Latest / The Bridge by Sammy Chand / October 28, 2026 — "Sammy talks to Malvika"

Transcript

October 28, 2026 — "Sammy talks to Malvika" · The Bridge by Sammy Chand

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: South Asian music and culture can be.
• 0:02
  Speaker 2: Found around the world.
• 0:05
  Speaker 3: We track down the best and present it here for
• 0:08
  Speaker 3: you on Ruckus Avenue Radio.
• 0:13
  Speaker 4: Hi everyone, this.
• 0:16
  Speaker 5: Is Rashmeet Kaur and you're listening to The Bridge with
• 0:20
  Speaker 5: Sammy Chanth.
• 0:21
  Speaker 6: Hey, this is Vir Das and you're listening to The
• 0:23
  Speaker 6: Bridge with Sammy Chand on Ruckus Avenue Radio.
• 0:27
  Speaker 4: Yo, this is Stool Bangles and you're listening to The
• 0:29
  Speaker 4: Bridge with Sammy Chand only on Ruckus Avenue Radio.
• 0:32
  Speaker 7: What's up?
• 0:40
  Speaker 1: What a do, what a do. Hope you guys are
• 0:42
  Speaker 1: doing well. And thank you very much for joining us
• 0:44
  Speaker 1: in the middle of the week here. On what is
• 0:48
  Speaker 1: an October 28th edition of The Bridge. You've joined your
• 0:53
  Speaker 1: boy Sammy Chand in for what is supposed to be.
• 0:56
  Speaker 4: The most entertaining hour.
• 0:58
  Speaker 1: In all of South Asian music. Making its way worldwide
• 1:01
  Speaker 1: through the iHeartRadio system and through premier networks wherever you
• 1:06
  Speaker 1: may be around the world.
• 1:08
  Speaker 4: Got a great hour for you today on a Wednesday.
• 1:10
  Speaker 4: I want to give a.
• 1:14
  Speaker 1: Big shout out to Kalki Kekler for yesterday's interview.
• 1:20
  Speaker 4: Love that conversation. She was awesome.
• 1:24
  Speaker 1: Really supportive and did a wonderful job of being so
• 1:27
  Speaker 1: open and so free with us. And as I mentioned
• 1:31
  Speaker 1: to you guys, I hadn't talked to Kalki in a
• 1:33
  Speaker 1: good 10 years or so. So it was lovely to
• 1:37
  Speaker 1: catch up with her again and love to see the
• 1:39
  Speaker 1: great work that she's been doing out there.
• 1:41
  Speaker 4: So big shout out to Kalki.
• 1:46
  Speaker 1: Today, I've got another great episode for you.
• 1:50
  Speaker 4: We'll be joined today by Malvika.
• 1:53
  Speaker 1: And Malvika is an L.A.-based singer from Fullerton here in
• 1:59
  Speaker 1: Southern California.
• 2:01
  Speaker 4: And she's going to be joining us today from Mumbai, ironically.
• 2:05
  Speaker 1: She has taken her work to India, and she's thriving
• 2:09
  Speaker 1: with it over there. So we'll talk to Malvika Shett
• 2:13
  Speaker 1: today and get an idea as far as why it
• 2:18
  Speaker 1: is that we're connecting to each other while she's in
• 2:20
  Speaker 1: India and not here in L.A., We'll get to it.
• 2:25
  Speaker 4: It's going to be a.
• 2:26
  Speaker 1: Great conversation with her. It is a Wednesday. We'll be
• 2:29
  Speaker 1: joined by the Ruckus Avenue radio all-stars. We'll be joined
• 2:33
  Speaker 1: by Dr. Roy Doita Das Gupta. Let's begin this show
• 2:37
  Speaker 1: with Nayam. And welcome to The Bridge.
• 2:40
  Speaker 8: Jogi tu musafir hai to, pinjere mein kaidi mein to.
• 2:44
  Speaker 8: Dil ho ke juwe mein mahir, jebo mein na meri paisa.
• 2:49
  Speaker 8: Paat lunga jo bhi mera, tu jo munch ko kehte tera.
• 2:53
  Speaker 8: Rab ka dulhara mein to, dil to tera zaad parinda.
• 2:57
  Speaker 4: Thank you.
• 3:14
  Speaker 9: Kujo ishq na mera hai itne arso se Aap jo
• 3:18
  Speaker 9: ho gaya ho koh gaya hai Kitna tersoge Maatam manaoge kya?
• 3:24
  Speaker 10: Aat kar hataoge kya?
• 3:26
  Speaker 9: Kutko jalaoge kya?
• 3:33
  Speaker 10: From you to you, we will be finished What kind
• 3:36
  Speaker 10: of magic did you do? I drink your poison.
• 3:39
  Speaker 11: Even today I think that maybe I was included in
• 3:42
  Speaker 11: your heart Break my destiny Without you, God is also
• 3:46
  Speaker 11: mine I am only half, so make me half of you.
• 3:49
  Speaker 10: What kind of illness is this?
• 3:57
  Speaker 8: Tum se hi paayi hai Fanda gale pe tha Durisi
• 4:02
  Speaker 8: tumhari hai Kaisi yeh lachari hai Sir pe tabaayi hai
• 4:08
  Speaker 8: Kapde humare hai Khushbu tumhari hai Kaisa hoon jo isht
• 4:14
  Speaker 8: na mera hai.
• 4:15
  Speaker 9: Itne arso se Ab jo ho gaya ho go gaya
• 4:18
  Speaker 9: hai Kitna tersoge Maatam manahogay kya Atkan hatahogay kya Jut
• 4:25
  Speaker 9: ko jala Nayaam starts off our Wednesday.
• 4:57
  Speaker 1: In a big way, it's one of our top songs
• 4:59
  Speaker 1: on the show. The song is called Tum Se Tum Tak.
• 5:03
  Speaker 1: And an excellent way to start off your Wednesday, folks. Today,
• 5:08
  Speaker 1: it's all about Malvika. She's calling in from Mumbai today,
• 5:12
  Speaker 1: the L.A.
• 5:12
  Speaker 4: Native. Looking forward to talking to her.
• 5:16
  Speaker 1: It's also Telvinder week. The brand new album drops tomorrow
• 5:19
  Speaker 1: and we can't wait. Here's the song, Mangada Vapis Tum.
• 5:23
  Speaker 10: Mangada Vapis Tum.
• 5:24
  Speaker 12: Bila menu koi aay, koi aay, koi aay kyun. Hun
• 5:28
  Speaker 12: Mangada Vapis Tum. Bila menu koi aay, koi aay, kyun.
• 5:30
  Speaker 12: Mangada Vapis Tum. Bila menu koi aay, koi aay, koi
• 5:33
  Speaker 12: aay kyun. Hun Mangada Vapis Tum. Bila menu koi aay,
• 5:36
  Speaker 12: koi aay, koi aay kyun. Hun Mangada Vapis Tum.
• 5:40
  Speaker 3: Bila menu koi aay, koi aay, koi aay, kyun.
• 5:59
  Speaker 3: .
• 6:05
  Speaker 13: .
• 6:09
  Speaker 10: Hey you, you didn't value me I.
• 6:12
  Speaker 13: Fought the world for you I stood in front of you,
• 6:15
  Speaker 13: you didn't see me Why are you asking me to return?
• 6:18
  Speaker 12: First you lost me, then you lost me, then you
• 6:22
  Speaker 12: lost me Why are you asking me to return? First
• 6:26
  Speaker 12: you lost me, then you lost me, then you lost
• 6:31
  Speaker 12: me Why are you asking me to return?
