For Last Minute India, the idea of playing to a large audience started early.
When Puru, the band’s primary vocalist, was in eighth standard, he took part in an open mic at a mall. The response surprised him. The crowd filled all four floors of the venue, giving him an early sense of what it could mean to perform for a large audience. Years later, that ambition remains, although the scale has changed.
“I have always wanted to fill the biggest venue in the world with my band,” he says.
The band has been building towards that goal over the last six to eight years. Its members came together at different points, with Subodh, Bhumit Gor, Austin Furtado and Parth eventually finding a shared musical direction through years of making songs, travelling and performing across the country.
For Subodh, that time together has been central to developing the band’s sound.
“Once you start being together and become a family, the music starts becoming better and sounding unique,” he says.
A song that took years to reach release
That process is particularly visible in “Udd Chale”, a song the band had been performing live for years before officially releasing it.
The song deals with a relationship that gradually fades rather than ending suddenly. Its subject came from an everyday experience that the band saw audiences connect with during live performances. According to Subodh, people would often relate the song to relationships that changed as people moved cities, grew apart or simply outgrew one another.
The track was recorded around 2019-20 but remained unreleased for several years. Bhumit says the band initially held back because it was unsure how listeners would respond to the genre and sound.
That changed when T-Series approached the band and its management to understand what it was working on. The band presented several songs, including “Udd Chale”, and the label expressed interest in the material.
The song was subsequently released via T-Series in September 2026.
For the band, the association also provided some reassurance around a song they had spent years second-guessing.
“Udd Chale” therefore represents more than just another single in the band’s catalogue. It is also an example of how a track can evolve through live performance before finding its route to a wider release.
From streaming numbers to what comes next
The band’s recent catalogue has also begun giving it clearer signals around its audience. “Ab Main Kya Karun” and “Kaagaz Ki Naav” have crossed a million streams, milestones that Bhumit says prompt the band to look back at what worked.
Rather than treating streaming figures simply as audience numbers, the band uses them to question its own process, from composition and production to marketing and promotion.
The longer-term ambition is considerably bigger. Bhumit says the band wants to eventually reach 100 million streams, but the immediate focus is on continuing to build its audience and understanding what connects with listeners.
That includes live performance, which remains central to the band’s plans.
The band is preparing for a multi-city tour, alongside around a dozen campus shows. It is also working towards an EP, with the group currently balancing individual singles with plans to bring a larger body of work together.
For Puru, there is another stage still on the list: Lollapalooza India. The band has attended the festival as an audience member and watched artists perform on its larger stages. Playing one of those stages is now part of its ambitions.
For a band that has spent years developing its sound on the road, the next phase is less about starting from scratch and more about seeing how far that groundwork can take them.
“Udd Chale” gives Last Minute India a new release platform through T-Series, while the upcoming tour and EP give the band more opportunities to turn its growing streaming audience into a larger live following. The next challenge will be connecting those pieces into a sustained career rather than treating each release or milestone in isolation.
