01x04 - Episode 4

[bunniefuu]

[fast-paced music]

[cheering]

[Nas] Let me say something.

I had to come out to see
the newest greatest artist

in the m*therf*cking world.

[crowd cheering]

[Nirmika] I think there's
a frenzy in the air to watch AP.

[Bobby] Three years ago, they were
producing in their bedroom.

Now they're selling out arenas.

[man] Congratulations.
This is just the beginning.

All right?

[cheering]

[machine whirs]

[AP] Life not always f*cking perfect.

Life always throw things on your way.

It's just how you take it.

[Kevin] He has to deal with it, not us.
He has to read that sh*t.

[laughs]

Love you, man.

-[indistinct chatter]
-[all giggle]

[children singing "Excuses"]

[chuckles]

[Herman, in English]
Everything we've been able to accomplish

in such a little time has been so big.

On a global scale.

[Kevin] Probably the biggest crowd
we're gonna be doing.

[Shinda] There's gonna be
30,000, 40,000 people in there.

[AP] I just want our people
to be proud, like,

of what we are doing as a community.

[Herman] Coming to the stage next...

AP Dhillon!

[crowd cheering]

[ambient music]

Our next arena date's Toronto,
my hometown.

Toronto's super important 'cause...

the whole music industry is here,

especially in Brampton,
where the music hub is.

[Herman] When I think about our city,

it's an actual, like,
monumental moment for us

to now be playing arenas,

and having your friends and family there
to witness this history with you.

It's something that, like,
money could never buy.

[Kevin] It's crazy to be honest.

It's Maple Leaf Square...
It's "Brown Munde" square today.

Toronto is... the biggest so far.

[Kevin] Almost 14,000 tickets sold

and the biggest venue, too.

[laughter]

[AP, in Punjabi] How's everything?

[indistinct chatter]

[Herman, in English]
With everything that has gone wrong,

and all the stuff that we've learned
from the last couple of shows,

we're hoping that we go
into this Toronto show

with zero hiccups
and just, like, smooth sailing.

[Kevin] We were realizing where
the gaps were, where the faults were,

and we kind of plugged those

and we put the right people
into the right places.

[Trevor] Here's some things
that are ahead, okay?

-Mm-hmm.
-Number one,

he's got all these pyros set up.

That never happened before.

[AP, in Punjabi] Hi, brothers, all good?

[in English] Everybody is super amped

for this Toronto show
that we're going into.

Sean, I need my cut ASAP.

[Herman] But we got a little bit
of backlash with this dance

we've had for one of
AP's segments for "Hills."

[singing "Hills"]

[Herman, in English]
In terms of the style of dance,

it's very intimate.

It is something different,
but it's not anything new.

When it comes to our community
and our people

that they're not used to
expressing themselves in such a way.

[Kevin] Online we've got to a point now
where AP is kind of the guy

that people are, you know, starting to
kind of poke at for little things.

You go from underdog to top dog...

you get more hate.

Just as much more love you got,
you get an equal amount of hate.

This is the world of influencers.

It's a world of fandom.

[Rahul] Your fans own you.

[Bobby] You'll have people going,

"I really like these tracks,
they're really good."

Then the scantily clad women
come in and it's like,

"I don't want this for me
or for my culture."

[beeping]

[crowd cheering]

You know, we're not quite sure
how to approach the Toronto one,

how we want to go about doing this

knowing that people kind of
feel uncomfortable.

[AP] At the end of the day,

we are just trying to
put some art to the shows, right?

Like, that girl
who is dancing on the stage

has more ba*ls
than people who're watching it,

so it's just like...

I just don't get it, man.
I just don't get it.

So...

I feel like... I dunno,
sometime people don't appreciate it.

[buzzing]

-They'll appreciate it later on, you know.
-[AP chuckles]

Later on, that's when
the appreciation kicks in.

[AP] It's just like, you know...

I... I just cut that track out,
I was just like,

-"Yo, if you guys don't wanna watch it..."
-[Gminxr] You cut it out?

-Yeah.
-[Gminxr] No, no. Don't cut it out.

-I cut it out.
-Nah, nah, nah, Singhy.

[Herman sighs]

Can't do "Hills" today.

AP said, like, for this show,
we're gonna take it out.

Um, you're still good, everything's good,
everything's still honored.

Got it.

Yeah, you're just...
you're just too spicy...

everything's just too crazy.

I can't have you go there...
Yeah, I don't know.

It was a group decision.
It's my favorite part.