• 6:40
  Speaker 10: I'm calling you back, why?
• 6:40
  Speaker 12: I'm lost, I'm lost, I'm lost, I'm lost, why? I'm
• 6:43
  Speaker 12: calling you back, why?
• 6:58
  Speaker 10: You say I am a liar, what did I do
• 7:02
  Speaker 10: for you?
• 7:03
  Speaker 3: The old man of our love got water and dried up.
• 7:09
  Speaker 3: You say I am a liar, what did.
• 7:13
  Speaker 10: I do for you? The old man of our love
• 7:16
  Speaker 10: got water and dried up.
• 7:18
  Speaker 13: Why did you dry up?
• 7:19
  Speaker 12: Tell me, why didn't you take care of me? Now
• 7:22
  Speaker 12: I will regret, I don't want to.
• 7:24
  Speaker 4: Be like you.
• 7:28
  Speaker 10: What have you lost, what have.
• 7:30
  Speaker 12: You gained from me? Now that I've lost you, what
• 7:34
  Speaker 12: do I get from you?
• 7:35
  Speaker 10: Now I'm asking you to.
• 7:37
  Speaker 14: Come back I've.
• 7:37
  Speaker 12: Lost you, I've lost you, I've lost you, why? Now
• 7:41
  Speaker 12: I'm asking you to come back I've lost you, I've
• 7:44
  Speaker 12: lost you, I've.
• 7:46
  Speaker 1: Lost you, why?
• 7:47
  Speaker 12: Now I'm asking you to come.
• 7:49
  Speaker 1: Back I noticed that most of the visuals were from
• 8:06
  Speaker 1: the UK.
• 8:07
  Speaker 4: And I love that.
• 8:08
  Speaker 1: I love how he's taken theme to a specific space
• 8:14
  Speaker 1: and lent that theme to the entire album. And the
• 8:17
  Speaker 1: music video for that song features Kid J. West and
• 8:21
  Speaker 1: has a vibe to it. It's a great, great song
• 8:23
  Speaker 1: and a great number one on the bridge currently.
• 8:27
  Speaker 10: There you go.
• 8:30
  Speaker 1: This is Jasmine Sandliss. It's her song called Pyaar.
• 9:14
  Speaker 15: .
• 9:31
  Speaker 7: If you get angry at me, I'll be angry and
• 9:34
  Speaker 7: you'll be happy.
• 9:35
  Speaker 6: I want to be your maid, if you make me cry,
• 9:38
  Speaker 6: you'll be happy.
• 10:01
  Speaker 15: I want a lover I want a lover I wait.
• 10:05
  Speaker 10: I want a lover I just want love I want a.
• 10:11
  Speaker 15: Lover I wait I want a.
• 10:13
  Speaker 1: Lover Jasmine Sandless, the song is called Piar.
• 11:02
  Speaker 4: What a year for Jasmine.
• 11:03
  Speaker 1: Incredible year indeed. And now folks, let's bring in Dr.
• 11:09
  Speaker 1: Roy to the program who brings us a word.
• 11:11
  Speaker 4: On the avenue.
• 11:12
  Speaker 16: Hey guys, this is Dr. Roy with today's word on
• 11:14
  Speaker 16: the avenue. In film and TV news, Sikkim filmmaker Thribendi
• 11:19
  Speaker 16: Rai's upcoming film, A Chronicle of Minor Things, has won
• 11:22
  Speaker 16: both the APM Busan Award and the Sofort Award at
• 11:26
  Speaker 16: South Korea's Asian Project Market, earning international recognition among 604
• 11:31
  Speaker 16: submissions from 48 countries. Set in an eastern Himalayan village,
• 11:37
  Speaker 16: the film explores a disturbing dispute over jurisdiction following the
• 11:41
  Speaker 16: death of a 15-year-old girl, marking another milestone for Rai
• 11:45
  Speaker 16: after her debut feature, Shape of Momo, received international acclaim
• 11:49
  Speaker 16: and opening new opportunities for collaboration with Norway through the
• 11:53
  Speaker 16: Sofond Award. In media news, actor Kal Penn brought a
• 11:58
  Speaker 16: touch of Hollywood glamour to Indian designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee's Diwali
• 12:02
  Speaker 16: reception at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, where traditional
• 12:07
  Speaker 16: Indian luxury met the elegance of the global fashion scene.
• 12:10
  Speaker 16: The star-studded celebration highlighted the growing international visibility of Indian
• 12:14
  Speaker 16: couture and the way Indian designers are bringing their cultural
• 12:18
  Speaker 16: heritage to some of the world's most prestigious venues. In
• 12:23
  Speaker 16: event news, for the first time in its 53-year history,
• 12:26
  Speaker 16: the iconic Pirelli calendar has placed India at the center
• 12:30
  Speaker 16: of its story. With the 2027 edition unveiled in New Delhi...
• 12:34
  Speaker 16: featuring photographers Solveig Sonsbo, legendary Indian photographer Raghu Rai, and
• 12:39
  Speaker 16: his daughter Avani Rai. Shot across Rajasthan, Delhi, and Mumbai,
• 12:44
  Speaker 16: the 36 photographs celebrate nine women with ties to India,
• 12:47
  Speaker 16: including Aditya Rai Hawidri, Frida Pinto, Anushka Shankar, Rupi Kaur,
• 12:52
  Speaker 16: and Padma Lakshmi, while creating a moving tribute to Raghu
• 12:56
  Speaker 16: Rai's legacy as his daughter carries his artistic vision forward
• 13:00
  Speaker 16: following his passing in April 2026. That's it for today's
• 13:04
  Speaker 16: Word on the Avenue.
• 13:05
  Speaker 10: Until next time.
• 13:06
  Speaker 4: Thank you so much for that, Dr. Roy. Shout out
• 13:10
  Speaker 4: to Raghu Rai, of course, all the great work that
• 13:12
  Speaker 4: he did. Good luck to his daughter. This one, one
• 13:17
  Speaker 4: of the latest.
• 13:19
  Speaker 1: The song is called Jaane Jaan from the movie Between Distances.
• 13:23
  Speaker 5: Jaane Jaan.
• 13:33
  Speaker 17: You have become crazy in your love, what is the
• 13:37
  Speaker 17: condition of going? But you are a big lover of
• 13:41
  Speaker 17: my heart, so then don't go to your service.
• 13:46
  Speaker 10: Yes you, my love.
• 13:49
  Speaker 18: Kuch yoon bhar baahon mein ke aazaad kar Tu rakh
• 13:55
  Speaker 18: le saanse meri.
• 13:57
  Speaker 10: Gir bhi magar Yeh.
• 13:58
  Speaker 17: Karz de ke mujh se kabhi jaane ki na phir
• 14:02
  Speaker 17: baat kar Leh.
• 14:04
  Speaker 19: Jaane jaan tera hua, jee jaane waise kharj de Dar
• 14:09
  Speaker 19: de dava har de If I don't die from your love,
• 14:12
  Speaker 19: then don't kill me.
• 14:14
  Speaker 10: With a smile.
• 14:15
  Speaker 19: I've spent so many days sitting at your feet. The
• 14:19
  Speaker 19: more I look at you, the more you kill me
• 14:22
  Speaker 19: with your eyes.
