I wish I had known my uncle Bobby better. He might be the reason I’m a musician. When they were kids, he showed my dad his Important Records, Western music like The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Pink Floyd, introducing him to a totally different world from the Bollywood tunes that their peers would listen to. One day he brought home Let it Be and it all changed for my dad. What with my dad playing these records (along with many thousands of others) throughout my childhood, there’s a

“Pyre” is out today. It’s the closing track from Bobby’s Voice and one of my favorite tracks I’ve ever written. My dad was inspired to write the lyrics when he came back to his brother Bobby’s apartment from his funeral and felt his presence suffused into every surface of the place. Here’s a lyric video so you can read along if you want: I was recently in Echo Park late at night and my buddy Kris showed me the apartment where Elliott Smith died (and demoed many of my favorite

Kabir Kumar (Sun Kin) May 08, 2026 As early as I can remember, my uncle Kiran ‘Bobby’ Kumar was a teacher. When I would visit my dad’s parents and brother at their Kirti Nagar apartment in New Delhi, I remember his afternoons being filled with kids learning physics and math at a very high level. He would deliberately move over to the desk with his walker and ask what his student was having trouble with. Bobby was a genius, and he was determined to share it regardless of how l

I'm so sad haha :: Kabir Kumar (Sun Kin) :: Dec 16, 2025 I haven’t made a Substack post in so long I kinda forget how to do it. The buttons are never where you seemed to leave them these days on most social media sites. But that said, I’ve been pretty distracted. It’s hard to post missives about remix albums and cool shows you just played when you’re going through heartbreak. I often skirt the line between updates about music and personal blog on here but for some reason I fe

Sorry for changing your melody :: Kabir Kumar (Sun Kin) :: Mar 06, 2026 Damn it’s been a while. In the hullabaloo of accidentally going viral (more on that soon), I have to admit I totally forgot about my email list. Do people still read it? Will someone comment if you got this far? And subscribe if you want, lol Anyway, this is going to be a pretty short one (estimated: 2-5 minutes depending on your reading speed). Today is Bandcamp Friday and a cover I did is on this Beach

Kabir Kumar (Sun Kin) :: Sep 09, 2025. Why is it so hard to write an email? Unlike a social media caption, which is meant to be tossed-off and seen only for seconds, the only way to write a missive via online mail is by not quite looking at it. My best emails are written in bed while allowing my mind to flow clear of impurities like “is that gonna come across?” Thanks for reading Sunset World (the official Sun Kin mailing list)! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and s