Hey everyone! We have an exciting new release to share with you all! We just listened to the debut pop single “Wannabe Me” from Veda! She’s the daughter of Saliva frontman Bobby Amaru and has now taken a chance at her own solo career. We can’t stop listening to her new single! We’ll be keeping an eye out for her next release! Read the press release below and check out the song on all digital streaming services:
Just entering her teens, powerhouse vocalist Veda has amassed a quarter-billion views on TikTok in less than six months by performing duets of popular songs, from Carrie Underwood to Slipknot, with her dad, Saliva frontman Bobby Amaru. Their duets got props from John Cooper (Skillet), Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park), Lacey Sturm (Flyleaf), and Jared Leto (Thirty Seconds to Mars), who reached out to express support for the father-daughter team, even asking them to cover more of their songs.
As users must be at least age 13 to have a TikTok account, all the duo’s videos were posted on Bobby’s account, which now has over 2 million followers. Their cover of Evanescence’s “Bring Me to Life” has 75 million views alone. Veda is now parlaying that viral success into a solo career.
Fueled by acceptance and not chasing popularity, Veda’s first single, “Wannabe Me,” due Friday, August 2, was co-written by the teenager. “Do I really have to try so hard?” she sings. “Do I have to beg for your attention? Do I have to have it figured out who I am and what I’m about?”
Despite her hard rock family roots, Veda is more drawn to pop-rock as her stylistic vocal range is in the vein of Amy Lee, Olivia Rodrigo, and Avril Lavigne.
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