Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
#aaryanshah #ettu #thebeginningistheend
IDENTITY is the premier annual festival to celebrate Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage
Month. Currently in its 7th year, IDENTITY has featured the best in AAPI artists & musicians
with acclaimed talent from across the globe. During this current iteration, the event was held
as a hybrid virtual / live variety show with a small studio audience that got to see
performances & guests from the prestigious GRAMMY Museum in Downtown Los Angeles.
The event was streamed live on Amazon Music’s Official Twitch Channel.
Presented by Amazon Music, Transparent Arts, and non-profit Pacific Bridge Arts Foundation.
Follow Aaryan:
Instagram: instagram.com/aaryanshahmusic
Twitter: twitter.com/aaryanshahmusic
TikTok: tiktok.com/@aaryanshahmusic
Website: aaryanshahmusic.com
Facebook: facebook.com/aaryanshahmusic
--
#aaryanshah #ettu #thebeginningistheend
IDENTITY is the premier annual festival to celebrate Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage
Month. Currently in its 7th year, IDENTITY has featured the best in AAPI artists & musicians
with acclaimed talent from across the globe. During this current iteration, the event was held
as a hybrid virtual / live variety show with a small studio audience that got to see
performances & guests from the prestigious GRAMMY Museum in Downtown Los Angeles.
The event was streamed live on Amazon Music’s Official Twitch Channel.
Presented by Amazon Music, Transparent Arts, and non-profit Pacific Bridge Arts Foundation.
Follow Aaryan:
Instagram: instagram.com/aaryanshahmusic
Twitter: twitter.com/aaryanshahmusic
TikTok: tiktok.com/@aaryanshahmusic
Website: aaryanshahmusic.com
Facebook: facebook.com/aaryanshahmusic
--
![Aaryan Shah - Is This the Life I Chose? [Official Music Video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tSHNKQSDsoo/mqdefault.jpg "Aaryan Shah - Is This the Life I Chose? [Official Music Video]
Listen to Is This the Life I Chose?: https://aaryanshahmusic.com
#aaryanshah #isthisthelifeichose #thedarkages
Director: Aaryan Shah
Directors of Photography: Nikhil Walton & Chris DelVecchio
Additional Footage: Jamiah Lindsey
Editor: Aaryan Shah, Nikhil Walton, & Chris DelVecchio
Stylist: June Vashi
Is This the Life I Chose?
Written by: Aaryan Shah, Jamiah Lindsey, & Yash Mehta
Produced by: Instinct & Aaryan Shah
Recording Engineer: Robert Adam Stevenson
Mixing Engineer: Brandon Behymer
Mastering Engineer: John Armstrong
Follow Aaryan:
Instagram: instagram.com/aaryanshahmusic
Twitter: twitter.com/aaryanshahmusic
Website: aaryanshahmusic.com
Facebook: facebook.com/aaryanshahmusic
Lyrics:
Mm
Let it burn, and let me go with it
Let it burn cause there’s beauty in it
Let it fall, it’s time that it’s finished
It’s time, It’s time, It’s time
Everyone wonders why I never let them inside
Surrounded by enemies, they’ll never let me survive
Surrounded by traitors, so how could I let that shit slide?
It’s fuck you and off with your head
I’ll pour one for you when you’re dead
Betrayed me, I’ll never forget it
One day I’ll come back with a vengeance, for my revenge
I dropped out
I had to find my way out
This has to be my break now
I can’t afford a breakdown
So rack another line now
I gotta catch my flight out
Look how they wanna ride now
Now, it’s all night
Put it on her tongue, I just popped mine
Uber up the hills, why would I drive?
Pop another pill, this is my prime
Imma give another bump cause she asked nice
Oh, I’m always on the road
Or back home on the coast
They know I’ve earned it
Life is turning
Nights in Berlin
The bridge is burning
Oh let it burn
Mm, let ‘em burn
Cause nobody’s riding with me to the ends
So I’m tired of pretending
Like we’re making amends
Like I didn’t take offense
Like you believed in my plans
And held me down in the trenches
But you’re not my mans, tho
so fuck out your feelings, bro
I’ve been on my own
Fighting through the storm
Never sell my soul
Till the day I fold
Till the day I go
Another line of blow
Is this the life I chose?
