Pop Star Jay Sean REVEALS The TRUTH Behind Ageism in the Music Industry 

Despite pressure and industry influences, Jay Sean stayed true to his authentic self in the end. What did you find most inspiring about his journey? I’d like to invite you to join this community and subscribe to the channel. By hitting the 'Subscribe' button, you're not just becoming a subscriber - you're choosing to make a positive difference in your life.

As an Indian it was so cool and proud for us that he was known globally! Now he is a legend in its own ways with a beautiful family! Love n light

That random kid who gave Jay the CD was actually ALAN SAMPSON. The British Pakistani producer who ended up making hits with Zayn Malik, Craig David, Rita Ora & more.

Jay Sean the super talented.. 1st South Asian superstar to go #1 billboard that's levels bruv

Been a fan of Jay since day 1 and have never heard his story or his journey like this, I love it!!!

Much love Jay Shetty For Bring Jay Sean to the Show, As A Musician, this helps more than you can imagine, Please do bring more Musicians to the show ❤🙏🏻

As a south Asian from the Uk I grew up seeing Jay on TV and had the pleasure of seeing him on stage performing in my hometown at the Bradford Asian Mela on black hill, it was 2005 or 6. Will never forget that such a class act! The crowd was mad but his stage presence was heartwarming and I couldn’t look away! I was so proud when he broke the states and people in America were banging his tunes. Jay Sean you are a legend and inspiration to the Asian community in England. Much respect bro !

This conversation is so beautiful and inspiring. Thank you, Jay and Jay!

I love ❤️ Jay Sean He has a great voice Thank you Jay for having him in your podcast

Having performed with Jay Sean numerous times back in the day, I can honestly say the way he comes across in this video is how he is in real life - genuine, talented and humble. Good to see him still positive and pushing forward.

0:00: 🎤 A musician shares their struggles in the music industry and the journey to finding happiness and healing. 6:33: 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 The video discusses the pressure on children to pursue certain professions and the desire for parents to want the best for their kids, regardless of cultural background. 13:01: 🎤 The video is a conversation about navigating challenges and stereotypes while pursuing a career in the music industry and as a medical student. 19:24: ⚡ The video discusses the overwhelming impact of social media on our mental health and the pressure to deal with criticism from strangers. 25:44: 🎶 The video discusses the nostalgia of waiting for music videos to be played on TV and creating homemade VHS music videos. 32:32: 🎤 The video discusses Drake's ability to mix singing and rapping, and the importance of not being limited by societal expectations. 38:55: 🎤 Comedian shares a humorous experience of being questioned by an immigration officer. 45:59: 🎶 The artist discusses the challenges of feeling inadequate in the music industry and relates it to the Rocky story. 52:39: 🎵 The artist discusses the challenges he faced in the music industry and how he took control of his career. 59:36: 💪 The real battle is against our ego and self-awareness is crucial in overcoming obstacles. 1:05:44: 🎵 Drake's approach to releasing music and its impact on the music industry. 1:12:20: 🎥 The video discusses the power of nostalgia in influencing our preferences and experiences in watching movies and listening to music. 1:18:36: 🎬 The speaker admires a person who has the original Terminator outfit and loves his collection of movie memorabilia. Recapped using Tammy AI

00:02 Jay Sean shares the struggle and pressure in the music industry. 02:02 Jay Sean's upbringing and inspiration from his driven parents. 05:59 Ageism in music industry and parental expectations 07:53 Jay Sean pursued a degree in Psychology and Biology before considering a career in medicine and music. 12:00 Jay Sean breaks stereotypes in the music industry 13:56 Jay Sean discusses the lack of representation for South Asian artists in the music industry 17:55 Facing fear and criticism in the music industry. 19:29 Impact of social media on mental health 22:53 Shift in perception of fame and success 24:38 Jay Sean lost himself chasing Big Pop hits 28:02 Jay Sean emphasizes the importance of being excited about a song before recording it. 29:47 Jay Sean combined his diverse musical influences to create a unique genre. 33:25 Artists should be allowed to express themselves uniquely in the music industry. 35:15 Actor Matthew McConaughey took a two-year break to shift his brand 38:44 Jay Sean's experience with ageism in the US music industry 40:30 Doing things with negative energy never fulfills you 44:28 Struggling with finding fulfillment as an artist 46:12 Facing challenges in the music industry 49:50 Jay Sean struggled with inner conflicts and industry challenges 51:53 Jay Sean's song 'Good Enough' was actually a letter to the music industry. 55:40 Jay Sean found a life-changing song in a demo CD from a fan. 57:40 Jay Sean discusses the impact of a remix on his music career 1:01:11 Be open to randomness in life and people's advice 1:02:56 Understanding how to build compassionate children 1:06:06 The music industry is evolving with younger artists embracing diverse influences. 1:07:53 Ageism in the music industry 1:11:32 Nostalgia in music is a powerful force. 1:13:09 Embracing the impact of a defining role 1:16:42 Jay Sean shares about the challenge of trapped identity in the music industry. 1:18:18 Jay Sean emphasizes the importance of giving oneself permission to evolve over time. 1:21:38 Jay Sean aims to pass on his 20 years of experience to the next generation. 1:23:10 Jay Sean promotes his new album on Spotify and streaming platforms.

