Bhubaneswar, May 27: A moment of great pride to Sriya Lenka, her family and to the Nation, as she became the first-ever Indiann girl to be chosen as a member of K-pop or Korean pop artist. Odish’s steel city, Rourkela’s Sriya Lenka, along with a Brazilian girl were selected as members of K-pop group– Blackswan on Thursday.
Auditions for Blackswan, were open for the group after its oldest member Hyeme left in November 2020. Lenka and Gabriela Dalcin of Brazil, were chosen among 4,000 applicants through a hybrid audition on YouTube.
While one performer was supposed to be chosen as member of Blackswan, the names of Lenka and Gabriela were announced as 5th and 6th member of Blackswan. “With their debut, we will be back with Blackswan,” said the group in a post on Instagram. The duo will be in Seoul for next few months for practice.
A Classical Odissi dancer, sriya Lenka has alspo mastered freestyle and contemporary dance since the age of 12. Her family is overjoyed with the selection and said that her hard work has paid off.
