Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Aaryan sits down with Sam Cole to talk about creating his fifth studio album "Do You See The Birds, Too?"

Listen to "Do You See The Birds, Too?": aaryanshah.lnk.to/DYSTBTAlbum

Chapters:
0:00 Solo Travel
1:33 Depressive Episodes
3:38 Opening Up About Bipolar, Mental Health, & Medication
11:11 The Process of Creating the Arc
12:19 Shifting Gears to "Love Always" & "Birds"
14:23 Life During "A Love Letter to LA"
15:45 Letting Go of Anger & Looking Inward
17:15 Writing "Birds" As My Inkblot
18:31 Losing & Rebuilding a Home
21:20 "Punishment"
24:14 Tour & How It's Changed My Life
26:06 Meet & Greets
27:23 My Purpose In My Fans' Lives
29:36 Chasing the Highs & The Mental Toll
30:28 Not Being Equipped to Deal with Lows Anymore
32:22 The 50-Year Perspective
34:05 The Next One
34:45 The Meaning of "Do You See The Birds, Too?"
37:22 Healing Isn't a Destination
38:56 Validation & Giving Myself Grace
39:57 Starting the Album with "Fission"
43:20 Losing Emotional Range
44:27 "The Voices"
45:29 The Irony of "Fission"
46:56 The Thesis: Two Things Can Be True
48:30 Cinema & Taking Risks
52:59 Taking 2 Years
54:48 "Thank God Aaryan's Back"
56:20 Evolution & The Leap Forward
58:20 "I Used To Have Strings"
59:53 10 Years; Being a Kid in the Industry
1:00:47 Being Indian in Music
1:01:45 A Walking Identity Crisis
1:02:19 Blonde
1:03:49 Becoming the Person I'm Supposed to Be
1:06:17 "Budapest" & "Vienna"
1:11:22 Throughlines
1:12:45 Spiraling Into "Now I Am Become Death"
1:14:50 Orchestrating
1:16:42 Finding the Motif
1:18:02 "The Skies Cried For You"
1:23:30 Climax & Resolution
1:26:56 "Then Why Does My Life Feel Like It Was?"
1:28:39 Finding Closure, Forgiveness, & Empathy
1:31:03 Legacy
1:34:27 Epilogue

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