I'm a 27 year old american girl that grew up listening to Jay Sean and literally still bumps his songs.. and was shocked to see this podcast episode and learn what an amazing person he is and his inspiring story. I'm in awe!

his song Down was the first for a UK solo artist to make it or debut at Number 1 on Billboard, if I am not mistaken.

Love u jay sean!!! Took me down memory lane

I enjoyed this interview so much. I was 16 when the Dance with you track was released in 2003. It was very interesting listening to his journey and influences in his music.

How does this episode not have more views? I LOVED every moment of it. I love the honesty and the passion and the camaraderie Between Two Jays 🌱

Really wish to watch his live concert in the future, love u Jay ❤

I sense you were fortunate enough to have a family that invested & believed in you...that's rare & its a powerful gift. Regardless, you're a champion bro! Bravo !!! You're AWESOME AND AUTHENTIC-- YOU'RE MY SUPERHERO!!! WISE❤

2004, im a 4th grader walking into the school library with the rest of my class and this cool kid picks up some magazine featuring Jay Sean on the cover, "south-asian breakthrough artist" ir something and the kid says "the prince, my man!!" And i look at the cover and i realize its Jay Sean, the guy my brother and sister have been listening to lately in the car almost every other day. He was such a sensation and it was the hype that pulled me in but when i did listen to Jay, i fell in love with hisusi , style, composition, the vocals, 2-3 years later and I was starting to want to sing because of him... I have loved R&B and im grateful HE has been my role model growing up, still is in sooo many ways. You're a legend and youre a legacy artist, especially for all the South Asians

Jay Sean is and always has been the real deal. I listened to him from the earliest days and wished him all the success. Still listen to and love his songs. Big props to you brother 👍

Love jay sean from day one Still one of the best DAYS OF MY LIFE when I got my "eyes on you" single signed by jay at hmv Uxbridge. #2point9

Great to see.Jay achieving his goals n dreams and bringing light to our Indian community. I lived near him. Hounslow .Blessed Love brother keep it up....

Jay Sean is absolutely amazing. I remember when I was younger I saw his video "Dance with You" on one of my Indian Hangama music video DVDs. I was like damn that guy is amazing and I was totally digging it for months and months. I'm in America so no one knew what the hell I was listening to. Then years later to see Jay Sean appear in songs with American artist was mind blowing to me. I was so proud to see an Indian person make it in the music world here in America. Plus with his style and twist, the world needed that. Thank you Jay Sean for being who you are making this world a better place one lyric at a time. Music is a huge part of my life, without it I don't know what I would do. Jay Shetty, you always make my world better. Thank you always for the amazing work that you do.

Me Against Myself is a certified classic. Jay Sean is a legend...

My favourite speaker Jay genius l love his speech very much.

Jay not just has a great voice but also an intellectual and a down to earth human being.

Such a lovely interview Jay is so talented! Lovely to see him again. So honest

I ❤ the two Jays. I love his moment when he was in the mosh pit watching Usher, thinking of we love this music and buy this music and get this music, why can’t I make this music? GENIUS. I feel the SAME way about myself at this moment as an actress. INSPIRING 💫🔥🙏🏽🎈🎶

On matters social media; those who matter don't care, and those who care don't matter 😊.

Wow thank you for this episode. Incredibly inspirational.

Love you both so much!..... sending solemn sweeling love for you..

This interview is so refreshing 🙏🏽💯💯💯 Thank you Gentleman I needed this❤

This is an excellent interview. It's true...Indians inherently are hardest working people and they belive and value higher education....anywhere they go they contribute to economy instead of relying on government for handouts.. Ageism is a problem in every industry.

Always loved jay sean 🙌🏼❤ “Ride it” is still on my playlist to this very day… (big fan) im so happy u shared the back story to that song… thank u jay ❤ must love and stay blessed always ❤

He was an icon FOR REALL!! He looks the same too!! 😩🔥

I love this!! It spoke to my spirit!! Let's get it done!!!

One of my favourite episodes easily, such an honest and earnest conversation. Super inspiring thank you!

INCREDIBLE, love seeing this side of Jay

Beautiful interview,I love Jay Sean❤He is still number one for me.

Jay Sean… down 2009 was the best of the best of dj earworm remix ❤❤❤

loved this conversation! please have more artist on who talk about the industry! appreciate both of you!

So glad you brought him. Yes my favorite

Craig David is known for singing, rapping and blending the two.

Thank you! Resonates with me absolutely!

Loved this, watched from start to finish for the first time. I blame nostalgia for Jay Sean.

Thank you Jay for this interview it's long overdue ,I couldn't wait to watch this.❤

Lovely conversation thank you so much for sharing 🙏🏽

I absolutely loved this podcast. Wish it was a lot longer, I have always followed both you and you both are a huge inspiration. Keep up all the great work you guys a doing

Jay and Jay are amazing! Loved getting to know Jay Sean more

man i miss jay sean in more songs - i mean his voice is just so good in r&b - plus on top he got all his businesses going on - so inspirational

I have been thinking of Jay Sean forreal … excited to see what he’s been up to !

