 "Mid Day" noted that though she has rendered a number of songs in various genres, it is difficult to "categorise" her voice.Rao considered her father as her biggest inspiration since he has "exposed" her to good music, taught her to have "good judgement" and to "analyse what is good and what is not".While she was a kid, her father used to play songs of Ustad Amir Khan, Mehdi Hassan and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.