Don't let it get to you.

You know, you're f*cking like...

Yo, at the end of the day,
she's just doing her art.

-Did you permanently cut it?
-[AP] I cut it out.

Well, can we bring it back? Trust me, bro.

[in Punjabi] Being an artist means
doing something new

or different artistically.

Like making or creating something new.

[Gminxr, in English]
What do you think, bro?

"Hills" shouldn't be cut.

I don't know, bro,
I just think, at the end of the day,

we've got to make a decision.
Are we gonna go that way?

He has to deal with it, not us.
You know, he has to read that sh*t.

[in Punjabi] So, when we do something

after reading comments or becoming biased,

then that's not creativity.

Then, you focus on doing things
that people like.

So, I just want to do what I like,
so that I can stay satisfied with my work.

So that I will enjoy doing that.

[in English] Go to her room
and tell her to get ready.

[Bobby] I'm of the thought
that the way to do it

is to never listen to anyone
criticizing you on social media.

[AP blows raspberry]

[Bobby] I just think
the only way to go through this

is to just ride roughshod
over these opinions

and just do
what you're doing as an artist.

[AP] It's nobody else's place to judge us.

We just put music out there,
that's all we do.

[Herman] Guys, I need
the dancers together,

I need AP together.
One picture right here.

-Alisha!
-Yeah.

I need you right there
by his, like, shoulder.

[AP] At the end of the day, like,
as a community,

we've got to support
each other, right, you know?

We've got to be better people.

[all] Three, two, one... Brown Munde!

Let's go!

[cheering]

[Gminxr] You all ready for AP?

[cheering]

[AP] Hey!

Let's go, let's go!

[singing "Excuses"]

[continues singing "Excuses"]

[Gminxr, in English] Everybody! Let's go!

[singing "Excuses"]

[singing "Ma Belle"]

[cheering]

[continues singing "Ma Belle"]

[in English] One, two, three, let's go!

[AP singing "Toxic"]

[crowd cheering]

[man] Whoo!

[AP, in English] That's crazy, man. Crazy.

I think he's like'
the Drake of, like, "India."

I'm not Punjabi, I am Gujarati,

but I still love AP
and all the music that he produces.

[Kevin] To go from working
two meaningless jobs to...

like, selling out the arena
I couldn't get into within two years,

like, I don't know
how to put that into words, you know.

-Holy f*ck.
-[AP laughs]

I told you Toronto was gonna show up.

-[man] Long journey to go.
-100%

["Final Thoughts" by AP Dhillon
and Shinda Kahlon playing]

[AP] I feel like it's the biggest show
we've ever done.

We've made it to arenas,
so we're here, we're here.

["Final Thoughts" continues playing]

[cheering]

That was the show where I was like,
once we get through this,

it's all gonna be easy,
but obviously that was wrong.

[laughs]

[AP sings "Final Thoughts"]

[in English] We did our arena shows.
Um, we're super happy with them.

And we then flew to Chicago.

[singing "Final Thoughts"]

[Herman, in English]
Things are going great and...

then AP f*ck his finger up.

After the Chicago show,
this accident happened

where I cut my tendon.

I was like, sh*t, like,
this could be a serious injury.

And it just didn't stop bleeding.

And I went to hospital,
got the stitches done

and then flew to New York next day.

And he's like, "Yeah, bro,
you know, it's a shitty situation,

but I'm just gonna try to push through it.

[siren wailing]

[AP] Welcome to the best city
in the world.

It's a g*dd*mn hub of music.

Lot of legendary music came out of here.

[cheering]

[man] Came all the way
from Indiana for him.

[woman] I came from Virginia.

[man 1] He's representing us.

New York, make some noise!

[man 2] That's why we love him.
He's changed the whole Punjabi game.

My brother's number plate on the car
is literally "Brown Munde."

[singing "Takeover"]

[in English] Make some noise
for the legend, Nas.

-Let's go!
-[man] Make some f*cking noise!

What's up, New York!

[crowd cheering]

Let me say something.

I represent New York City.

[cheering]

I had to come out to see the newest,

greatest artist
in the m*therf*cking world.

-[AP] Let's go!
-AP!

AP! AP! AP!

[crowd chants] AP! AP! AP!

AP! AP! AP!

Make some noise!

[man] Let's go, New York!

[AP singing "Arrogant"]

[siren sounds]

[AP, in English] I performed in New York
with three stitches.

The doctor who put the stitches,
she told me,

"You got to see a hand surgeon."

And then we found this
amazing doctor in New York.