• 14:35
  Speaker 6: Jaan ja rahi ho par tu saamne jo mere dil
• 14:37
  Speaker 6: dekhe tujhe ruk ruk ke Hai, ya mehendi mere naam
• 14:41
  Speaker 6: ki hateliyon pe teri ho khudaya aisa kuch karde Hai,
• 14:45
  Speaker 6: sab haar beta teri chand baliyon ke sakke Teri misal
• 14:48
  Speaker 6: nusrat ki kahaliyon me darjhe Mein maamuli saa shair teri
• 14:51
  Speaker 6: taarife karu Tu meri shairi pe wazne wali taaliyon se
• 14:55
  Speaker 6: badke Mujhe zarurat teri jaise raat ko subha ki Jaise
• 14:58
  Speaker 6: baat ko subha ki bandhe saad ko khuda ki Tu
• 15:00
  Speaker 6: khaab mera chahun apne khaab ko main phalu tu zarurat
• 15:03
  Speaker 6: meri jaise Aditya Rekhari's.
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: Latest The song is called Jane Jan. Folks, thank you
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: very much for tuning in to us here on a Wednesday.
• 15:40
  Speaker 1: We've got a big episode for you, including a conversation
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: coming up with Malvika here very shortly. This is the
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: latest from Harsh Naseer.
• 15:50
  Speaker 18: Don't look at us, don't even look at us Don't
• 15:54
  Speaker 18: trust us, don't even doubt us So if you want
• 15:56
  Speaker 18: to do it, listen to us Then ask us for
• 15:59
  Speaker 18: our support Make Zulfa, my heart Make Zulfa, my heart
• 16:02
  Speaker 18: Make Zulfa, my heart.
• 16:21
  Speaker 5: I came to ask you so many things, I forgot
• 16:30
  Speaker 5: when I met your eyes.
• 16:31
  Speaker 18: The pain of beauty is not to be lost, it
• 16:34
  Speaker 18: is to fly away from us. I have forgotten as
• 16:38
  Speaker 18: much as I have heard from the world, I have
• 16:41
  Speaker 18: not sat on your side.
• 16:49
  Speaker 6: Minu gal pule jaade baar baar Saano.
• 16:52
  Speaker 18: Ban laa Meri man laa Minu gal pule jaade baar
• 17:02
  Speaker 18: baar Ek kut pi naaya main chahada Bhelaan aap diyaan
• 17:08
  Speaker 18: do dasi diniye Meri gal shuru hun to hai bhalaayi
• 17:13
  Speaker 18: Sama ho gaya hai jaanda tu kainiye Zain vich mere
• 17:17
  Speaker 18: gala yaar se tohne Aaj meri vi toh gal son
• 17:21
  Speaker 18: ke jaayn Jaata bane laade aaj bedi saadi noon Haan
• 17:26
  Speaker 18: jawe naa ek chon ke jaayn Saate kolo dili apne
• 17:30
  Speaker 18: di das hoi naa Kit raijwe naa dili.
• 17:34
  Speaker 4: Utpaan The song is called Galmanla. Dope melody. He's a
• 18:00
  Speaker 4: great writer, great producer, and full display right there. This
• 18:04
  Speaker 4: is Briaragu. The song is called Madras.
• 18:07
  Speaker 20: Honeycomb drippin', disco ball spinnin' Sugar rush, rush, lavin' the
• 18:14
  Speaker 20: dust I'm just usin' me, high heels tickin' Renaline pump,
• 18:21
  Speaker 20: lips on plump Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, we on,
• 18:23
  Speaker 20: off we.
• 18:24
  Speaker 15: Go I think we talk it.
• 18:27
  Speaker 10: To the floor, take a roll now, off we go Hey, Mr.
• 18:32
  Speaker 21: Mudra, Take me on a ride. Show me all the
• 18:37
  Speaker 21: city lights. My drive. Pretty my drive.
• 18:42
  Speaker 10: Your soul.
• 18:45
  Speaker 22: Made that hours, jasmine flowers, wonder powder, sacred power. Heat
• 18:53
  Speaker 22: waves hitting, we ain't really tripping, adrenaline rushing, cheeks on blushing.
• 19:00
  Speaker 19: Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, off we go.
• 19:04
  Speaker 21: To the world.
• 19:06
  Speaker 10: Now, off we go.
• 19:07
  Speaker 16: Hey, hey, you're missing my drive.
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: .
• 19:14
  Speaker 22: .
• 19:20
  Speaker 21: .
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: .
• 19:23
  Speaker 10: .
• 19:33
  Speaker 21: .
• 19:33
  Speaker 10: Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.
• 19:37
  Speaker 22: We know what we call it.
• 19:41
  Speaker 10: Thank you.
• 19:41
  Speaker 7: Thank you.
• 20:11
  Speaker 21: I love the vibe on this one.
• 20:28
  Speaker 4: It's a cool one indeed.
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: Bria Raghu hailing from Switzerland right here on the show.
• 20:33
  Speaker 4: The track is called Madras.
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: We're getting ready to talk to Malvika here today. Really
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: excited about it. This song, as we wait, is a
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: song called Hissab.
• 22:30
  Speaker 15: Anshul Tyagi is the artist's.
• 22:34
  Speaker 4: Name Yeah, folks, the song called Hissab.
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: We're getting ready to talk to Malvika right now, right
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: after this song.
• 23:08
  Speaker 4: Meanwhile, here's tomorrow's guest.
• 23:10
  Speaker 10: It's Arsh Deep.
• 23:11
  Speaker 4: Stand by for Malvika.
• 23:12
  Speaker 10: Stand by for Malvika.
• 23:24
  Speaker 23: Aapni kamhai tere utte por dhu Jato pair jap daaya
• 23:29
  Speaker 23: mala alde So lagge une marmuk janani Tucheti cheti gal
• 23:35
  Speaker 23: nal lala alde So lagge une marmuk janani Tucheti cheti
• 23:40
  Speaker 23: gal nal lala alde Tere baare yo ho sooch da khyaal.
• 24:00
  Speaker 10: Je Then you come along with you.
• 24:04
  Speaker 23: He thinks about you. Then you come along with you.
• 24:09
  Speaker 23: God has made.
• 24:10
  Speaker 10: Him in such a way. God has made him in
• 24:12
  Speaker 10: such a way.
• 24:13
  Speaker 23: He is on top of the top.
• 24:15
  Speaker 10: He is on top of the top.
• 24:17
  Speaker 23: He is on top of the top.
• 24:32
  Speaker 10: La la la la la What does this youth do
• 24:51
  Speaker 10: to you?
• 24:51
  Speaker 23: What does this youth do to you? What does this
• 24:56
  Speaker 23: youth do to you? What does this youth do to you?
• 25:00
  Speaker 23: What does this youth do to you? What does this
• 25:05
  Speaker 23: youth do to you? What does this youth do to you?
• 25:10
  Speaker 10: What does this youth do to you? What does this
• 25:12
  Speaker 10: youth do to you? What does this youth do to you?
• 25:17
  Speaker 10: What does this youth do to you?
• 25:23
  Speaker 23: Shaini da Arsh Deep likhda.
• 25:25
  Speaker 10: Ya geetni Milne di unu koi deja tu tarikni.
• 25:32
  Speaker 23: Ladies and gentlemen, all the way live, ironically from India
• 25:36
  Speaker 23: right now, when she's actually supposed to be here in
• 25:39
  Speaker 23: Southern California.
• 26:01
  Speaker 4: The lovely Malvika. How are you, Malvika?
• 26:03
  Speaker 14: Hi, Sammy. I'm doing amazing. How are you?
• 26:06
  Speaker 4: Well, I'm doing great.
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: Fullerton, born and raised. And I'm talking to you in Mumbai,
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: which is awesome.
• 26:13
  Speaker 14: Yeah. Tables have turned. Tables have turned.
• 26:16
  Speaker 10: They have. Indeed, they have.
