![]() ![]() Currently, the video has over 955,000 views. ![]() She uploaded a cover video of Hataarindai, Bataasindai in 2019, which got viral. She states, “I’m thankful to the band because it helped me enter the music scene, spread my name to a wider audience, and introduced me to other musicians.”Īfter leaving the band, Pun started writing and composing originals. The little earned, they shared amidst themselves.īut after a year of gigs, Pun left the band because she wanted to do something other than cover songs written and released by other musicians. Pun and her bandmates visited different bars and pubs, asking the owners if they could perform there. They lovingly nicknamed her Baatuli because she was chubby and round. The then 17-year-old singer was the youngest member of the band and she claims that all her band members adored her. Singing rock songs apparently also helped her become more confident on stage. “I joined a band in Bultwal when I was in Grade 11 and started singing rock and English songs at restaurants and bars,” says Pun adding that she only sang folk and patriotic songs until she met Punk and Sharma both of whom she considers her mentors. There she met the two people who would turn out to be the biggest supporters of her music-Loc Punk, a punk rock musician, and Swapnil Sharma, vocalist of the Nepali rock band The Shadows. Moving to Butwal was one of the best decisions to further Pun’s musical career. She claims that she was tired of people commenting and criticising her inclination toward music. The main reason she moved out of Dang was because she wanted to live in a community that appreciated music. She dropped out of high school in Dang and joined a hotel management course in Butwal. This solidified Pun’s decision to pursue music even more. Unexpectedly (for her), she came in first at the competition. She remembers the time she sang acapella on stage (in Grade 4)-without any instrument or karaoke, just a mic and her voice. This musical environment in her family encouraged her to participate in music competitions at school and community events. ![]() “My Baje sang Rodi and my mother used to sing too,” says Pun. Her father used to bring home music cassettes while returning from Paltan (Indian Army). It might be Pun’s family’s love for music that got her interested in it in the first place. Now, when she performs on stage, Pun’s heart swells when she sees the audience waving their hands and singing along to her original tunes and she commends herself for following her passion for music. But since she was hell-bent on learning and pursuing music, she did not let comments like these get to her. (‘Look at this girl walking around carrying a guitar.’) very often. As a ninth grader, when Ankita Pun used to go to music classes she used to get comments like, ‘ Hera yo keti guitar bokera hideki’. ![]()
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