Today's guest is the lead singer of Young The Giant, Sameer Gadhia. After receiving interest from record labels, Sameer dropped out of Stanford. His band’s success turned him into an indie star gracing the lollapalooza main stage just more than a year later. Over ten years later Young the Giant just released their new Project American Bollywood. Join us as we discuss... Sameer’s decision to dropout and the aftermath that ensued Why he chose theme’s of mythology and family for his new album Getting in touch with his Indian heritage What representation with musicians like Freddy Mercury has meant to him If you liked this episode, you'll also like our episode with Abhi the Nomad, Slim Dan, West, and Michael The Author You can find Young the Giant on any streaming platform and their project is out now along with a live version of some of their hit songs from their recent tour Follow us @Projectalchemyco on Instagram, @projalchemyco on Twitter, and @projectalchemyco on Tik tok