Aruna Beth Abrams (born January 16, 1975)[2][3] is an American singer, songwriter, DJ, producer and pianist.
[17][18] Growing up, Abrams listened mostly to 70s and 80s pop, which changed when 'my tastes started diversifying and I got into hair, thrash and death metal as a teen'.
[10] She first began performing as an acoustic singer-songwriter at local coffee houses in Boston,[19] and recorded the three-song demo Broken Circles, produced by Alain Mallet and mixed by Kevin Killen.
While pursuing a career as a pop singer-songwriter, Aruna experienced early success when a number of her songs were featured on the MTV shows, Laguna Beach and The Hills.
[19] Her break-through was the co-written hit for Miley Cyrus entitled "I Got Nerve" for the 2006 #1 Billboard album, the Hannah Montana: Season One soundtrack.
[10] She has continued to work with other trance acts, including Cosmic Gate, ATB, Ronski Speed and Roger Shah.
After releasing "Helpless," both parties had ideas for track collaborations that didn't fit into their own artist personas, so the trio formed a new side project that they dubbed Velvetine.
She has also performed live at Nocturnal Wonderland, Avalon Hollywood alongside Ferry Corsten and at Exchange LA with Myon & Shane54.
[16] In 2015 she released the compilation Aruna - The Hot List Volume One a DJ Mix including her own work both as vocalist, remixer and producer.
[35][30] In November 2016, she released the single "Ready To Go" with English music producer Rameses B featuring American vocalist Kingdøms on Monstercat.
[41] Abrams 'went through the requisite Lilith phase' in college listening to mostly female artist such as Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan.
[16] Abrams prefers 'the intimacy of pop lyric writing and arrangements, which allow the melody and the story of the song to be the main focus, not the kick drum and the lead lines'.