Bartika Eam Rai

Bartika Rai, performs as Bartika ‘Eam’ Rai, is a multilingual singer-songwriter and musician of Nepali descent currently based out of New York, U.S. She began her musical career in Kathmandu’s underground music scene before becoming a solo artist and releasing her debut EP titled Bimbaakash in 2016.

Bartika Rai, who goes by Bartika ‘Eam’ Rai, is a multilingual singer-songwriter and musician of Nepali descent currently based out of New York, U.S. She began her musical career in Kathmandu’s underground music scene before becoming a solo artist and releasing her debut EP titled Bimbaakash in 2016.

In 2016, Rai launched her solo music career with the release of Bimbaakash. She then released Taral in 2018.

Rai was crowned Miss Nepal US 2013 at the grand finale of the Voyage to Shangrila 3rd Miss Nepal US beauty pageant held at Queens Theater in New York on August 17, 2013. Alongside the title of Miss Nepal US 2013, Bartika won a $5,000 scholarship to continue her education from Namgel Lama (Lama Accounting) in New York.

In late 2010, Rai became the vocalist for the underground Kathmandu metal band Gothica and spent a year performing with them. During this time, Rai was the most popular in the Kathmandu underground music scene as the extremely-few-female musicians in one of the best-ranked metal bands of her time. Rai released singles in 2007 and 2011. In October 2015, she finalized an EP-deal produced by Diwas Gurung. The EP titled Bimbaakash was released in March 2016 and has over two million digital views on youtube alone. Her first full-length album, Taral; was released in June 2018.