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: And I think you and I can certainly reflect on
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: that by being from here in LA and seeing how
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: much the energy has really picked up over there in
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: the Indian music industry. And Well, I guess my first
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: question to you is tell me about that. Tell me
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: about this wave. And I know you're in the middle
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: of it with all the great work that you're doing
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: out there.
• 26:36
  Speaker 4: So tell us.
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 26:38
  Speaker 14: So I think inside, I always had this feeling that
• 26:43
  Speaker 14: somehow I'd find my way back to India. And it's
• 26:46
  Speaker 14: not like any of this was intentional. I mean, when
• 26:48
  Speaker 14: I started making music, it was just like, I knew
• 26:52
  Speaker 14: I wanted to use, um, Like, just my culture within
• 26:57
  Speaker 14: the music I made, but it's strange because I grew
• 27:00
  Speaker 14: up speaking English, so it's not, you know, I knew
• 27:02
  Speaker 14: I wasn't going to be making Hindi language music, but
• 27:05
  Speaker 14: I knew because of my background at Barth, Matthew, which
• 27:08
  Speaker 14: was basically my, I guess, my first foundation in music. Like,
• 27:12
  Speaker 14: that just informed so much of the way I built,
• 27:14
  Speaker 14: you know, like, with my collaborators, the instrumentation and everything.
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: In my music.
• 27:18
  Speaker 11: Right.
• 27:19
  Speaker 14: And then somehow, and in some way, I think India
• 27:22
  Speaker 14: just took to my story as an artist really nicely. And, um,
• 27:27
  Speaker 14: you know, I think it's been wonderful to kind of
• 27:30
  Speaker 14: come back to my roots and, and a lot of
• 27:33
  Speaker 14: the themes that I hit on in my music too,
• 27:34
  Speaker 14: it's kind of like coming home, like coming home to myself,
• 27:37
  Speaker 14: coming home to my roots. So, um, it's a beautiful
• 27:40
  Speaker 14: sort of like return.
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: And it's awesome because you're doing it in English and I, um,
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: I really love that because I think that there's this
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: level of authenticity that you, of course, bring by being
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: from here and being aware of the culture and stuff.
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: And then sticking yourself in the middle of what I
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: consider one of the most vibrant music industries in the
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: world is a really interesting move. And so I'm excited
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: about your work. We're all going to talk about it
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: here today. And I'm going to kind of hark back
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: to the beginnings, which is really interesting. And you just
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: mentioned it right now. You're actually a third generation Bhartnatyam dancer.
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: And to me, that is a tremendous asset to have
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: growing up in the world out here. And I think
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: that that's a direct connection to the roots. And so
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: I think that was probably a way that you stayed
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: plugged into your background and your kind of upbringing. And
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: I feel that now this transition to India is probably
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: a lot easier because of that.
• 28:42
  Speaker 14: I don't, I wouldn't say it's easier, but I would
• 28:44
  Speaker 14: say it's just, it, it gives me a space where I,
• 28:48
  Speaker 14: I think I just feel more grounded when I'm in
• 28:52
  Speaker 14: India because it's like, I think when you grow up
• 28:54
  Speaker 14: in the U S you know, thankfully my parents did
• 28:58
  Speaker 14: a lot of things that kept me close to my
• 29:00
  Speaker 14: Indian culture, but I never, you know, you always have
• 29:05
  Speaker 14: this little bit of identity struggle. Like am I Indian
• 29:07
  Speaker 14: or am I American? And I, The first time, you know,
• 29:11
  Speaker 14: I would ask people, you know, like family in India, like,
• 29:15
  Speaker 14: do you guys see me as more Indian or American?
• 29:17
  Speaker 14: They'd be very confused. They would never know how to answer.
• 29:20
  Speaker 14: But when aunties from India would like come and visit and,
• 29:23
  Speaker 14: you know, talk to me, they'd be like, you know,
• 29:26
  Speaker 14: you're very Desi, like you're very Indian. And so I
• 29:30
  Speaker 14: think it's just that like, yes, my language is very English. It's,
• 29:34
  Speaker 14: you know, it's American that way. I'm Australian, but like
• 29:37
  Speaker 14: my heart is so Indian. Um, and so I think,
• 29:41
  Speaker 14: you know, because Bharat Natyam is kind of like, it's
• 29:44
  Speaker 14: a form of storytelling. I think it just informed the
• 29:47
  Speaker 14: way I build my, um, albums, my songs, the way
• 29:51
  Speaker 14: I think about, uh, emotions. Um, and so, yeah, I
• 29:56
  Speaker 14: think it's, it's just the foundation and, and, um, And
• 29:59
  Speaker 14: then obviously the expression is maybe a little on the
• 30:02
  Speaker 14: surface more English.
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: That's really interesting. You know, the other element of your
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: story that was really interesting to me. Well, first of all,
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: you probably have one of the best phrases for what
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: you and I go through in life, which is a shapeshifter, right?
• 30:20
  Speaker 4: You kind of.
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: And when I saw that, I was like, dude, that's
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: got to be one of the best phrases I've heard
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: because that's what we honestly have to do. We find
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: ourselves in, you know, this famous comedian here in the U.S.,
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: Asif Manvi, who put out this book called No Man's Land.
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: He said that we're not Indian enough for India and
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: we're not Western enough for the West. And so we're
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: no man's land, right? That's where we're from. But you
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: call it being a shapeshifter, which I thought was a
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: really interesting phase of A phrase. And here you are
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: now into music, right? You've got this place that came
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: after a pretty lengthy spell in, I would say, another
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: discipline of our entertainment industry, which was, you know, you're
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: in front of a camera, you're working as an influencer,
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: but not just any influencer. You're accomplishing things like Vogue
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: and Harper's Bazaar in India and things like this. How
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: did the music bug hit you?
• 31:15
  Speaker 4: I know that was always in you. I know that's
• 31:18
  Speaker 4: a thing.
• 31:18
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 31:19
  Speaker 4: But at what point were you like, you know what?
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: I just got to do this.
• 31:23
  Speaker 14: Yeah. It's wild because my mom actually told me, she
• 31:26
  Speaker 14: was like, if there was one person in the house
• 31:30
  Speaker 14: who could not sing it with you and you have
• 31:32
  Speaker 14: chosen to go into music, it was crazy because like, um,
• 31:36
  Speaker 14: it happened. It was, it was very funny. I mean,
• 31:39
  Speaker 14: I think she didn't mean it in a mean way,
• 31:41
  Speaker 14: but you know, it was like, um, but it was
• 31:44
  Speaker 14: crazy because it was, it did feel on the outside,
• 31:47
  Speaker 14: like a, like a, turn for everyone I think people
• 31:50
  Speaker 14: are still in my family like wow that was a
• 31:52
  Speaker 14: big change but um You know, my friend who's an artist,
• 31:57
  Speaker 14: she told me to start the artist's way because, you know,
• 32:00
  Speaker 14: my mental health was suffering a lot doing the kind
• 32:03
  Speaker 14: of work I was doing as an influencer, you know,
• 32:04
  Speaker 14: sharing my entire life every day, having to do things
• 32:08
  Speaker 14: just for the sake of using an algorithm. And, you know,
• 32:11
  Speaker 14: I've always wanted to express deeper emotions and I felt
• 32:14
  Speaker 14: very constricted in the work I was doing as an
• 32:17
  Speaker 14: influencer at a certain point. So as I was doing
• 32:20
  Speaker 14: some of the practices in the artist's way, The theme
• 32:25
  Speaker 14: of music just kept coming up and I was like,
• 32:27
  Speaker 14: you know what? Let me give it a shot. Started
• 32:30
  Speaker 14: taking singing classes, just DM'd a bunch of people in
• 32:32
  Speaker 14: the music industry and somehow made my first song and
• 32:36
  Speaker 14: I just never looked back after that.
