Abhash Jha

You know those episodes that leave you speechless? This is one. When Abhash Jha walked into the studio, I immediately knew we weren't doing casual conversation—this was going to be completely real. He's 27 now, but he started posting poetry and songs on YouTube at 19. What began as a teenager uploading lyrical videos in Noida has turned into something massive: his YouTube channel Rhyme Attacks has 800,000 subscribers, 3 million followers across platforms, and Spotify signed him for an exclusive podcast called "Stories with Abhash Jha." He's the guy everyone comes to when they need to understand love, loss, and everything in between.

What makes him unique is that he's spent nearly a decade turning raw heartbreak into art that other people can use to survive their own. His Instagram alone has 306,000+ followers following his poetry. But here's the thing—he writes about one-sided love, unrequited feelings, the kind of pain that's real and messy and doesn't have Instagram-perfect solutions. He started monetizing his art at 19, which means he chose vulnerability as a career. Not everyone does that.

I brought him on because so many of you are navigating love and heartbreak in a culture that doesn't give men permission to actually feel. Abhash refuses to hide his pain, and that matters. You're getting millions of views on love songs, but how many men are actually honest about what broke them?

The moment everything shifted in our conversation was when he started talking about the songs that nearly destroyed him. He's written music that thousands of people have used to process their own heartbreak—but he rarely talks about the actual heartbreak that birthed those songs. When he did, the entire room held its breath. He was so honest about what devastated him, about how masculinity told him to suppress it, and how he chose to sing instead. That choice—to turn pain into art instead of silence—changed his life and thousands of others' too.

Here's why you need this if you're 18-30: Whether you're experiencing heartbreak, questioning what real strength looks like, or wondering if it's actually okay to feel deeply and publicly—Abhash's vulnerability is permission. His story shows that emotional honesty isn't weakness; it's the most powerful thing a man can do. And apparently, 3 million people agree.

Trust me on this one. — Divya