Who is W.i.S.H.? 5 interesting facts about the Indian girl band in 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup song
W.i.S.H. became the town's talk after the International Cricket Council (ICC) released the official theme for the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup. The mega event starts on October 3 in the UAE, and the ICC has launched a special song to hype up the tournament.
Last year, the ICC released the 'Dil Jashn Jashn Bole' song for the 2023 ODI World Cup and a special song film titled 'It Takes One Day' featuring Shah Rukh Khan and Shubman Gill.
For the men's T20 World Cup 2024, ICC released a song named 'Out of this World' by Sean Paul and Kes.
Following the trend, ICC has released the 'Whatever It Takes' track as the theme song for the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup. Indian girl band W.i.S.H. has created this song, and here are five interesting facts to know about them.
#1 The W.i.S.H. band has four members
Cricket fans, who have already watched the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup theme song's official video, would have noticed that the W.i.S.H. band features four girls - Riya Duggal, Simran Duggal, Zoe Siddharth, and Suchita Shirk.
The four girls have abbreviated their names as Ri (Riya), Sim (Simran), Zo (Zoe) and Suchi (Suchita). Notably, this band debuted earlier this year on March 1.
#2 The meaning behind the name W.i.S.H.
While most fans would have assumed that the name 'W.i.S.H.' would be an abbreviation for the initials of the four girls performing in the band, the same is not true.
The full form of W.i.S.H. is World Inka Stage Hai. It means that the world is their stage. Also, the band has used some smart wordplay here because W.i.S.H. in Hindi means poison.
#3 Launched by Mikey McCleary
Almost every band needs the support of a popular music composer. W.i.S.H. was launched by New Zealand-origin composer Mikey McCleary, who has been a part of several Bollywood projects in the past.
McCleary launched the band intending to fill the gap between mainstream Bollywood music and the indies. Sony Music India collaborated with him on this project.
#4 Who is the leader of the W.i.S.H. band?
Riya Duggal is the leader of this band. She is the elder sister of Simran Duggal. The two sisters first performed together as 'Simetri' and even ranked in the top 24 of the national hunt for English language artists in India.
Suchi entered the world of music, taking inspiration from Fifth Harmony. Meanwhile, Zoe initially worked with Urgen before joining W.i.S.H.
#5 Popularity of the band
In case you didn't know, the other songs released by the band are extremely popular on the internet.
The band's debut music video 'Lazeez' has more than seven million views on YouTube, while 'Galti' and 'Therapy' have more than four million views each.
This band has close to 100,000 followers on Instagram. Thanks to their latest collaboration with the ICC, their fan following should increase quickly.