Thundercat on Creativity, Positive Mindsets & Finding His Sound

Thundercat on Creativity, Positive Mindsets & Finding His Sound

From The Romesh Ranganathan Show by Ranga Bee & Platform Media

April 26, 2026 · 57 min

About this episode

Thundercat joins Romesh Ranganathan to discuss creativity, his musical journey, and the impact of trauma on art.

Can you force creativity or does it only come when it’s ready? Double Grammy Award winning artist Thundercat joins Romesh Ranganathan for a wide-ranging conversation about music, art, style and finding your own sound. From Thundercat’s journey in music, growing up around musicians, to becoming a solo artist and finding his niche, they discuss how his sound developed and how working with Flying Lotus changed everything. He also touches on creating during trauma and why he believes creativity cannot be rushed. And they discuss the potential of a new album... Plus, a question from Shanthi on confidence and dealing with bullying growing up, touring and new music, a game of Misquoted and obviously, a lot of love for the bass. A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Platform. 00:00 Intro 03:23 Romesh gasses up Thundercat 03:57 Gift giving 06:49 Upcoming European Tour 08:15 The difference between American crowds 10:20 Was he always going to be a musician? 11:59 When art starts paying off 14:00 How did he become a solo artist? 16:30 How to define Thundercats genre 22:19 A question from Shanthi on confidence 25:28 On getting bullied 29:09 Thundercats style 35:00 New music and possible…

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Hosts: Romesh Ranganathan, Shanthi

Guest: Thundercat

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