I asked the doctor if I can, like,
actually go perform,

he's just like, "The longer you wait,

the more chance that
you have to lose your finger."

And then I had to make the decision...

[man] Good luck, brother.

[AP] ...to get the surgery done.

f*ck!

Said he had to pull out more tendon
than he anticipated.

He says a full recovery,

but it's gonna take a lot longer
than just three days.

It was a little bit more serious
than we actually expected.

We don't know if this guy
is going to be able to continue

and finish off the tour.

[Kevin] "It breaks my heart to inform you
that my shows in SF and LA

are being postponed
due to unfortunate injuries

that I suffered while on tour.

See you all in a few weeks.
Hang onto your tickets,

they'll be valid for
newly rescheduled dates."

Put an emoji.

Put a heartbreak,
that's how you really feel.

Holy f*ck. sh*t's about to be real.

[news reporter speaking Hindi]

[in English] To all
the AP fans in California,

he's officially postponed his concerts

because he hurt himself, injured himself.

AP, hope you get better.

[therapist] Just try to
move that... The middle.

See the joint's a little bit stiff,
and there's some swelling there.

On Monday, you're gonna be
five weeks post-op.

-[AP] Eleventh is...
-[therapist] Eleventh is your show, right?

-Yeah?
-[AP] Yeah. So we're good, right?

[therapist] Well, it doesn't mean
you can do everything.

If have to perform with this,
I don't mind.

[therapist laughs]

She's just like, uh,
"Don't jump. Don't use this hand,"

It's kind of annoying though.

[cheering]

Like, I forget everything
when I go on the stage.

[laughs]

[singing "Drip" by AP Dhillon
and Gurinder Gill]

[in English] One, two, three, let's go!

[continues singing "Drip"]

[cheering]

[in English] Bro, crazy show.

[indistinct chatter]

Yeah!

I want to present this, sold-out tour...

Congratulations.

This is just the beginning.
It's the f*cking beginning.

[woman] You sell it out every time.

Every time, everywhere,
every f*cking country. Let's go!

[Kevin] The last two shows of
North American tour were in San Fran.

[AP] Last one.

[in Punjabi] I look like an uncle.

[in English] No. Just 'cause of the color?

[in Punjabi] Uncle? No.

[in English] Those uncles
at a wedding party,

they keep their blazers buttoned up,

when they're doing bhangra...

the foam padding ends up like right here.

[laughter]

["Drip" playing]

[all] ...two, one. Brown Munde!

[singing "Drip" by AP Dhillon
and Gurinder Gill]

[in English] One, two, three, let's go!

[continues singing "Drip"]

[AP, in English] Thanks for having us.
I go by AP. Love you all.

[cheering]

[AP] Amazing!

f*ck! It was crazy sh*t.

Bro, that was amazing!
Bro, these people were having fun.

Hugging, kissing... Everything.

[laughs]

-Love you, man. We did it.
-Love you. Love you. We did it. We did it.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year,

-Happy Hanukkah.
-Yes, sir.

[AP] We f*cking owned that god damn stage!

I love San Francisco.
I f*cking love San Francisco.

I'm happy this was the last show.

Holy, we did it!

Put it from here to here.

[in English] You've got
to do shoulder to shoulder.

[laughter]

[sings in Punjabi]

[in English] It's done!
It's like... we achieved it.

You know? We did it.

[laughter]

[Herman] Starting from a garage,
putting music together, and then

you do a tour
and show how all those little steps

kinda build up into
what you have to put on...

what you present to everybody.

[pleasant music playing]

-[AP] No shoes on the boat!
-[Herman] Boat etiquette!

They don't teach us that in Vancouver, eh?

[Herman] Definitely feels amazing
to come this far in such little time

to just create history.

You know the odds
are against us in terms of

us being independent and not having...

as many resources as other people do

but everything we've been able to
accomplish in such little time

has been so big on a global scale.

My favorite city
for what, like, food and stuff?

The feeling on stage, the feeling
you left the venue, like, the best show.

Toronto was a good show.

New York was legendary.

-[Kevin] Crowds were wild there.
-Yeah. Right.

I was gonna say New York for food.

[laughs]

[Herman] Yo, that's new, right?
You just bought this?

Cheers to Gary's new hoodie!

[laughter]

[Herman] We're gearing up for a festival
in Mumbai. Lollapalooza.

Going home and visiting family

is like super important
just to reset mentally.

[Kevin] I'm actually excited we are
going to India for ten days.

