a breath,
I feel it.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
I get it.
Speaker 7 (14:58):
I was little Megan wisters on t don't create there
for any.
Speaker 6 (15:02):
Kount of battle because.
Speaker 7 (15:04):
I love over. I come from to get all on,
to get lost. So the world keeps spinning fast, falling
off the tracks. Don't know what's coming nice. But that's
the best part, I guess I did. I just one thing.
(15:24):
When I jot up just on tree, waking me up
in the night, it's all okay, Like the birds unshine
on me, give me up, and the cloud come down
over mountains an say where I can Mary, Oh that
I want to be like a good old pair of trees.
(15:53):
Will they ride up the seams everywhere.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
I'd take a step.
Speaker 5 (15:58):
I just fit like it.
Speaker 7 (16:02):
So the world keeps spinning fast, falling off the drugs.
Don't know what's coming next. But that's the best part.
I guess did do I? Did they just want thing?
When I do just wantree waking me up in the night.
(16:22):
It's all, okay, you're like the Bride Sunshine on me,
take me up and so come down, Oh momains, don
say where I can do all that I want to be?
Who cares if I want it all? If I'm ready
to take the fall. Don't know what's to come, but
(16:46):
I find where having did they just want to day?
When I don't just wann Tree waking me up in
the night? It's all okay, you like the Bride Sunshine
(17:11):
it out?
Speaker 3 (17:40):
Alright, alright, I probably did that song injustice Meani is
the professional Deani is not, honestly, but oh man, it's
such an incredible record, right, so so good, all right,
let's go ahead.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
And bring MENI back, Hello, thank you, So you're welcome.
You're welcome, and you're back with us and in our
hot seats. Are you going to perform for us?
Speaker 6 (18:10):
Yes?
Speaker 5 (18:11):
I will show you.
Speaker 6 (18:12):
I will say in a small sip tippet of an
upcoming song that I and my coriters wrote.
Speaker 5 (18:19):
It was I'm super uh you know, happy about it. Yeah,
all right, this one's for you, Mickey.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
You can You're it's going so.
Speaker 8 (18:32):
Much fun line and go wana guilt guilty, going for
your tricks, your tricks not to please that any one.
Speaker 5 (18:45):
Can not these is no one.
Speaker 8 (18:49):
Not say no.
Speaker 5 (18:51):
You can't shake what I know, but love I am
in already win. I'm not going on your guilt trip.
Speaker 6 (19:02):
Now we'll snippet of an upcoming song. I won't give
too much away, but you never you got.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
To wait for it. Wow. That was awesome, Thank you
so much, soome. Yeah, so, Nini, this is our mic
drop moment.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
If you could give advice to another young person who
is afraid to share their voice, to share their talent,
what would you tell them?
Speaker 6 (19:27):
Yeah, so the advice I would give honestly, you just
keep going at it and don't worry about what others think.
Persistence is important, obviously, and hard work, you know, discipline, consistency,
But it's a consistency I really mean it, because small
steps every day do lead to big progress. Over time,
(19:49):
and yeah, just go on it. And you have to
be patient because you know, learning any skill, not just
music but anything, it takes time.
Speaker 5 (19:57):
So just be patient with yourself. And it's okay if
you you don't get it on the first try. Just
got to keep going until you do.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
Absolutely, that is some good advice, Nini.
Speaker 3 (20:07):
Where can our listeners connect with you on the internet
and check out more music?
Speaker 6 (20:13):
Yeah, so they can connect with me on my YouTube
channel called me New Flurry, also on Instagram TikTok. Yeah
for now it's the same like Menia Flury. And they
can also listen to like my music, I guess on Spotify, oh,
Amazon Music, a couple iTunes to helpus on all that,
(20:35):
there's so many other platforms, all the major online.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Right listeners.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
Just in case you need those links, I will have
them in the description of the episode and in the
show notes.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
I'll make it super easy. All you have to do
is click the links and you will connect with Thank you.
Speaker 5 (20:54):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
Indeed, indeed, all right guys. Tonight.
Speaker 3 (20:59):
Nimi reminded us that talent has no timeline and that
courage often starts young. At just fourteen, she's crafting songs
that speak to the heart, blending her story across two
cultures and proven that music truly is a universal language.
So Nini, thank you for shining your light, sharing your journey,
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and reminding every dreamer listening that it's never too early
to believe in their gifts. And to everyone tuning in.
Scream Lost and Found on all major platforms. Watch the
If You Only Knew Me music video on YouTube and
follow Nini upa Leari lurie across all socials, and remember
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to us subscribe Vigilanti's Radio Live, leave a rating and
support the show. Whether you are fourteen or forty, your
dreams are still waiting to be sung.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
And this isn't just radio, this is revival Day Fearless.
Thank you so much, Nini, thank you so much.
Speaker 6 (22:01):
I'm truly grateful to all of you, to God, to
my family, my team. I try ask my teachers say all.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
Right, we think you have a wonderful night.
Speaker 4 (22:12):
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