There’s nothing out here for me
But expensive drugs and these LA hoes
If you don’t want me, go
Cause I used to think that
Everybody left me
Till I realized
I’m the one
That lets them go")
![Aaryan Shah - I Just Want You When the Partys Over [Official Visualizer]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tkKQK1ZUfB4/mqdefault.jpg "Aaryan Shah - I Just Want You When the Partys Over [Official Visualizer]
Listen to I Just Want You When the Partys Over: https://symphony.to/aaryan-shah/codex-iii-1
#aaryanshah #codex #ijustwantyouwhenthepartysover
Written by: Aaryan Shah
Produced by: Aaryan Shah, DonJ, Instinct, Kysiko, Livewre, Scandi, Yash Mehta
Recording Engineer: Charles C3 Cox III
Assistant Engineer: Lina Cooper, Jamiah Lindsey
Mixing Engineer: Brandon Behymer, Aaryan Shah
Mastering Engineer: John Armstrong
Art Direction by: okayGOOD Studios
Creative Direction by: Aaryan Shah, Megh Vakharia, Yash Mehta
Follow Aaryan:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/aaryanshahmusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaryanshahmusic
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aaryanshahmusic
Website: https://aaryanshahmusic.com
Facebook: https://facebook.com/aaryanshahmusic
Lyrics:
Ohh, ohh
Cause I just want you when the party’s –
Cause I just want you
Can I call you tonight?
I know it’s always late when I hit your line
How many more times will we say goodbye
Before we realize we’re running out of time?
It gets dark in this town
The sun is coming up and nobody’s around
Headed home, on your own, can you turn around?
Would it kill you for just one night?
Just for this time
Just call me when the party’s over
I swear to god I’m almost sober
We’re burning out so hold me closer
Oh, it’s way too late for closure
I just want you when the party’s over
Cause I just need you when my heart is broken
And I just need somebody by my side
To end my night
I just want you when the party’s over
Cause I just need you when my heart is broken
And I just need somebody by my side
To feel alright
I just need you when my heart is broken
I just need somebody by my side
And I just need you when my heart is broken
And I just need you when the party’s over
And I just needed you when my heart was broken")
![Aaryan Shah - Your Life Was Never Meant To Be A Punishment [Lyric Video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/upTl3xk6IMc/mqdefault.jpg "Aaryan Shah - Your Life Was Never Meant To Be A Punishment [Lyric Video]
Listen to Your Life Was Never Meant To Be A Punishment: https://aaryanshah.lnk.to/DYSTBTAlbum
#aaryanshah #yourlifewasnevermeanttobeapunishment #doyouseethebirdstoo
Your Life Was Never Meant To Be A Punishment
Written by: Aaryan Shah
Produced by: Aaryan Shah, Kysiko, & Josh Kay
Recording Engineer: Josh Kay
Assistant Recording Engineer: Dylan Waterhouse
Mixing Engineer: Dylan Waterhouse
Atmos Mixing Engineer: Dylan Waterhouse
Mastering Engineer: John Armstrong
Reverb Engineer: Jeremy Kysiko Alain
Follow Aaryan:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/aaryanshahmusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaryanshahmusic
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aaryanshahmusic
Facebook: https://facebook.com/aaryanshahmusic
Lyrics:
To rage against the light thats dying in your eyes is how you live to fight another day alive. So long. I know the world has always done you wrong, but don’t go back to where you don’t belong. The sun will shine on you again tomorrow. My love, I think you’ve always known that everybody goes. Youll find your way back home, and everybody knows. Revenge wont mend your heart. You’re bleeding through your scars. The world can’t tear apart what’s written in the stars. For so long, I know the world has always done you wrong, but don’t go back to where you don’t belong. The sun will shine on you again tomorrow, I promise. I think you’ve always known that everybody goes. Youll find your way back home, and everybody knows.
To rage against the light. So rage against the light.")