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: Was it the process for you? Was it the.
• 32:43
  Speaker 6: I.
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: Know you just touched on the emotional element that you
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: felt that was there in music and the expression there.
• 32:51
  Speaker 4: Maybe that was.
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: not there in the social media side of it. To me,
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: this is really fascinating because here you are, you're doing
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: what a lot of people would love to do out
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: there and being in front of the camera and being visible.
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: But I think that there was this kind of element
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: for you that kind of brought you back to your
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: inner core. And I was like, I just got to
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: tell this inside story. So in your music now, I
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: feel that you've got a brand new album coming out.
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: which ironically drops on your birthday in December, and it's
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: called Baby. And I could imagine that it is many
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: months in the works. And here you are now, you're
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: voyaging into your own full body expression. What do you
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: take with you from that time into this place? There's
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: probably a lot you left behind. but I would imagine
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: that there's a lot that you've brought with you. What
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: are those things that you brought with you into this
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: new identity?
• 33:49
  Speaker 14: Oh, wow. That's a wonderful question. So it's actually called
• 33:52
  Speaker 14: December baby.
• 33:53
  Speaker 4: Um, and thank you, December babies.
• 33:56
  Speaker 14: Thank you. That's okay. Um, you know, the reason I
• 33:59
  Speaker 14: called it that it's, I wish it was a more
• 34:02
  Speaker 14: positive reason, but December 2025 was the time that I
• 34:05
  Speaker 14: was actually formally diagnosed with depression. And for me, like
• 34:12
  Speaker 14: it was such a strange thing because I've always been
• 34:14
  Speaker 14: a very independent, high functioning kind of individual. And so,
• 34:19
  Speaker 14: you know, I think being an influencer, it made me
• 34:24
  Speaker 14: a little bit, you know, just constantly moving like I
• 34:28
  Speaker 14: never stopped I just there's this need to constantly just
• 34:32
  Speaker 14: share everything post every day you know and I think
• 34:35
  Speaker 14: that high functioning part of myself really came from being
• 34:40
  Speaker 14: an influencer which in a way being high functioning can
• 34:43
  Speaker 14: be good but there's also a need for grounding for
• 34:47
  Speaker 14: pause for stillness And so this album really, really, um,
• 34:52
  Speaker 14: you know, in a, in a very fun and maybe
• 34:55
  Speaker 14: non-obvious way, it really explores me in my movement or
• 35:00
  Speaker 14: like more Shakti fiery energy, you know, very high functioning,
• 35:04
  Speaker 14: moving all the time. Then through the rest of the album,
• 35:07
  Speaker 14: as the album progresses it, you know, there's a little
• 35:10
  Speaker 14: bit of energy of stillness. There's people that come into
• 35:13
  Speaker 14: her life, um, she understands that, oh, wow, like there's
• 35:17
  Speaker 14: a different way of being, you know, like through connection,
• 35:20
  Speaker 14: through maybe a little bit of attraction and just a
• 35:23
  Speaker 14: little interaction with other people in her life. She just
• 35:27
  Speaker 14: realizes how to find that balance between movement and stillness.
• 35:32
  Speaker 14: So Shiv Shetty, movement, stillness, that's kind of the arc.
• 35:36
  Speaker 14: And it's interesting you talked about, you know, we talked
• 35:39
  Speaker 14: about Bharat Natyam. There was... when I was writing this album,
• 35:44
  Speaker 14: I was thinking about frameworks and, um, you know, obviously
• 35:49
  Speaker 14: Shiv Shakti felt like a really suitable framework for me
• 35:53
  Speaker 14: to explore what I've gone through in the last year
• 35:56
  Speaker 14: and a half to two years.
• 35:57
  Speaker 4: Hmm.
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: That's a very interesting way of putting it. My goodness.
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: I think you topped my, uh, question with an answer
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: like that.
• 36:07
  Speaker 4: That was well done.
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: Well played. I, uh, so when I heard your music, through,
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: you know, and I'm not talking about all the different
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: places that it was placed. I've seen your music in,
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: you know, playlists out there that I think a lot
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: of artists would work a lifetime to get to, you know,
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: the Spotify Fresh Finds in India, the Equals in India
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: and places like this. And, you know, you've done so
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: much already in a short amount of time. The excitement
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: for me comes in, not only with this December baby
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: album holds, but the voyage beyond. What have you learned
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: from being raised here in America and watching the music
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: industry take place here? That when you now go back
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: to India, you may find some familiarity as to like
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: what's going on and what is evolving there in front
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: of you. Do you find yourself kind of, you know,
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: leaning a little bit into what the American artists did
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: and maybe applying that there in what a lot of
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: people call a brand new frontier in India?
• 37:08
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 37:10
  Speaker 14: Yeah, I don't think consciously. I really think music was
• 37:14
  Speaker 14: almost a necessity for me. It was a way of feeling.
• 37:17
  Speaker 14: So I'm not always consciously looking at what people... in
• 37:22
  Speaker 14: the West are doing versus here.
• 37:24
  Speaker 4: Right.
• 37:25
  Speaker 14: I think, I think maybe subconsciously, yes, for sure. I've
• 37:28
  Speaker 14: understood from, uh, you know, pop artists in the, in
• 37:32
  Speaker 14: the West, um, branding and things, um, world, world building,
• 37:36
  Speaker 14: you know, like I don't consider myself a traditional, like, singer-songwriter,
• 37:41
  Speaker 14: I consider myself more an artist-storyteller. And then, you know,
• 37:44
  Speaker 14: just building the world around it, like whether it's with
• 37:47
  Speaker 14: visuals or having a cohesive storyline for the whole album,
• 37:54
  Speaker 14: that I think, you know, the West does that really
• 37:57
  Speaker 14: well in terms of like, you know, you'll see like,
• 37:59
  Speaker 14: you know, when an artist is signed to a label
• 38:02
  Speaker 14: or whatever, the A & Rs work really hard to
• 38:04
  Speaker 14: kind of, or not even just the A & Rs,
• 38:06
  Speaker 14: the artists themselves, like they work really hard to uh,
• 38:09
  Speaker 14: just build a world around themselves. And I think that
• 38:12
  Speaker 14: maybe subconsciously is like there within me. And also because
• 38:16
  Speaker 14: of my background as a creator influencer.
• 38:19
  Speaker 5: Right.
• 38:20
  Speaker 14: Um, so that, I think that instinct is there, but
• 38:24
  Speaker 14: I think when it comes to like my music, I
• 38:26
  Speaker 14: really try to put blinders on and like not look elsewhere. Um,
• 38:32
  Speaker 14: because it's just such a, for me, it's, it's such
• 38:35
  Speaker 14: a personal expression that I'm just like, the only way
• 38:39
  Speaker 14: I can do this is if I just tell my
• 38:42
  Speaker 14: full truth, you know, I'm not, I'm not going to
• 38:44
  Speaker 14: look outside too much.
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: That's, that's very interesting.
• 38:48
  Speaker 4: You know, it's.
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: To your point of the brand building part of it,
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: there's so much that we're so used to seeing, you know,
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: and then I speak to a lot of artists in
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: India and, you.
• 39:00
  Speaker 4: Know, And you'll ask them, you don't have merch? You
• 39:04
  Speaker 4: don't have, right? I mean, I know things are different
• 39:06
  Speaker 4: in India.
