Shillong singer Meba Ofiliaโs verses on โDone Talkingโ, her second song (featuring rapper Big Ri) which was released this July, is getting rave reviews.
According to a report published in Vogue, โDone Talkingโ has not only ramped up over 220,000 views on YouTube but most recently won Big Ri and Ofilia the Best Indian Act award at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards. The win, came for Ofilia after edging out fellow nominees such as Monica Dogra, Raja Kumari, Skyharbor and Divine.
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In an interview with Vogue, the twenty-something Ofilia talks about the track, performing as a featured artist with Shillongโs top hip hop group Khasi Bloodz, and whatโs next for her.
โThere was this one time when Big Ri came up to me and said, โLetโs do a song togetherโ. We just agreed and we never had any plans to put it on VH1 or do anything. We didnโt even have a video in mind. We just wanted to do a song together, a collaboration,โ Ofilia commented describing the efforts that went into โDone Talkingโ
According to Vogue report, the singer from Shillong first met Khasi Bloodz in 2014 through Lamonte Pakyntein. He was a former member of Khasi Bloodz and he produced โDone Talkingโ.
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โWe did our first single together, which was โDonโt Stop.โ Years passed and we evolved and grew as individuals. They waited for me to grow as an artist and we decided to do a song together,โ Ofilia said.
Brought up on a heavy mix of โ90s pop, Ofiliaโs love for hip-hop and R&B music grew through her discovery of African-American gospel music. โI grew up listening to Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, Celine Dion and the likes,โ the singer told โAround the Cornerโ .
โLater, as I discovered gospel, I started singing in church. Eventually, it led me to discover artists such as Lauryn Hill, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys and Tori Kelly, and they continue to be my main influences,โ she said.