Ali Sethi
Berklee Performance Center
136 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
September 30th, 2025
08:00 PM EDT
About event
Ali Sethi creates music that is a rich fusion of traditional qawwali, ghazals, and modern influences. The New York City-based Pakistani artist blends traditional South Asian melodies with global beats, drawing on “folk” and “woke” iconographies to tell powerful tales of identity. Best known for his “ragaton” single “Pasoori,” which topped Spotify's Global Viral chart and was declared Google's most hummed-to-search song of 2022 – the same year he was named to TIME Magazine’s TIME100 Next list – Sethi's work is “stealthily subversive (The New Yorker).” His music is praised for showing that 'differences of culture, language, religion, and gender do not need to be antagonistic; they can, and always have, enriched us and given us some of our greatest works of art. (TIME)”
Sethi rose to prominence with the publishing of his debut novel in 2009, The Wishmaker, and since then he has been involved in numerous musical, film, and literary projects all inspired by his unique identity, a diasporic voice fusing ancient artistic inspiration with a thoroughly modern and urgent outlook. In 2023 Sethi released Intiha, an album-length collaboration with Nicolás Jaar, which garnered worldwide attention and a world-tour that included a performance at Coachella, combining camp comedy with breathtaking balladeering.
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Musician
Ali Sethi is a Pakistani singer, songwriter, composer, and author. In February 2022, Sethi co-wrote, co-composed, and sang the song Pasoori for Coke Studio Season 14 with debutant singer Shae Gill. The song became the fastest in the season to garner one million views on YouTube. It went on to become the first Coke Studio Pakistan song to feature on Spotify's "Viral 50" global chart and also ranked at number one on Spotify India's "Viral 50" chart on March 7, 2022. On April 26, 2022, Pasoori debuted at the 161st spot on Spotify's Global Chart.
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Performing arts theater showcasing diverse artists and musicians in a venue with intimate seating.
Read more136 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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