Call trendy current painter (7)

I believe the answer is:

bellini

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'painter' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'call trendy current' is the wordplay.
'call' becomes 'bell' (I've seen this before**).
'trendy' becomes 'in'.
'current' becomes 'i' (symbol for electric current).
'bell'+'in'+'i'='BELLINI'

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(Other definitions for bellini that I've seen before include "Italian composer of operas such as Norma (1831)" , "scorer" , "Cocktail; composer of opera Norma" , "Musical artist" , "Italian opera composer (Norma)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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