-[AP] Me too, bro, it's gonna be fun!
-Yeah.

[Kevin] Cheers!

[laughter]

[dings]

[AP] I'm looking forward
to just going home.

[birds chirping]

[AP, in Punjabi] I long
to get back to the village

and spend some time there...

Greetings!

...and catch up with my grandmother.

[in English] Nice to meet you.

[AP, in Punjabi] She's getting old now.

The relationship with my grandmother?
Love, of course.

Gran was asking if Shinda left on the bus?

I said, yes, he's gone.
He came on the local bus.

[sniffles]

Gran, did you celebrate my birthday?

No.

[laughs]

[AP, in English] I'm here
because of her, you know.

Literally.

[soft chuckle]

My bad.

[sniffles]

It's just, like, peaceful here.

This sh*t is in the middle of nowhere.

It just feels home.
It feels like a home, right?

If God gave us this opportunity,
I think we should put it to best work.

-[clamoring]
-[exclaims]

[AP] We should use our resources and power
to make other people life better.

[in Punjabi] We brought you
some clothes and games equipment.

Okay?

[in English] All these schools,
I feel like they don't have much,

so I just want to, like, at least start it
from my own hometown,

like, start giving back.

[in Punjabi] I don't know
what sizes these are.

-[man] Don't worry.
-Okay.

[in English] Like non-profit thing,
just to help the community.

You've seen, like, where I came from.

It's like 40 minutes' drive
from the Pakistan border.

I just want to set an example.
And I just want to keep doing this.

[children singing "Excuses" by AP Dhillon]

[in English] 'Cause I want the g*dd*mn
next AP to come out.

I want 20 of them out
and I want them from India.

[children singing "Excuses" by AP Dhillon]

[laughs]

["Excuses" by AP Dhillon plays]

[AP, in English] Herman, you ready?

One, two, three...

[all] Brown Munde!

[laughter]

[AP] If can do it, anybody can do it.

I want people to believe in their dreams.

-High-five. High-five.
-[clamoring]

-[clamoring]
-[screaming] Brown Munde!

[AP] Holidays are over, vacation is over,
we're back on the road.

So tomorrow, we're gonna go to Mumbai.

[AP] Lollapalooza is huge.

And it means a lot for me.

[Kevin] It's an international festival

that's kind of reaching India
for the first time.

For us, it's probably the biggest crowd
we're gonna be doing.

[Shinda] There's gonna be
30,000, 40,000 people in there.

[cheering]

[Nirmika] Lollapalooza started
in the US way back in 1991,

and it's traveled across the world
to Argentina, Chile, Germany.

It's a huge deal that
Lollapalooza is coming to India.

A lot of international
touring artists skip India,

so I think
it's one of the biggest music cheers

that we have received this season.

[Herman] We're super, super amped
to do this festival.

It gives us that feeling that we are
helping push the culture forward

and we are now, like,
getting this recognition that we deserve.

[Kevin] Yo, we're here.

Can we turn down the air con please?

Oh, sh*t.

[woman] That one is
less cold, if that helps?

No, I'm just, like, my throat is...

[woman] Yeah, I know,
I know, I'm so sorry.

[Kevin] Traveling to Mumbai,
where it got very smoggy

and just terrible breathing conditions,

up to a point
where AP's vocal chords were just...

almost pretty much gone.

And it was kind of up in the air if he was
going to be able to perform or not.

My throat is... I dunno,

I think I have an infection,
throat infection.

So I didn't get out of bed.

I was just sweating.

The doctor came to me,
he was like, "You're f*cked." [chuckles]

So I'm kind of just feeling a little low.

I'm taking all the medications, IV drips.

They just did a blood test.

By tomorrow, hopefully, I feel better.

That's all I worry about.

[indistinct chatter]

His throat is sounding like
a muffler exhaust,

you know, super-raspy.

We're all like, "Oh, my God.

This couldn't have happened
at a worse time."

[AP] Fire!

This is f*cking crazy.

We've got to make
a memorable night, all right?

Ah, it's f*cking huge, man! It's crazy.

[Shinda] You don't realize until
you walk out on stage, you're like,

"This is a mad open space."

Not many people get the chance,
so I'm excited.

[upbeat music playing]

Oh, wow!

That's fire.

Today, you guys
not running any sound, right?

[man] We can if you want to hear it?

Is there a specific track
you want to hear?

Uh, play, um... "Insane."

["Insane" by AP Dhillon,
Gurinder Gill plays]

Whoo!

