We recently had the chance to connect with Ziya Kalidasa and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Ziya, thank you so much for joining us today. We’re thrilled to learn more about your journey, values and what you are currently working on. Let’s start with an ice breaker: What are you chasing, and what would happen if you stopped?
Right now I’m chasing widespread recognition and notoriety as an artist, and if I stopped my life would lack purpose, meaning, and direction.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Kâlidâsa, and I’m a musician, live streamer and content creator. I mix black metal with edm and grunge, and I’ve been making music as a solo artist for 7 years.
Thanks for sharing that. Would love to go back in time and hear about how your past might have impacted who you are today. Who were you before the world told you who you had to be?
I’ve never let the world tell me who I have to be. I go by my own path in life and decide for myself who I am. If people try to tell me who I have to be, I purposely don’t listen and abide by it. I was the main character before people tried to tell me I was an npc and I still am the main character.
Was there ever a time you almost gave up?
Yeah, whenever I heard rumors that my ex would get back together with me if I gave up my music career. I almost switched gears to a career in real estate, but then I remembered I’ve already been down that road with another ex. I let her make me into her personal Ken doll, stopped playing music, quit my band, stopped dressing the way I wanted to and started dressing the way she wanted me to, and she still left me. When I remembered that I knew it was best not to repeat the same mistake twice – that living to please somebody else was major sellout energy and I was setting myself up not only for heartbreak, but to have nothing to come back to whenever things didn’t work out, I stayed the course.
Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. Is the public version of you the real you?
As real as it gets. I don’t put on a facade, sugar coat, or water myself down to please people. I always unapologetically keep it 100.
Okay, so let’s keep going with one more question that means a lot to us: What do you understand deeply that most people don’t?
Trying to keep other people happy and living to please others is a waste of time and just pointless in general. If that’s your purpose in life then you’re basically a slave to other people’s perceptions. Living for yourself and walking your own path is true freedom.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://AllMyLinks.com/chiguerilla
