My music was about travelling a lot and connecting with other people, and English is the voice of travelling.
“My music was about travelling a lot and connecting with other people, and English is the voice of travelling.”
— Jain · Connecting
The World Motivation
My music was about travelling a lot and connecting with other people, and English is the voice of travelling.
“My music was about travelling a lot and connecting with other people, and English is the voice of travelling.”
— Jain · Connecting
My music was about travelling a lot and connecting with other people, and English is the voice of travelling.
When I started making music, I wanted to enjoy it and make others enjoy it. But it's just music. I am not saving the world.
Sometimes you meet people that try to explain to you your work, and how to write a song and how to sing it, and they explain that you are doing it the wrong way. And yeah, it's always super frustrating.
I've been to India, Jordan, South Africa, Namibia, Senegal, Australia, Madagascar, Oman, The States, and a lot of countries in Europe, just to visit... I wanted to make music to connect all of these influences, and make a multicultural music with these experiences.
It's always just a great thing to see your kids connecting and you see the different stages.
Whatever you are making, whether it's a song, an album, a painting, a film, you're connecting with a tradition, and I do feel connected to New York music.
Art is about profundity. It's about connecting to everything that it means to be alive, but you have to act.
Connecting with my fans in India, whether at shows or via social media, has always shown me how special the passion in the country is. The passion is not just for music, but for life as well. It's magical.
I take a lot of pride in connecting with people - period.
Cultural appropriation is a big problem, but the thing is, I didn't invent my life. I really lived in Africa.