By Shaurya Saxena
11th Mar 2024
By Shaurya Saxena
11th Mar 2024
The 19-year-old Mumbai-born psychedelic trap artist Vinay Vasnani, who goes by the stage name vinayvvs has been providing consecutive and quality music over the past 4 years. Fusing sounds influenced by the current sound of trap music and Indian rap, vinayvvs has been in pursuit of creating a new wave of music in the current Indian music culture, by introducing enraged/psychedelic sounds with a touch of Indian lyrical hip-hop. Born in Mumbai, Vinay's whole family shifted to Poland for monetary reasons. This transition affected not only his personality but also his future sounds fuelling him up with more exposure. Being inspired by Travis Scott, Frank Ocean, Divine, and Playboi Carti, he started to mess around with productions at the age of 13 and incorporated that by starting to rap the following year. At the age of 15, the young artist returned to his mother's soil, and since then he has started to reckon music as a career and started dedicating all his time to music as a significant career.
While the conversation takes place, he recalls the first track he ever created. At the age of 13, while messing around on DAW Logic Pro on his friend's brother's computer, producing randomized rhythms and calling it a beat. Even though the production was not satisfactory, even after so many years Vinay still has a copy saved on his drive, cherishing the nostalgia. The day also changed his perspective and knowledge of Logic Pro, which he still uses today. Looking back at his earlier stage to the current, there is a metamorphosis in terms of personality and voice.
The 19-year-old Mumbai-born psychedelic trap artist Vinay Vasnani, who goes by the stage name vinayvvs has been providing consecutive and quality music over the past 4 years. Fusing sounds influenced by the current sound of trap music and Indian rap, vinayvvs has been in pursuit of creating a new wave of music in the current Indian music culture, by introducing enraged/psychedelic sounds with a touch of Indian lyrical hip-hop. Born in Mumbai, Vinay's whole family shifted to Poland for monetary reasons. This transition affected not only his personality but also his future sounds fuelling him up with more exposure. Being inspired by Travis Scott, Frank Ocean, Divine, and Playboi Carti, he started to mess around with productions at the age of 13 and incorporated that by starting to rap the following year. At the age of 15, the young artist returned to his mother's soil, and since then he has started to reckon music as a career and started dedicating all his time to music as a significant career.
While the conversation takes place, he recalls the first track he ever created. At the age of 13, while messing around on DAW Logic Pro on his friend's brother's computer, producing randomized rhythms and calling it a beat. Even though the production was not satisfactory, even after so many years Vinay still has a copy saved on his drive, cherishing the nostalgia. The day also changed his perspective and knowledge of Logic Pro, which he still uses today. Looking back at his earlier stage to the current, there is a metamorphosis in terms of personality and voice.
"Everything that I release is a part of me and will forever be. It will outlive me since it’s there forever. Every track and project of mine represents phases in my life. My life keeps changing and so does my music, and my songs and projects act as capsules to take me back into a particular phase of my life."
Being religious, there are many instances found in his music revolving around the concept of surrendering and submitting. Surrendering and submitting to God letting him take control, and letting go of all the worries. Let God do it. With already having an established catalogue of discography and God's blessing, there is no way for this young rapper to stop. While talking about his latest pack release "Vain", vinayvvs explains the bilingual meaning of the same phrase. The first definition describes a person who’s narcissistic, self-centred, and thinks highly of himself. The second definition describes a person who thinks he’s insignificant and worthless. Intrigued by the bipolarity of the word, he tells how he related to both the meanings and definitions of the word.
"I don’t just want ‘fans’. I hate that word. I want to “communitize” with my fans I want to make it a community rather than a mere fanbase. I want to be as connected as possible to that community, no matter how big I get. Community is a top priority."
"Everything that I release is a part of me and will forever be. It will outlive me since it’s there forever. Every track and project of mine represents phases in my life. My life keeps changing and so does my music, and my songs and projects act as capsules to take me back into a particular phase of my life."
Being religious, there are many instances found in his music revolving around the concept of surrendering and submitting. Surrendering and submitting to God letting him take control, and letting go of all the worries. Let God do it. With already having an established catalogue of discography and God's blessing, there is no way for this young rapper to stop. While talking about his latest pack release "Vain", vinayvvs explains the bilingual meaning of the same phrase. The first definition describes a person who’s narcissistic, self-centred, and thinks highly of himself. The second definition describes a person who thinks he’s insignificant and worthless. Intrigued by the bipolarity of the word, he tells how he related to both the meanings and definitions of the word.
"I don’t just want ‘fans’. I hate that word. I want to “communitize” with my fans I want to make it a community rather than a mere fanbase. I want to be as connected as possible to that community, no matter how big I get. Community is a top priority."
Talking about his future goals and plans, he responds by explaining his missions. Instead of wanting fans, vinay vvs is aiming to create a whole community of people to connect with. Having basic fans who just enjoy music is not something he wishes for; he wants the people to be obsessed with his music. With this energy entering the Indian music scene, there will be some change in the audience of desi hip hop. Currently studying in London, there will be wrath when he returns to India. Even though the music flow is constant at this point, in the future things might get more significant.
"Just don’t give a fuck about anything or what anyone says. The only validation you ever need is from yourself. Don’t let external sources and influences mask your confidence to create."
Talking about his future goals and plans, he responds by explaining his missions. Instead of wanting fans, vinay vvs is aiming to create a whole community of people to connect with. Having basic fans who just enjoy music is not something he wishes for; he wants the people to be obsessed with his music. With this energy entering the Indian music scene, there will be some change in the audience of desi hip hop. Currently studying in London, there will be wrath when he returns to India. Even though the music flow is constant at this point, in the future things might get more significant.
"Just don’t give a fuck about anything or what anyone says. The only validation you ever need is from yourself. Don’t let external sources and influences mask your confidence to create."
Talking about his future goals and plans, he responds by explaining his missions. Instead of wanting fans, vinay vvs is aiming to create a whole community of people to connect with. Having basic fans who just enjoy music is not something he wishes for; he wants the people to be obsessed with his music. With this energy entering the Indian music scene, there will be some change in the audience of desi hip hop. Currently studying in London, there will be wrath when he returns to India. Even though the music flow is constant at this point, in the future things might get more significant.
"Just don’t give a fuck about anything or what anyone says. The only validation you ever need is from yourself. Don’t let external sources and influences mask your confidence to create."
