Ritviz Srivastava is an Indian singer-songwriter, electronic musician and record producer from Pune, Maharashtra, India. He rose to prominence after his song "Udd Gaye" was featured on A.I.B.'s official YouTube channel after becoming the winner of the 2017 Bacardi House Party Sessions, a talent hunt competition organised by A.I.B. and Nucleya.
Ritviz composed the title track of the Amazon Prime Video show Comicstaan, appeared on the soundtrack of the Netflix series Mismatched with "Sun Toh", and his music has been featured in the Marvel series Ms. Marvel.
He was featured on Forbes India 30 Under 30 list and on one of the digital covers of the Grazia India'''s Cool List in 2021.
Early life Ritviz Srivastava was born in Darbhanga, Bihar. He grew up in Pune. He started learning music when he was 8 years old, and went on to be tutored by Uday Bhawalkar in the Dhrupad subgenre of Hindustani Music. He composed his first song at the age of 11.
Career Following the release of his debut EP, Yuv in 2016, Ritviz released his second EP, Ved, three years later, which was preceded by the hit single "Udd Gaye", whose music video was released through AIB's YouTube channel. He then made a remix version of Nucleya's track "Lights", from the 2016 album "Raja Baja", a remix of Major Lazer's "Light It Up", of which Ritviz made the Diwali version which features his voice as well as production in 2019. Ritviz also collaborated with Seedhe Maut on the track "Chalo Chalein" for the Bacardi Sessions in 2019, which received rave reviews. In an interview with The Bridge Chronicle, they even teased a collaboration album with the singer, but it never saw the light of day and was eventually scrapped. In May 2020, he was featured on the remix of Lauv's "Modern Loneliness". In the following year, Ritviz released another EP, Dev, preceded by "Liggi", he then followed it up with a collaborative EP, Baaraat, along with Nucleya. The four track EP was accompanied by a series of NFT.
Ritviz has performed at EDC Las Vegas, Sunburn Festival, the Bacardi NH7 Weekender, Zomaland by Zomato and YouTube Fanfest. He opened for Katy Perry and Dua Lipa at the OnePlus Music Festival at DY Patil Stadium in 2019.
In July 2022, Ritviz announced that his debut album, Mimmi would be releasing on September 2, 2022. The album was named after and dedicated to his mother, who also helped co-writing the songs. After the release of his debut album, Ritviz embarked on his Mimmi'' Album Launch Tour throughout 2023.
On June 21, 2024, Ritviz released the single "Mehrbaan" featuring Pakistani singer Hasan Raheem.
Discography
Albums and EPs + Year Album / EP Track Artist(s) 2016 Yuv Bali RitvizTaanYuvJiti 2017-2019 Ved Udd Gaye RitvizJeetBarsoVedJeet 2.0Sage2019-2021DevChalo ChaleinRitviz ft. Seedhe MautLiggiRitviz Raahi Thandi HawaPranKhamoshiRitviz & Karan Kanchan2020Thandi Hawa (Official Remixes)Thandi Hawa (Sez on the Beat & Enkore Remix)RitvizThandi Hawa (Anish Sood Remix)Thandi Hawa (Nucleya Remix)Thandi Hawa (Zupiter Remix)2021BaaraatSathiRitviz & NucleyaAri AriRozBaaraat2022MimmiAaj NaRitvizMehfoozMimmiChandamamaTajJaanaRitviz & Karan KanchanPukaarRitvizAas Paas
Singles and collaborations + Year Track Artist(s) Album / Compilation2013Teenage SoundRitviz2014VizdumbBeatificI Feel Love2015MuktidimmSummer Presents: Revolution Rising Volume 22016Turn UpSu Real ft. RitvizTwerkistan by Su RealLights (Ritviz Remix)Nucleya & Ritviz 2019 Light It Up (Ritviz Diwali Edition) Major Lazer & Ritviz ft. Nyla & Fuse ODG 2020 Modern Loneliness (Ritviz Remix) Lauv & Ritviz How I'm Feeling (The Extras) by Lauv Roshni SickFlip & Ritviz ft. Seedhe Maut 2024MehrbaanRitviz & Hasan Raheem
Web series soundtracks +YearSeriesSongArtist(s)2018ComicstaanComicstaan Title TrackRitviz2020MismatchedSun Toh2022Ms. MarvelSageThandi HawaAavegi
References
External links
Ritviz on Spotify