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He
visited Bristol's Evolution this week - and BBCi Bristol managed
to catch up with him backstage.
"I've
never been to Bristol before, but wow, there was a lot of
love out there," he said.
"Quite
a few people have heard the singles, there's a little bit
of notoriety, so now I have a base of people out there who
look forward to hearing my music and I hope I don't disappoint
them in the future.
"I'm
working on the album at the moment - it is a mix of Hindi,
RnB, and reggae - there's a real Bollywood feel to it.
"It
is definitive of who I am and how I've grown up - the music
I've listened to. It is a fusion of my life up until now in
the form of music."
He's
part of a wave of Asian-influenced music to hit the charts
in recent months, but Raghav is hoping it doesn't turn into
yet another short-lived trend and fall out of favour.
Asian
music
"It
is important that Asian music is recognised in the mainstream,
though I worry that we may be a fashion and a fad, and that
we will go out of fashion.
"I
think there's so much depth to our culture and our music that
as long as we continue to stay true to that as artists and
as Asians, then the music will always speak for itself.
"I
want to be part of it and I'm looking forward to seeing a
whole bunch of Asian artists in the spotlight for many years
to come."
Raghav
came to the UK from his home in Canada to study at the Fame-style
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts - and says he plans
to stay for the forseeable future.
"I'm
here for good now, this is definitely home. I hope to tour
in Europe and Asia and even go back to North America, but
this is home - it is where I want to base my life and my career
from here on.
"I've
been in England for about three-and-a-half years, trying to
make music, plugging away, now all of a sudden we have a little
bit of success so it feels fantastic - the UK has been really
good to me."
Famous
names
He's
been singing since the tender age of five - but admits he
still gets starstruck working with some of the music industry's
big names.
"The
album will feature lots of collaborations - Iceberg Slim,
who I believe is the hottest rapper on the continent at the
moment - and I'm over the moon that we're out promoting this
record together.
"Production
wise there's Sly and Robbie and Incognito - I'm working with
world-renowned names in the music industry."
And
he says there may be some other famous name collaborations
up ahead.
"There
are some other artists in the pipeline, but I don't want to
jinx it - I don't want to make promises I can't keep."
Can't
Get Enough looks set to catapult him into the limelight -
yet Raghav is determined to keep his feet firmly on the ground.
"I'm
taking it one day at a time at the moment," he explains.
"I've
seen so many people get to the stage where they have a single
out and nothing happens after that.
"But
I'm putting my heart, soul, body and mind into getting my
music out there. At the moment it looks good but we'll just
have to see what happens."
Raghav's
new single Can't Get Enough is released on February 16.
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