Great interview, so much great energy. Really enjoyed. J 66yr Liverpool Uk!😊

He was brilliant and a victim of racism. Why wasn’t he on X factor as a guest judge or performer during his hit era? or on mainstream UK media as a hit in America? He was amazing but the white UK media just wasn’t having it. Great interview

graduated with a degree in fine arts. I thought I was the only one who thought like what Jay Sean discussed in 6:00 its "freeing" 😶‍🌫 Happy New Year indeed💫

Jay Sean my Favourite. Take love Bro🖤

The RnB king Jay Sean❤❤❤❤

Thank you for this podcast, there is a lot that resonates with me! you are both very inspiring me!

Good to see Jay Sean. I actually became close to him because of his song "My Eyes on You"

Hey Jay I love you, i am Denko from Rwanda I need U to know that you have completely changed my life I made up to start a podcast too( dreamcast) Merry Christmas jay with your family

Please do a video about emotional hunger and it's remedies. It will be more helpful ❤

Love you jay ❤️ you are an amazing human for sharing your knowledge and changing the world

6:32 so glad to hear a person of colour actually understanding it from the parents POV. So fed up with POC constantly putting their own culture/traditions down, that's not to say culture/tradition don't bring their own troubles. It's extremely rare for a coloured person saying actually, do you know what my mum and dad are right to encourage me to have plan b.

25:25 Jay Sean making me cry while having dinner in a restaurant. The waiters here think the chili was too spicy 😂🥲😂🥲😂🥲 ❤️

He is a great artist with a voice like velvet. As someone who has always admired his interpretation of songs, I want to say that I love him very much.

Loved this episode ❤

Loved this podcast ❤

At 16:00 mins Jay talks about exactly how I felt when I saw him come to the big stage. Felt so proud that there was a Desi rapper, one of us up there. He paved the road for what we see now. Will always have a lot of respect for Jay. 🙌

AMAZING INTERVIEW !!!!!!!!!!!

Juggy d comes to mind 😮

Love so much what you do Jay, this was a great episode. Sorry for the lame question, but I need to know the name/paint color of those walls hahaha.

Miss your song a lot jaysean

Very interesting 🎉 used to love his music!!

I knew of him through VIVA tv ,German TV channel I was a teen ,and it drove us crazy at home that this song ,totally in English with that l Indian bridge and the smooth mix of both cultures in the song was so good. His music before entering the US market were a lot better in my opinion. What he did in the US was different ,and you could tell it was not so natural of him. I hope to see something new of that old style of his. And I love the parallelism between his own journey and Rocky, It was interesting how the analysis of the film saga can also describe the life of many artists in different fields too!

So good jay!!! I loved this one so much,as a musician this spoke to me very deeply!! Man jay sean is awesome,so much insight!! Man I know it'd be tough but you gotta get drake on the podcast,it'll change lives for real!! Much love jay!❤

this is sick, was listening to ride it remix before!

Great stuff!

2point9 -----> like button If you know, you know

Nice to watch people who were lucky with parents, my father didn't teach me anyhing, and still walks proudly that he dosn't realy give a sh* but to give me some portion of negativity.

I still listen to that album.. down down dowwwnnnnnn

OH MY SEAN❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Big dreamy bro.I liked this bro

Subbed to you. I was told about you by mike who used to cut your hair. Told him i would say hi 🌹❤️👋🏻

Legend because of him you see so many uk artists Charting now

The Mistress part 1, My Own Way and All or Nothing are some of the best albums ever made by any artist imho. Jay’s music up until around the tune “Don’t give up on me” (which itself was a banger) was absolutely amazing. Ironically though his music after that tune has been pretty poor. I can only imagine he’s lost some of his big producers (Jeremy/Alan Sampson?). Needs to go back to the Jay that he was for the majority of his career- just not the one putting out pretty dire music like his last tune To hi To or whatever it’s called.

The only thing is that Jay Shetty should let the guest talk more, Jay Sean’s stories were so interesting and Shetty kept cutting him off or changing the tone of the conversation.

Next you should bring on Zack Knight Also from London/ India 🇮🇳

Jay & Jay ...LOL Nicee talk:D

Proud of you 🇧🇩

wowww the ride it storyyyy

JaySean is so selfaware

Inspiration

I still got my eyes on you its been 18 years

Jay Sean being signed to Young Money was a big flex if you were brown in school 2007 to 2010

This man was my childhood - the only Asian brudda around ☝🏼

jay your sis also shud join ur pod, her views with urs will b more insterting.

Why I didn’t know Jay Sean was Indian.

Weird that he talks about ‘down’ like it was so great. I think ‘maybe’ was a classic

Big Up Jay Sean,Rishi and Juggy Combo Just like my favourite kfc 🍗 😂

Lord jay sean ❤❤❤