[5] Dhee began her playback singing career by performing songs in two of Narayanan's albums, Pizza II: Villa (2013) and Cuckoo (2014), during breaks from her education.
[9] As the lead singer for Ritika Singh's North Madras-based boxer character in the film, Dhee recorded two solo songs titled "Ey Sandakaara" and "Usuru Narumbuley".
Dhee continued working with Narayanan in critically acclaimed albums for films such as Kaala (2018) and Vada Chennai (2018), before collaborating with Yuvan Shankar Raja for the song "Rowdy Baby" in Maari 2 (2018).
[18] In 2020, Dhee won her first Filmfare Award for Best Female Singer for the song "Kaattu Payale" in the Kongara film Soorarai Pottru (2020), working with composer G.V.
[19] The track's production, influenced by Tamil Nadu's Oppari style, and its anti-oppression lyrical sentiment made the song an immediate success, with the music video gaining over 50 million views within weeks of its premiere on YouTube.
These debates largely revolved around his status as a 'featured' artist, and were spurred on by his absences from the covers of a Spotify remix by DJ Snake and the August 2021 issue of Rolling Stone India.