Global Dialogues

Ali Sethi is a New York-based writer, composer, and performer best known for his reggaeton blockbuster single "Pasoori," which topped Spotify’s Global Viral chart in 2022 and was declared Google’s most hummed-to-search song of that year. Blending traditional South Asian melodies with global beats, and drawing on “folk” and “woke” iconographies to tell powerful tales of identity, Sethi’s work has been described as “stealthily subversive” by The New Yorker and has earned him a spot on TIME’s 100 Next list.