In what way has the Asian music scene in the UK changed since the Rishi Rich Project days?
Everything evolves and it must. We can’t stay stuck in the past. Life moves on, as we must too, in music and in film. The style of shooting, the dialogues, the soundtracks, the plot — it all has to represent today’s generation, culture, youth, and reality. I love that I am seeing this in a big way.

Tell us a bit about your recent album.
This particular album is a marriage of three eras of R&B — the ’90s, the 2000s to modern-age R&B — all the sounds I grew up on and are natural to me. I’m excited for my fans to hear it piece-by-piece, song-by-song. Also my recent single Cherry Papers became a hit, it’s a nod to the slow sexy R&B sound that my fans first heard on Ride It, Stay, and Tears in the Ocean. I like to switch things for my fans, from making them throw their hands in the air and dance, to getting them to sit back and chill and get them in touch with their feelings.