A lot of independent artists speak about music as passion. Kundan speaks about it more like emotional survival.
During his teenage years, he went through a deeply lonely phase where most emotions stayed internalized. Instead of finding outlets through people, he slowly started channeling those feelings into music. That emotional isolation ended up shaping not only his writing style, but the entire emotional atmosphere of his sound.
Which explains why his music consistently leans toward softness.
Not softness as weakness.
Softness as refuge.
There’s a calmness running through many of his songs that feels intentional — almost like they are written for listeners trying to breathe through difficult phases quietly rather than dramatically.
Sonically, Kundan gravitates toward soulful Hindi indie and indie-pop textures, but what makes his work feel personal is not necessarily experimentation or complexity. It’s honesty.
He doesn’t approach songwriting trying to sound “distinct.”
In fact, he openly rejects that mindset.
To him, individuality naturally happens when artists speak truthfully about what they feel. And that perspective shows up in the way his songs unfold — emotionally direct, uncomplicated, and rooted in personal memory rather than performance-heavy writing.
