Twenty-two years. That’s how long India waited for its next mainstream girl group after Viva disbanded in 2003. But W.i.S.H. , which stands for “World Inka Stage Hai” (“the world is their stage”) — comprising sisters Ri and Sim along with Zo and Suchi — didn’t just fill the void when they debuted in March 2024. They exploded into it with the force of pent-up demand that no one fully understood until they arrived.

“The first day that we launched, we realized that people were waiting for this, because we had fan pages pop up and say, ‘Finally, India has our very own girl group,'” Ri tells Variety . “They really took us as one of theirs, and they’ve really been championing us throughout.”

The quartet’s debut album “Sweetburn,” released Aug. 10, represents more than just a collection of

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