Before he was melting hearts with acoustic ballads, Rishbh Tiwari was fixing them—literally. A trained dentist in Mumbai, Tiwari traded root canals for vocal runs, shifting his precision from the clinic to the studio. It’s not your typical origin story, but then again, nothing about Rishbh’s music feels typical either. It’s quiet, unhurried, and completely sincere—the kind of vulnerability that rarely survives the algorithm.
Rishbh, who also goes by Acoustic Rishbh on streaming platforms, first broke through the noise in 2020 with his debut single “Aankhon Ke Darmiyan.” What started as a passion project quickly became an international sleeper hit, earning a spot in the World Music category at the International Songwriting Competition, judged by names like Coldplay and Dua Lipa. Not bad for a debut written in his bedroom.