• 39:07
  Speaker 19: I get it.
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: But like, there's so many basic things that happen here
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: in the West here that I sometimes, when I speak
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: to artists in India, I feel that there's a lot
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: there that they can borrow from how the Western artist
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: goes about things in terms of, like you put, the
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: world building elements of everything and that whole side of things.
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: You know, there was one particular observation that I had.
• 39:30
  Speaker 1: on your career, which is that on the music side,
• 39:33
  Speaker 1: you have accomplished a lot in a very relatively quick
• 39:37
  Speaker 1: amount of time. And when I looked at that, and
• 39:41
  Speaker 1: I looked at the fact that you were an influencer
• 39:43
  Speaker 1: at your previous post, let's just call it, My feeling
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: was that the speed of being an influencer has translated
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: over to the music industry for you.
• 39:56
  Speaker 14: Yeah.
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: You're probably looking at us musicians like.
• 39:59
  Speaker 4: Man, you guys are slow.
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: And does that happen to you because of how you're
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: used to running on a treadmill and being on a
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: social media influencer.
• 40:09
  Speaker 4: World kind of thing?
• 40:11
  Speaker 14: You know, as I was saying, like a lot of
• 40:13
  Speaker 14: the album, like I, through connecting with people and, you know,
• 40:17
  Speaker 14: obviously working with people in music and stuff, I've understood
• 40:20
  Speaker 14: the beauty and a slow burn, the beauty and stillness,
• 40:25
  Speaker 14: the importance of when you're making music, sit with it
• 40:28
  Speaker 14: for a little bit. Don't just keep, you know, I mean,
• 40:32
  Speaker 14: Speed is important, but also grounding is. And so I'm
• 40:35
  Speaker 14: going to be very honest. I think when you do
• 40:37
  Speaker 14: something that's so aligned, the stars kind of work in
• 40:41
  Speaker 14: your favor. I could not tell you when I stepped
• 40:43
  Speaker 14: into music, I had no idea that I would be
• 40:45
  Speaker 14: where I am today. I'm not going to say it
• 40:47
  Speaker 14: wasn't because of intentional or hard work. I have been
• 40:51
  Speaker 14: extremely focused on what I've been making, but... everything that
• 40:55
  Speaker 14: has happened in the past year, I feel has been
• 40:57
  Speaker 14: so serendipitous. And like, you can ask even like anyone, um,
• 41:01
  Speaker 14: on my team, like the last couple of weeks, we
• 41:04
  Speaker 14: just had things happen where we're like, that was a
• 41:07
  Speaker 14: very special, like, like, uh, Vikram from my team would
• 41:10
  Speaker 14: say like a windfall, you know, it's like, what did like,
• 41:15
  Speaker 14: did that really just happen? So, um, I think, you know, maybe,
• 41:21
  Speaker 14: maybe in a way, everything I did leading up to
• 41:23
  Speaker 14: where I am now, it's, it was all necessary, you know?
• 41:27
  Speaker 14: And like now I just feel very aligned in what
• 41:29
  Speaker 14: I'm doing. And, um, I feel like I'm not compromising
• 41:33
  Speaker 14: my expression and I'm also doing something with full conviction,
• 41:37
  Speaker 14: something I believe in putting my own, you know, resources
• 41:41
  Speaker 14: behind it. And I think the universe in a way
• 41:43
  Speaker 14: rewards that.
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: I couldn't agree more. I think that I wanted to
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: actually touch on a quote.
• 41:55
  Speaker 4: That you had.
• 41:57
  Speaker 1: And when I talk about you as an individual, I
• 42:04
  Speaker 1: could see this. I'm not sure who said this, but
• 42:08
  Speaker 1: the quote goes something like this. Malvika is magnetic, but private.
• 42:14
  Speaker 3: Now.
• 42:16
  Speaker 1: In your eyes, what does that mean? What are people
• 42:19
  Speaker 1: picking up on there?
• 42:21
  Speaker 14: Yeah, I think... So I'm a little into astrology. I
• 42:25
  Speaker 14: don't know how many, how many people are like into.
• 42:28
  Speaker 4: It, but I'm very into it.
• 42:29
  Speaker 14: Okay.
• 42:30
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 42:31
  Speaker 14: So I, I love Vedic astrology and like, I, I
• 42:34
  Speaker 14: didn't know this about myself until I got into astrology,
• 42:37
  Speaker 14: but like I have a Leo moon and a Scorpio
• 42:40
  Speaker 14: sun in Vedic terms. Now Scorpio is notorious for being
• 42:44
  Speaker 14: extremely like private and secretive and deep and, you know,
• 42:48
  Speaker 14: and a Leo is very like public and public facing
• 42:51
  Speaker 14: and needs, external validation so I've had this strange tension
• 42:55
  Speaker 14: and I talked about this even on my EP I've
• 42:58
  Speaker 14: always had this strange tension of like wanting to share
• 43:01
  Speaker 14: my work publicly but wanting such a robust private life
• 43:05
  Speaker 14: that I don't feel like I have to share and
• 43:08
  Speaker 14: the struggle with being an influencer was like you know
• 43:11
  Speaker 14: the things from your private life tend to quote perform
• 43:15
  Speaker 14: the best so like you know, having to take my
• 43:18
  Speaker 14: phone out at dinner and like record moments. Like I
• 43:21
  Speaker 14: just didn't want to do that anymore. And like, I
• 43:23
  Speaker 14: knew I wanted to build towards eventually having a family eventually,
• 43:27
  Speaker 14: you know, and I didn't want to have to share
• 43:28
  Speaker 14: that part with people, you know, like I think it's
• 43:32
  Speaker 14: so important to have things that are sacred to you.
• 43:34
  Speaker 14: Like I think, um, the people you love, the, uh,
• 43:39
  Speaker 14: you know, just moments that are special, but I just
• 43:44
  Speaker 14: feel like they don't need to be broadcast. So there's
• 43:48
  Speaker 14: just always been this tension within me. And I'm glad
• 43:51
  Speaker 14: that I found an outlet now where I can share
• 43:53
  Speaker 14: things on my own terms. And I don't have to
• 43:56
  Speaker 14: feel that pressure of constantly being on and sharing things
• 43:59
  Speaker 14: that I potentially would be uncomfortable sharing.
• 44:03
  Speaker 1: As a California girl in Mumbai right now, what do
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: you have on you right now that is absolutely Californian,
• 44:10
  Speaker 1: that is not from Mumbai, and it's within maybe reaching
• 44:13
  Speaker 1: distance of you at this particular moment?
• 44:16
  Speaker 14: Oh my God. That's such a good question.
• 44:18
  Speaker 1: What couldn't you leave behind?
• 44:23
  Speaker 14: Ooh, I'm looking around me. I feel like everything is,
• 44:28
  Speaker 14: let me think. I think it's just like, I don't know.
• 44:32
  Speaker 14: It's not really like a California thing. It's like a
• 44:34
  Speaker 14: me wherever I am thing, but like, I am notorious
• 44:38
  Speaker 14: for like looking very, as my brother would say, he's like,
• 44:42
  Speaker 14: you look homeless. Like I wear gym shorts and my
• 44:46
  Speaker 14: dad's t-shirt.
• 44:47
  Speaker 4: That's California.
• 44:48
  Speaker 14: It's a very California thing. Like California is very laid
• 44:52
  Speaker 14: back and casual for the most part. And so it's
• 44:54
  Speaker 14: this strange contradiction. Yesterday I was, um, you know, I
• 44:58
  Speaker 14: came in one of the papers, like, and so I
• 45:00
  Speaker 14: was holding that. And then, um, you know, someone, someone
• 45:03
  Speaker 14: was in the house and they're like, Oh, that is you?
