How different were these two identities for you and how was the process of trying to merge that into one person?

Yeah, I think this is probably like the biggest impact identity wise that has had on both my character and my music or my arts in general.

I grew up in Detroit where now there are a lot of Indians, but when I grew up, there were almost none, especially in the school district that I went to.

And then even when I moved to Austin, there were I was one of the four Indian kids in my thousand people graduating class.

So we were really a minority.

And so I think I was always surrounded with people who didn't understand my culture, who didn't understand my background, where my family came from, any of it.

And initially, I think when I was a kid and when I was younger, I would try to hide it.

All pain leads to good