Aria (Indian singer)

Gauthami, (Malayalam: ഗൗതമി; ); (born on March 12, 2003), also known by her stage name Aria (Malayalam: ആര്യ; ), is an Indian singer, rapper, and former actress based in South Korea. She is a member of the global K-pop girl group X:IN and part of the sub-unit Triple Iz, which has members from various countries.

Early life
Aria was born in Thiruvananthapuram, and later when she was in fifth grade, she with her family shifted to Mumbai, and she also completed her schooling in Mumbai. She can speak English, Korean, Malayalam and Hindi. She learned Korean from the daughter of her school’s president, and also watched Korean televisiob dramas online to learn Korean. BTS‘s song "Blood Sweat & Tears" made her interested in K-pop. When she was in seventh or eighth grade, she started planning to become a K-pop artist.

Career
She made her debut with Melvilasom as a child actor in 2011. Later in 2013, she played the role of Arun's daughter in the movie Thank You.

She was selected as a member of the GBK Entertainment's MEP-C in 2022 and later she along with her present bandmates debuted as part of X:IN under Escrow Entertainment on April, 2023, with her groups debut song Keeping the Fire. Later, She debuted as one of the members of 'Triple Iz' which is a sub-unit project with members of different nationalities like Dita from Indonesia and E.ji from South Korea With Single 'Halla'.