• 45:08
  Speaker 14: I'm like, yeah. Like, you know, it's just like a
• 45:11
  Speaker 14: strange thing where I look very different when I'm in
• 45:14
  Speaker 14: the house. And then, you know, when I decided to
• 45:15
  Speaker 14: step out, I obviously enjoy getting dressed up and all
• 45:18
  Speaker 14: of that.
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: I have a, a final question that I like to
• 45:23
  Speaker 1: throw at folks. It's always one of my favorite questions.
• 45:27
  Speaker 1: And I always pause and kind of frame it right
• 45:30
  Speaker 1: before I ask it. And it's, it's a question that,
• 45:34
  Speaker 1: It's a personal one for you. It's asking you to
• 45:41
  Speaker 1: reflect on the following question, which is, there's a young
• 45:45
  Speaker 1: girl in Fullerton that was growing up practicing Bhaktanatyam. Maybe
• 45:51
  Speaker 1: she was eight or nine. And she is asking you
• 45:55
  Speaker 1: for advice. She's asking her older self for her advice.
• 46:00
  Speaker 1: What advice would you give that young girl in Fullerton
• 46:03
  Speaker 1: that was growing up?
• 46:07
  Speaker 14: You don't have to have everything figured out right now.
• 46:11
  Speaker 14: I think don't put so much pressure on yourself. Understand
• 46:16
  Speaker 14: how to flow in life and release all, as many
• 46:22
  Speaker 14: of the outside expectations as you can release. That will
• 46:27
  Speaker 14: be great for you because you'll find yourself. I think
• 46:31
  Speaker 14: a lot of young girls, spend so much time trying
• 46:35
  Speaker 14: to cater to the people around them and especially in
• 46:37
  Speaker 14: our culture you know South Asian culture listen to your
• 46:40
  Speaker 14: parents what will people say but as I've grown up
• 46:45
  Speaker 14: I've learned to really really allow my expression to just
• 46:52
  Speaker 14: unapologetically come through and I would tell the younger girl
• 46:55
  Speaker 14: not to feel ashamed of her weirdness of her quirks
• 46:58
  Speaker 14: of her you know just flow and be who you are.
• 47:03
  Speaker 14: Let go of all of the outside noise. Wow.
• 47:09
  Speaker 1: Great advice. That's great advice. Malvika, it's been... fabulous hanging
• 47:17
  Speaker 1: out with you here on the bridge this morning. And
• 47:21
  Speaker 1: I wanted to thank you for your time and thank
• 47:23
  Speaker 1: you for being so open and so generous with your
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: thoughts today. We're really excited about your upcoming album coming
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: out here in December called December Baby. And for us
• 47:33
  Speaker 1: here in California and the US, your homeland over here,
• 47:37
  Speaker 1: your other homeland, your shape-shifting homeland, we send you our
• 47:41
  Speaker 1: best as you get ready for this rollout over there.
• 47:45
  Speaker 10: Thank you.
• 47:45
  Speaker 14: No, I really enjoyed our conversation. Thank you for having me.
• 47:49
  Speaker 1: Well, I was going to have you introduce this last
• 47:51
  Speaker 1: song for us. So why don't you pick one from
• 47:53
  Speaker 1: your bucket of music here and introduce it to us
• 47:56
  Speaker 1: over here in the U.S.? Okay, lovely.
• 47:59
  Speaker 14: Yeah. So as I just said, you know, I use
• 48:02
  Speaker 14: the word quirk, you know, quirk.
• 48:04
  Speaker 24: Yeah.
• 48:05
  Speaker 14: I have a song called Quirky, which I think will
• 48:07
  Speaker 14: be wonderful for girls of all ages and just anyone who...
• 48:12
  Speaker 14: like being weird and like, you know, strange things. Maybe, um,
• 48:17
  Speaker 14: this is like my little love letter to just being, um,
• 48:21
  Speaker 14: myself and being, you know, having, having those strange things
• 48:24
  Speaker 14: about myself, but being like, yeah, I kind of love
• 48:25
  Speaker 14: this side of me. Um, so here's quirky for everyone.
• 48:29
  Speaker 14: Let's play quirky.
• 48:30
  Speaker 1: Let's do that. Uh, Mavica, thank you so much for
• 48:32
  Speaker 1: joining us. Great selection.
• 48:33
  Speaker 4: I love the tabla in there.
• 48:35
  Speaker 1: It's nice and quiet and just very subtle.
• 48:37
  Speaker 4: It's really, really well done song.
• 48:38
  Speaker 1: So everybody get ready for this one. Mavika, thank you
• 48:42
  Speaker 1: for joining us. And here's the song, Quirky.
• 48:51
  Speaker 7: I'll see when I want, yeah, clean up nice. Little
• 48:54
  Speaker 7: Miss Perfect, I can do it right. Oops, said something dumb,
• 48:57
  Speaker 7: still you left like five times. Kind of weird humor,
• 49:00
  Speaker 7: kind of offbeat. Feels fun to feel like me. Call
• 49:03
  Speaker 7: me Jonathan Anderson, how I put it together. It don't
• 49:06
  Speaker 7: always make sense, but I like it better. Can't really
• 49:09
  Speaker 7: do things how they're designed.
• 49:11
  Speaker 4: I like mixing everything up, kind of.
• 49:12
  Speaker 7: Twisted the lines. Well, things thought I went too far.
• 49:16
  Speaker 7: You ain't blinked twice, you just raised the bar. Match
• 49:18
  Speaker 7: my energy, didn't try. too hard yeah i'm really kind
• 49:23
  Speaker 7: of quirky yeah i'm kind of quirky don't gotta act
• 49:26
  Speaker 7: right you already know me quirky yeah i'm kind of
• 49:30
  Speaker 7: quirky Quirky, yeah I'm kinda quirky Pretty little Facebook, really
• 49:37
  Speaker 7: pretty messy Quirky, yeah I'm kinda quirky Freaky little mind
• 49:41
  Speaker 7: and you just let me It's the same thing every day.
• 49:49
  Speaker 7: Spice mix. Get obsessed on something else.
• 49:52
  Speaker 14: Okay.
• 49:52
  Speaker 7: Quiet chick, but I snap real quick. You don't flinch,
• 49:55
  Speaker 7: but just laugh a bit. Ask deep things at the
• 49:58
  Speaker 7: wrong time, but you still kind of know. See the
• 50:02
  Speaker 7: weirdest things, you play it back. Little details, you don't
• 50:05
  Speaker 7: miss that.
• 50:06
  Speaker 10: I'm like, damn.
• 50:07
  Speaker 7: You really caught that? Nope, nobody else would have caught that.
• 50:23
  Speaker 10: Yeah, I'm kind of quirky. Freaky little mind and you
• 50:24
  Speaker 10: just let me.
• 50:50
  Speaker 7: I don't show this side, I keep it closed I'm
• 50:53
  Speaker 7: used to things running hot then cold Say too much
• 50:56
  Speaker 7: when I lose control But you don't switch when I
• 50:59
  Speaker 7: get intense Just stay right there, don't second guess Friends
• 51:03
  Speaker 7: think you're a gentleman I know you got your other
• 51:06
  Speaker 7: side Don't treat me like one of the.
• 51:09
  Speaker 24: Guys Even if right now it's undefined If you like
• 51:12
  Speaker 24: me like this for real That's a different kind of
• 51:16
  Speaker 24: feel Porky little thing that I'm finally seeing And it's
• 51:20
  Speaker 24: hitting better than anything.
