Let me say something.
I had to come out to see the newest greatest artist
in the motherfucking world.
I think there's a frenzy in the air to watch AP.
Three years ago, they were producing in their bedroom.
Now they're selling out arenas.
Congratulations. This is just the beginning.
All right?
Life not always fucking perfect.
Life always throw things on your way.
It's just how you take it.
He has to deal with it, not us. He has to read that shit.
Love you, man.
Everything we've been able to accomplish
in such a little time has been so big.
On a global scale.
Probably the biggest crowd we're gonna be doing.
There's gonna be 30,000, 40,000 people in there.
I just want our people to be proud, like,
of what we are doing as a community.
Coming to the stage next…
AP Dhillon!
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.
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.
It's crazy to be honest.
It's Maple Leaf Square-- It's "Brown Munde" square today.
Toronto is… the biggest so far.
Almost 14,000 tickets sold
and the biggest venue, too.
How's everything?
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.
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.
Here's some things that are ahead, okay?
Number one, he's got all these pyros set up.
That never happened before.
Hi, brothers, all good?
Everybody is super amped
for this Toronto show that we're going into.
Sean, I need my cut ASAP.
But we got a little bit of backlash with this dance
we've had for one of AP's segments for "Hills. "
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.
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.
Your fans own you.
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. "
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.
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 balls 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.
They'll appreciate it later on, you know.
Later on, that's when the appreciation kicks in.
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…" -You cut it out?
-Yeah. -No, no. Don't cut it out.
-I cut it out. -Nah, nah, nah, Singhy.
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 fucking like…
Yo, at the end of the day, she's just doing her art.
-Did you permanently cut it? -I cut it out.
Well, can we bring it back? Trust me, bro.
Being an artist means doing something new
or different artistically.
Like making or creating something new.
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 shit.
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.
Go to her room and tell her to get ready.
I'm of the thought that the way to do it
is to never listen to anyone criticizing you on social media.
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.
It's nobody else's place to judge us.
We just put music out there, that's all we do.
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.
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.
Three, two, one… Brown Munde!
Let's go!
You all ready for AP?
Hey!
Let's go, let's go!
Everybody! Let's go!
One, two, three, let's go!
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.
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 fuck.
I told you Toronto was gonna show up.
-Long journey to go. -100%
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.
That was the show where I was like, once we get through this,
it's all gonna be easy, but obviously that was wrong.
We did our arena shows. We're super happy with them.
And we then flew to Chicago.
Things are going great and…
then AP fucks his finger up.
After the Chicago show, this accident happened
where I cut my tendon.
I was like, shit, 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.
Welcome to the best city in the world.
It's a goddamn hub of music.
Lot of legendary music came out of here.
Came all the way from Indiana for him.
I came from Virginia.
He's representing us.
New York, make some noise!
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. "
Make some noise for the legend, Nas.
-Let's go! -Make some fucking noise!
What's up, New York!
Let me say something.
I represent New York City.
I had to come out to see the newest,
greatest artist in the motherfucking world.
-Let's go! -AP!
AP! AP! AP!
Make some noise!
Let's go, New York!
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…
Good luck, brother.
…to get the surgery done.
Fuck!
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.
"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 fuck. Shit's about to be real.
We have got some breaking news.
All of AP Dhillon's shows
in San Francisco and LA have been canceled.
To all the AP fans in California,
he's officially postponed his concerts
because he hurt himself, injured himself.
AP, hope you get better.
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.
-Eleventh is… -Eleventh is your show, right?
-Yeah? -Yeah. So we're good, right?
Well, it doesn't mean you can do everything.
If have to perform with this, I don't mind.
She's just like, uh, "Don't jump. Don't use this hand, "
It's kind of annoying though.
Like, I forget everything when I go on the stage.
One, two, three, let's go!
Bro, crazy show.
Oh, my God! That's crazy!
Yeah!
I want to present this, sold-out tour…
Congratulations.
This is just the beginning. It's the fucking beginning.
You sell it out every time.
Every time, everywhere, every fucking country. Let's go!
The last two shows of North American tour were in San Fran.
Last one.
I look like an uncle.
No. Just 'cause of the color?
Uncle? No.
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.
…two, one. Brown Munde!
One, two, three, let's go!
Thanks for having us. I go by AP. Love you all.
Amazing!
Fuck! It was crazy shit.
