Ali Sethi
Ali Sethi is a Pakistani American singer, songwriter and author based in New York, bringing South Asian ragas and poetry into contemporary music.
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Riverhead BooksOverview
- From
- Lahore, Pakistan
- Based in
- New York City
- Work
- Singer, songwriter, composer and author
- Education
- Harvard College, class of 2006
- Breakout
- “Pasoori” with Shae Gill, 2022
- Also wrote
- The Wish Maker, published in 2009
Mini bio
How it started.
Ali grew up in Lahore and graduated from Harvard College in 2006. They went on to study Hindustani classical music with Ustad Naseeruddin Saami and ghazal singer Farida Khanum. Before the music reached a global audience, Ali published the novel The Wish Maker in 2009.
Finding a voice.
Ali’s singing featured in Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist, followed by appearances across several seasons of Coke Studio. In 2022, “Pasoori,” a duet with Shae Gill, became a global breakout. Brown University’s biography records it as the first Pakistani single to top Spotify’s Global Viral chart.
Following the music.
The collaborations keep opening different doors. Intiha pairs Ali’s Urdu vocals with Nicolás Jaar’s electronic soundscapes, drawing on Jaar’s Telas. Love Language followed in 2025, and the eight-track Room Jhoom with Gregory Rogove arrived in May 2026.
Creditschronological, newest first
Music
- 2026Room JhoomCo-artist, composer and producer with Gregory Rogove
- 2025Love LanguageRecording artist
- 2025Rocket LauncherCo-artist with Maanu
- 2025Subho ShaamLead artist, featuring Natania
- 2023IntihaCo-artist with Nicolás Jaar
- 2022PasooriVocals with Shae Gill
Books
- 2009The Wish MakerAuthor
Awards
Quotes
Longing is a pathway to transcendence. So is exile, which is a state of separation.Ali Sethi, The Line of Best Fit, 22 July 2026
Discussing Room Jhoom with Gregory Rogove. The interview is linked in the sources.
Trivia
- Ali was a published novelist before becoming widely known as a singer.
- Visual artist Somnath Bhatt introduced Ali to Nicolás Jaar and also created the artwork for Intiha.
- Intiha began with Ali improvising vocals over loops from Jaar’s album Telas.
- Brown University lists Ali as an artist in residence at its Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia.
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