Rhea Sri Rajagopalan (born April 5, 2000), known professionally as Rhea Raj, is an American singer and songwriter. She released her first album, Hunter, in 2024.

Rhea Raj was born in Connecticut to Indian parents, Kavita Raj and Sri Rajagopalan. Her parents are both ethnically Tamil.^[5][6] She grew up in Plano, Texas.^[7] Her mother ran a Bharatnatyam dance school and her father worked in digital marketing.^[5] At two years old, she began learning classical Indian dance.^[8] She began singing when she was 10 years old, and began writing songs when she was 11 years old.^[9][10] Her younger sister, Lara, is part of the girl group Katseye.^[11][5]

Raj appeared in the fifteenth season of American Idol in 2016. She progressed from the audition stage but failed to pass the Hollywood Week round.^[3][12]

After graduating high school, Raj founded the record label Misschief Records in 2018.^{[better source needed][13]} Her mother runs the label with her.^{[citation needed]} Raj began her career as a solo artist in 2019 with the singles "2AM" and "You're a Star".^[14] In 2020, she was selected by BMI to receive the Abe Olman Scholarship Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.^[14]

She studied at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts' Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music where she met Jacob Kasher Hindlin.^[13] She later signed with Hindlin's publishing company, Livelihood Music Company, for representation as a writer and producer.^[15][10]

In 2023, Raj was selected as the Spotify x Gold House Artist of the Year.^[16]

In 2024, Raj released her debut studio album, Hunter,^[17][4] and a stripped down version, Hunter (Tamed edition).^[18] In 2025, Raj released her follow-up EP, Commotion.^[19] Its lead single "Haute Couture" with Aliyah's Interlude received a Fortnite emote. Later that year, Raj went on her first headlining tour to promote the EP.^[20] She performed "Haute Couture" alongside Aliyah's Interlude at Lollapalooza in 2025.^[5]

In January 2026, Raj became the first artist signed to 5 Junction Management, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group led by DesiHits founder Anjula Acharia.^[21]

Studio albums

• Hunter (2024)

Extended plays

• Commotion (2025)

Singles

• "2AM" (with UpsideDown) (2019) ^[22]
• "MVP" (2021)^[22]
• "Venom" (2021)^[22]
• "In Ur Hands" (2021)^[22]
• "Outside" (2022)^[22]
• "Taste That (Mwah)" (2023)^[22]
• "Atmosphere" (2023)^[22]
• "Oops! Ur Single Now" (2023)^[22]
• "OUT OF BODY" (2023)^[22]
• "MESSY" (2024)^[22]
• "HUSH" (2024)^[22]
• "DIGITAL BABE" (2024)^[22]
• "PRAY ON IT" (Feat Talwiinder & Yung Raja) (2025)^[22]
• "Haute Couture" (with Aliyah's Interlude) (2025)^[22]
• "Mumbai" (2025)^[22]
• "Haute Couture with Aliyah's Interlude (Slush Puppy Remix)" (2025)^[22]
• "Killer" (2025)^[22]

Features (tracks Rhea features on)

• "fw me(dirty)" Knock2 (2025)^[15]