• 51:24
  Speaker 21: The song is called Quirky.
• 51:28
  Speaker 7: Shout out to Malvika.
• 51:52
  Speaker 1: And her album coming out in December, on December 10th.
• 51:57
  Speaker 1: The album is called December Baby, and she's getting ready
• 52:01
  Speaker 1: to drop it.
• 52:02
  Speaker 4: We're really looking forward to it. We'll keep you up
• 52:04
  Speaker 4: to date.
• 52:05
  Speaker 1: In the meantime, here's Doita Dasgupta with an artist spotlight
• 52:09
  Speaker 1: for you.
• 52:09
  Speaker 4: What's up, Doita?
• 52:11
  Speaker 10: Thanks, Sammy. Hi, everyone.
• 52:13
  Speaker 25: This is Doita Dasgupta, your Ruckus Avenue Radio music correspondent,
• 52:16
  Speaker 25: back with some fun facts about your favorite artists. Canadian
• 52:20
  Speaker 25: rapper and producer Tesher rose to prominence through his unique
• 52:23
  Speaker 25: brand of genre-blending mashups and remixes on YouTube and SoundCloud.
• 52:28
  Speaker 25: Tesher released his debut original single Young Shah Rukh in 2020,
• 52:32
  Speaker 25: continuing his string of viral hits. Tesher and his music
• 52:36
  Speaker 25: are one and the same, a blend of two cultures.
• 52:39
  Speaker 25: As he draws on both the South Asian heritage and
• 52:41
  Speaker 25: the Western culture he grew up in, Tesher aims to
• 52:44
  Speaker 25: create music that resonates not only with the South Asian
• 52:47
  Speaker 25: diaspora but with the global audience. Tesher's single Jalebi Baby
• 52:51
  Speaker 25: has taken the world and TikTok by storm and has
• 52:54
  Speaker 25: made history along the way. The multicultural song is a
• 52:57
  Speaker 25: hit in every way imaginable, with combined global streams surpassing
• 53:01
  Speaker 25: 100 million in just the first year of release, and
• 53:04
  Speaker 25: with over 21,000 TikTok creations using the song, totaling in
• 53:09
  Speaker 25: 95 million views. Jalebi Baby seemed to be the start
• 53:12
  Speaker 25: of an impending musical revolution.
• 53:14
  Speaker 14: Well, that's all from me.
• 53:16
  Speaker 10: Now back to you, Sammy.
• 53:18
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Doita. Yeah, we love Tesher's work.
• 53:21
  Speaker 1: He's one of the best producer, singer-songwriters out there, and
• 53:25
  Speaker 1: especially hailing here from North America. Saskatchewan, to be precise.
• 53:30
  Speaker 1: And this is his latest song. The song is called Possession.
• 53:34
  Speaker 1: And it's one of my favorites.
• 53:36
  Speaker 10: Check it out. Yeah.
• 54:05
  Speaker 19: Dareda na main bhi jama.
• 54:10
  Speaker 1: Yeh andhri raaton mein kai raaz.
• 54:15
  Speaker 2: Hai Woh kaatir nigaaon se koi bach na sakai Yeh
• 54:27
  Speaker 2: andhri raaton mein kai raaz hai I'm not afraid of fear,
• 54:38
  Speaker 2: I'm not afraid of life I don't give up, I
• 54:43
  Speaker 2: never give up.
• 54:52
  Speaker 4: Let's go.
• 54:53
  Speaker 10: Let me talk to you. What are you supposed to be?
• 55:15
  Speaker 12: Another bad girl trying to get close to me.
• 55:17
  Speaker 10: I can see through your costume and read your mind.
• 55:19
  Speaker 1: But I can't resist having a good time.
• 55:21
  Speaker 4: Do you feel me?
• 55:22
  Speaker 10: Don't tempt me.
• 55:23
  Speaker 8: Yeah, it'll be.
• 55:23
  Speaker 10: Sony Henny. Sony Henny. Sony Henny. Everyone says that the.
• 55:39
  Speaker 2: Other should not come I am not afraid of the
• 55:42
  Speaker 2: crowd Whatever you have lost.
• 55:43
  Speaker 6: In the water Those mad people have my name too In.
• 55:54
  Speaker 4: These dark nights.
• 56:08
  Speaker 2: They will kill the villagers No one will be able
• 56:15
  Speaker 2: to save themselves Does it hurt or not?
• 56:19
  Speaker 4: Does it hurt or not?
• 56:21
  Speaker 23: My heart doesn't move at all I don't.
• 56:24
  Speaker 2: Believe it at all Does it hurt or not?
• 56:27
  Speaker 4: Does it hurt or not?
• 56:29
  Speaker 2: I don't feel at ease Now I feel like it
• 56:35
  Speaker 2: I tried to leave before.
• 56:39
  Speaker 10: You always block the door. You know all the reasons.
• 56:45
  Speaker 4: I can't find you in my.
• 57:12
  Speaker 1: Got that Halloween thriller kind of vibe, but I'm sure
• 57:15
  Speaker 1: Tesher did it by design.
• 57:18
  Speaker 4: The song is called Possession.
• 57:21
  Speaker 1: And it's Halloween week out there, and it's an exciting
• 57:24
  Speaker 1: time out there for sure. A lot of great music
• 57:26
  Speaker 1: coming in with that kind of energy. And of course,
• 57:28
  Speaker 1: one of the big ones that we're looking forward to
• 57:30
  Speaker 1: is later this week, Tesher's brand new project. Wanted to
• 57:34
  Speaker 1: give a big shout out to Madhvika for joining us today.
• 57:37
  Speaker 1: Tomorrow we'll be joined by Arshdeep Maan. Looking forward to it.
• 57:41
  Speaker 1: Have a great day, everybody.
• 57:46
  Speaker 6: Aapta chal
• 57:49
  Speaker 6: gaya naukriwe mul pehinde toodi de Khate kara ke degaya
• 57:55
  Speaker 6: vich dab gaya toodi de Aapta chal gaya naukriwe mul
• 58:00
  Speaker 6: pehinde toodi de Shahid minnu dasna ni chonda ho Shahid
• 58:04
  Speaker 6: hath rakhna hi chonda ho Jaan jaan minnu tad fonda
• 58:08
  Speaker 6: ho Lashan sari preet e gudi de Khate kara ke
• 58:15
  Speaker 6: degaya vich dab gaya toodi de Aapta chal gaya naukri
• 58:20
  Speaker 6: weh mular Weh kotthe utte kaan boleda Minu haan boleda
• 58:27
  Speaker 6: Kal van dihi taan Sachan Saanu weh tu naan bolke
• 58:34
  Speaker 6: Dil jeer sutea Leero leer sutea.
• 58:41
  Speaker 5: Bunga kera ke de gaya we.
• 58:43
  Speaker 15: Vich Dab gaya toodi.
• 58:51
  Speaker 6: De Aapta chal gaya naukri we mul pehnde toodi de
• 58:55
  Speaker 6: Bunga kera ke de gaya we vich Dab gaya toodi de.
• 58:59
  Speaker 21: Aapta chal gaya naukri we mul pehnde.
• 59:02
  Speaker 10: Toodi de I got a job, but now I'm a prostitute.
• 59:10
  Speaker 6: Hey, my love, because of you, my life is complete,
• 59:15
  Speaker 6: my love.
• 59:15
  Speaker 10: Don't leave me, my love. Don't leave me, my love.
• 59:20
  Speaker 11: Don't leave me, my love.
• 59:38
  Speaker 15: Oh, oh, oh, oh.