Dhruv Sharma (born February 25, 1999), known mononymously as Dhruv, is a British-born singer-songwriter. His 2019 single "Double Take", became a sleeper hit after it went viral on TikTok two years after its release. In 2021, the song went No. 1 in the Philippines and Thailand, and reached the top five of Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore's streaming charts.
Early life
Dhruv Sharma was born on February 25, 1999, in London to an Indian Hindu family. He moved to Singapore at the age of two. He learned the piano as a child and began writing melodies at a young age. Dhruv started pursuing and writing music seriously at the age of 15, and began uploading self-recorded demos to SoundCloud while living in Singapore. At the age of 18 he moved to New Haven, Connecticut to attend Yale University. During his time at Yale, Dhruv performed as a member of the Shades of Yale a cappella group. Dhruv would go on to pause his studies in 2020, prior to the virality of "Double Take", in order to pursue music full time.
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