Wow. I f*ck'...

Fire! Fire!

With India, the live entertainment space

is starting to grow and modernize,

and doing the first Lollapalooza,

it is a big moment
and it's great for our culture.

[AP] It's crazy.

Last tour, I was always like,

"Yo, can we push it more,
can we push it more?"

That's what gets us excited!
You hear what I'm trying to say?

My fat a*s has hurt my back
jumping over that fence.

[laughs]

Have you got that?

[AP] Now I'm excited about this.

It looks amazing, it sounds amazing.

I hope my throat
feels better tomorrow, that's all.

10:45, the doctor's gonna
come give this guy a...

10:45? That's kind of early.

-That's the only time.
-10:45 will be fine.

-I need you to...
-We'll be fine.

[Kevin] All right, cool.

We're in the hotel,
and his voice is pretty bad.

[machine whirring]

So I think we all realize that
it's just more than a sore throat.

It's actually like an infection.

At that time, we were kind of
panicking to get any medicine,

any sort of nasal spray and steam mask.

We were kind of stressing out.

[dramatic music]

[machine whirring]

[AP] Right? We're good?

How are you feeling? Better?

[AP] I'll get through it.

No AC today. Turn it off, please, please.

[Kevin] We don't have much time,
so let's move this.

Holy!

My nostrils are done. I'm...

My throat is done.

I need you guys today, okay?

[sings in Punjabi]

[in English] It's f*cked!

[sings in Punjabi]

[in English] This is f*cked!

I can't perform it right now.

[music ends]

Make sure my vocals
are, like, loud, right?

You're better now?

My throat is f*cked, but whatever,
you're gonna take care of it.

If I crack, then bring it down

but I wanted to make sure people
hear me clear and loud.

That's it. All right, bro,
let's k*ll it, all right?

Let's go.

[indistinct chatter]

AC off.

Life's not always f*cking perfect,
you know what I'm trying to say?

[clamoring]

Life always throw things
on your g*dd*mn way.

It's just how you take it.

I wanna just go on the f*cking stage
and let's just go.

[Nirmika] I think there's
a frenzy in the air to watch AP.

[crowd chanting] AP! AP! AP!

That crowd was like, f*cking amazing.

Holy f*ck!

Ready? Three, two, one, Brown Munde!

[AP] Let's go!

[cheering]

[Herman] Coming to the stage next...

we have one of the most prolific artist
of our generation!

[cheering]

[Herman] Even though AP was really sick,

once he heard that roar of that crowd...

[cheering]

...any doubt that he had in his mind

in terms of his sickness,
he'd fully forgot about it.

Let's f*cking go!

[AP] I'm just excited to see my fans.

[Herman] AP Dhillon!

[cheering]

[Herman] Coming into Mumbai
and being able to represent,

like, the Punjabi culture,
it was super big for him.

We gotta represent brown people

till we f*cking die, let's go.

[Herman] You guys know the f*cking drill!

When I say "A," you say "P!"

[all chanting] AP! AP! AP! AP!

There's over 40,000 of us.
Make some f*cking noise!

[cheering]

[Shinda] Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!

[AP singing "Takeover"]

[continues singing "Takeover"]

[crowd singing "Insane" by AP Dhillon,
Gurinder Gill]

[crowd and AP continue singing "Insane"]

[AP continues singing "Insane"]

[in English] Mumbai,
make some f*cking noise!

[cheering]

I'll see you guys next time. Love you all.

[cheering]

[chanting] AP! AP! AP!

[Kevin] We're envisioning
a 20, 30-year thing here.

We want to be a dynasty,
not just a one-time champion.

I love you. [laughs]

I'm sure AP's heart
is set on global domination.

[cheering]

Someone of his caliber

will not aim for only
domestic or diasporic recognition.

[Kevin] We have a responsibility
to spread our culture across the world.

Not just India, not just Canada,
not just US, but everywhere, globally.

[AP, in Punjabi] I always
had something in my heart

to do something different,

something that will inspire people.

When you think about music,
it is bigger than us.

[in English] We, as brown people,
has, like, something to say,

"Hey, look. We are at this level, too."

Being first of a kind,
we're going to help the next generation.

Inspiring other kids to do
the bigger and better things.

[Bobby] The future is for the taking
and why shouldn't it be AP Dhillon?

[all] Brown Munde!

[AP] We woke the sleeping giant.

And as Punjabis,
we're changing the world, right?

["Brown Munde" by AP Dhillon,
Gurinder Gill playing]