The case underscores the synergy between algorithmic promotion (YouTube Shorts), influencer endorsement, and participatory remix culture (TikTok duets). Future research could model the relative weight of each factor in predicting virality for child musicians.
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The saxophone, invented by Adolphe Sax in 1840, has been emblematic of jazz and Western popular music. Its adoption in Indian music scenes—most notably through artists such as Rahul Kumar and Raghav Jain—illustrates instrumental hybridity, whereby non‑Western cultures appropriate and reinterpret Western instruments (Miller, 2018). The representation of an Indian child mastering such an instrument engages with discourses of cultural capital (Bourdieu, 1984) and exoticism (Said, 1978). indian small girl sax video