![Aaryan Shah - Interlinked [Music Video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vOBaxK0Vt8g/mqdefault.jpg "Aaryan Shah - Interlinked [Music Video]
Listen to Interlinked: https://aaryanshah.lnk.to/DYSTBTAlbum
#aaryanshah #interlinked #doyouseethebirdstoo
Director: Michael Lappen
Producer: Norris Palmer
Director of Photography: Elias Ginsberg
1st AC: John Laverman
Gaffer: Yorgos Tzoyrzoyrakos
DMX Board Op: Paul Phou
BB Swing: Michael Haggerty
Steadicam Operator: Donavyn Suffel
Hair and Makeup: Ava Arena
Editor: Liam Walsh
VFX Supervisor: Stephen Burchell
Colorist: Elias Ginsberg
BTS: Dimitri Tzoytzoyrakos
Location: Moonlight Studio Los Angeles
In Association with Matchbook Pictures LLC
Interlinked
Written by: Aaryan Shah
Produced by: Aaryan Shah & Jeremy Kysiko Alain
Recording Engineer: Josh Kay
Assistant Recording Engineer: Dylan Waterhouse
Mixing Engineer: Dylan Waterhouse
Atmos Mixing Engineer: Dylan Waterhouse
Mastering Engineer: John Armstrong
Reverb Engineer: Jeremy Kysiko Alain
Follow Aaryan:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/aaryanshahmusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaryanshahmusic
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aaryanshahmusic
Facebook: https://facebook.com/aaryanshahmusic
Lyrics:
Tell them I was full of love in my eulogy. Will they remember me? Tell me, am I half the man that I used to be? The shell thats left of me? And whats my freedom worth if I have nowhere else to be? Nowhere else to leave? Is it just a cage that I call my stability? I lost my empathy. The poison found its way to my blood. I feel it seeping into my lungs. I push away the people I love. I ruin everything that I touch. It’s lonely when everything is numb. It’s empty when you can’t fall in love. How many times can I say I’m done? At what point do I stop trying to run? Trying to run. Don’t I know that I’m the one thing I can’t escape from? It runs in my blood. It runs in my blood. It runs in my blood. Tell them I was full of love in my eulogy, if they remember me. Tell me, am I half the man that I used to be? The shell thats left of me.")
![Aaryan Shah - Im Not Allowed to Die Anymore [Official Lyric Video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wDbU477tlac/mqdefault.jpg "Aaryan Shah - Im Not Allowed to Die Anymore [Official Lyric Video]
Listen to Im Not Allowed to Die Anymore: https://symphony.to/aaryan-shah/a-love-letter-to-la
#aaryanshah #imnotallowedtodieanymore #alovelettertola
Written by: Aaryan Shah
Produced by: Aaryan Shah, Christian Korpi, Cody Remillard, Kysiko
Recording Engineer: Josh Kay
Assistant Engineer: Dylan Waterhouse
Mixing Engineer: Brandon Behymer
Mastering Engineer: John Armstrong
Creative Direction by: Aaryan Shah, okayGOOD Studios
Executive Producers: Aaryan Shah & Jeremy Kysiko Alain
Directed by: Aaryan Shah, Christian Korpi, & Cody Remillard
Visual Producer: Michael Lappen
Director of Photography: Elias Ginsberg
Edited by: Christian Korpi & Cody Remillard
Colorist: Fedor Karpenko
Follow Aaryan:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/aaryanshahmusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaryanshahmusic
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aaryanshahmusic
Website: https://aaryanshahmusic.com
Facebook: https://facebook.com/aaryanshahmusic
Lyrics:
I’ve been asleep since December
I think I’ll freeze in this weather
Is this the end that I chose?
I’m fighting to keep myself sober
When I wish my life would be over
Is there a way I can do both?
Everyone says that they need me
How do I say I’m defeated?
How do I tell them I’m bleeding?
I’m just not happy anymore
I wish that they never met me
I wish that they could forget me
And I wish that somebody’d let me
So it won’t hurt them when I go
The weight of the world on my shoulders
Is heavier now that I’m older
It’s selfish of me to let go
My family’s broken and severed
And I can’t keep us together
I wish that I wasn’t alone
What happens when I stop breathing?
What happens when I’m the reason?")
