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Nucleya's Song That Took 8 Years to Reach Spider-Man | Nucleya X Meher Sachdeva | No Pressure EP 15

​@NucleyaMusic on the song that waited 8 years for its moment. Bakar Bakar went from a self-released track to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. He also talks about finding your sound, switching managements, and why young artists should stay off social media. On this episode of No Pressure, Meher Sachdeva sits down with Nucleya (Udyan Sagar) to rewind his journey: from Bandish Projekt and an "equally stupid" name that used to be his email password, to owning almost all of his music independently and defining a sound that's entirely his own. They get into the biggest wrong turn of his life, what happens when an album doesn't land, how to get out of a creative rut, what a manager should and shouldn't do for you, why he loves working with younger artists, the collaborator app he's building, and his honest advice for anyone starting out in music in 2026. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 Teaser 00:35 Meet Nucleya 00:48 How Nucleya got into music & Bandish Projekt 02:20 Finding the Nucleya sound 04:27 Learning how the industry works 06:07 Nothing worked... until it did 07:38 How to find your sound 09:23 The biggest wrong turn 10:14 Finding balance & taking breaks 11:26 Long-term goals & family as a safety net 12:49 Letting managers set the goals 13:16 Albums vs singles today 15:04 Bakar Bakar to Spider-Man 16:19 How do you know a song is ready? 18:00 The experiments that didn't work 21:41 When an album doesn't land 23:39 Getting out of a creative rut 25:27 What he learns from younger artists 27:15 How the industry has changed 30:28 What it takes to get Nucleya's attention 32:57 Branding, artwork & Smriti's genius 35:15 Tastemakers & exporting Indian music 40:07 When do you actually need a manager? 44:02 What makes a great artist-manager relationship 48:24 What does it take to define taste? 51:47 Nucleya on stage vs Udyan Sagar 53:10 Advice for artists starting out in 2026 56:39 Staying grounded 🎙️ No Pressure is a podcast by anArtizen, the operating system for India's creative economy. We have unfiltered conversations with the people shaping culture. If you enjoyed this conversation, like, share and subscribe for more unfiltered creative stories. Got someone in mind for our next guest? Drop your suggestions in the comments and hit the bell so you never miss an episode.