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Shanaya The Doll Turns AI Questions Into Music Debut
Shanaya The Doll is an artist and online personality based in Toronto.
People have often asked whether she is a real person or made by a computer.
She decided to turn that question into her first song, called “AI Wargi.”
The title means something like “AI-like.”
The song will be in Punjabi and English.
Its videos show her fashion, luxury style and doll-like image.
Shanaya says the project is based on her real life, not a fictional character.
She also wants to connect her Punjabi and Persian roots with her Western style.
She said she spent nearly CAD $40,000 making the song and videos.
Toronto-based digital personality Shanaya The Doll is releasing her debut Punjabi-English song, “AI Wargi.”
The title uses the Punjabi word “wargi,” meaning “like” or “resembling,” and responds to comparisons that she looks artificial or computer-generated.
The project combines her doll-inspired appearance, luxury fashion aesthetic, Punjabi and Persian heritage, and Western lifestyle imagery.
Shanaya said a proposed collaboration with Punjabi video creator Harpreet Brar did not proceed after he reportedly considered her image too vulgar for the Punjabi community.
She said she invested close to CAD $40,000 in the project and worked with Rafi Makush of RM Productions.
- Who
- Toronto-based artist and digital personality Shanaya The Doll, with production support from Rafi Makush of RM Productions.
- What
- Shanaya is debuting the Punjabi-English song “AI Wargi,” inspired by repeated questions about whether she is real or AI-generated.
- Where
- The visual production took place in Toronto and Vancouver.
- When
- The articles do not provide a release date; the song is described as upcoming.
- Why
- Shanaya wants to transform speculation about her appearance into a creative statement and begin her transition from digital personality to recording artist.
Key facts
- Artist
- Shanaya The Doll
- Debut track
- “AI Wargi”
- Language
- Punjabi-English
- Title meaning
- “Wargi” means “like” or “resembling” in Punjabi.
- Production locations
- Toronto and Vancouver
- Investment
- Close to CAD $40,000
- Producer credited by Shanaya
- Rafi Makush of RM Productions
Quotes
Shanaya The Doll
Toronto-based artist and digital personality making her music debut
“I realized that being called AI was actually one of the biggest compliments. People were basically telling me I looked too unreal to be real. So I thought, why not make an entire song about it?”
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“Every time I would talk to someone new, people would ask me if I was AI. Sometimes I literally had to prove that I was a real person.”
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