Gaining over 50,000 YouTube views overnight, song Age Adare based on a true story about love and heartache is the first hit release of newly formed UK band Rojo. Since its release hashtag #rojofied has been trending online.
Lead singer Anjelo Leeson says “Rojo was a life-long dream of mine and the band members, to do something different in the UK music industry and bring Sinhala music to the forefront.” Age Adare was written by Anjelo Leeson, who also stars in the music video alongside Venushka Condegama and Rachael Dixon, produced by Tale Media.
Rojo’s multi-lingual and talented band members not only sing popular covers but also write, sing, and produce original English, Hindi and Sinhala songs and music. Whilst the lyrics of Age Adare can only be understood by a person who is proficient in Sinhala, the catchy tune will surely have you humming along to it in no time!
Recently Sinhala music has particularly gained international popularity following the worldwide release of Sri Lankan hit song Manike Mage Hithe by Chamath Sangeeth, Satheeshan and Yohani, so much so that several artists have sung covers of the same song in a number of languages including Arabic, Bengali, Hindi and an English version by UK based, Arjun the artist.