Bro, that was amazing! Bro, these people were having fun.
Hugging, kissing-- Everything.
-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.
We fucking owned that god damn stage!
I love San Francisco. I fucking love San Francisco.
I'm happy this was the last show.
Holy, we did it!
Put it from here to here.
You've got to do shoulder to shoulder.
It's done! It's like… we achieved it.
You know? We did it.
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.
-No shoes on the boat! -Boat etiquette!
They don't teach us that in Vancouver?
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.
-Crowds were wild there. -Yeah. Right.
I was gonna say New York for food.
Yo, that's new, right? You just bought this?
Cheers to Gary's new hoodie!
We're gearing up for a festival in Mumbai. Lollapalooza.
Going home and visiting family
is like super important just to reset mentally.
I'm actually excited we are going to India for ten days.
-Me too, bro, it's gonna be fun! -Yeah.
Cheers!
I'm looking forward to just going home.
I long to get back to the village
and spend some time there…
Greetings!
…and catch up with my grandmother.
Nice to meet you.
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.
Gran, did you celebrate my birthday?
No.
I'm here because of her, you know.
Literally.
My bad.
It's just, like, peaceful here.
This shit 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.
We should use our resources and power to make other people life better.
We brought you some clothes and games equipment.
Okay?
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.
I don't know what sizes these are.
-Don't worry. -Okay.
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.
'Cause I want the goddamn next AP to come out.
I want 20 of them out and I want them from India.
Herman, you ready?
One, two, three…
Brown Munde!
If can do it, anybody can do it.
I want people to believe in their dreams.
High-five. High-five.
Brown Munde!
Holidays are over, vacation is over, we're back on the road.
So tomorrow, we're gonna go to Mumbai.
Lollapalooza is huge.
And it means a lot for me.
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.
There's gonna be 30,000, 40,000 people in there.
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.
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.
Yo, we're here.
Can we turn down the air con please?
Oh, shit.
That one is less cold, if that helps?
No, I'm just, like, my throat is…
Yeah, I know, I know, I'm so sorry.
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 fucked. "
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.
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. "
Fire!
This is fucking crazy.
We've got to make a memorable night, all right?
It's fucking huge, man! It's crazy.
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.
Oh, wow!
That's fire.
Today, you guys not running any sound, right?
We can if you want to hear it?
Is there a specific track you want to hear?
Play… "Insane. "
Wow. I fuckin'--
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.
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 ass has hurt my back jumping over that fence.
Have you got that?
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.
All right, cool.
We're in the hotel, and his voice is pretty bad.
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.
Right? We're good?
How are you feeling? Better?
I'll get through it.
No AC today. Turn it off, please, please.
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?
It's fucked!
This is fucked!
I can't perform it right now.
Make sure my vocals are, like, loud, right?
You're better now?
My throat is fucked, 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 kill it, all right?
Let's go.
AC off.
Life's not always fucking perfect, you know what I'm trying to say?
Life always throw things on your goddamn way.
It's just how you take it.
I wanna just go on the fucking stage and let's just go.
I think there's a frenzy in the air to watch AP.
AP! AP! AP!
That crowd was like, fucking amazing.
Holy fuck!
Ready? Three, two, one, Brown Munde!
Let's go!
Coming to the stage next…
we have one of the most prolific artist of our generation!
Even though AP was really sick,
once he heard that roar of that crowd…
…any doubt that he had in his mind
in terms of his sickness, he'd fully forgot about it.
Let's fucking go!
I'm just excited to see my fans.
AP Dhillon!
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 fucking die, let's go.
You guys know the fucking drill!
When I say "A, " you say "P!"
AP! AP! AP! AP!
There's over 40,000 of us. Make some fucking noise!
Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
Mumbai, make some fucking noise!
I'll see you guys next time. Love you all.
AP! AP! AP!
We're envisioning a 20, 30-year thing here.
We want to be a dynasty, not just a one-time champion.
I love you.
I'm sure AP's heart is set on global domination.
Someone of his caliber
will not aim for only domestic or diasporic recognition.
We have a responsibility to spread our culture across the world.
Not just India, not just Canada, not just US, but everywhere, globally.
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.
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.
The future is for the taking and why shouldn't it be AP Dhillon?
Brown Munde!
We woke the sleeping giant.
And as Punjabis, we're changing the world, right?