{"id":55007,"date":"2025-09-10T11:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T11:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/55007\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T11:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T11:14:09","slug":"karan-aujla-teaches-jimmy-fallon-bhangra-makes-historic-punjabi-takeover-on-the-tonight-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/55007\/","title":{"rendered":"Karan Aujla teaches Jimmy Fallon bhangra, makes historic Punjabi takeover on The Tonight Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Punjabi music icon Karan Aujla made history with his grand debut on NBC\u2019s The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, delivering a high-energy medley of his hit tracks \u201cBoyfriend\u201d and \u201cGabhru.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His dynamic performance marked a landmark moment for Punjabi music, bringing vibrant desi energy to an international stage and leaving fans worldwide thrilled.<\/p>\n<p>The appearance wasn&#8217;t just about music, Aujla also brought a touch of Punjabi culture to the show by turning dance coach for host Jimmy Fallon.<\/p>\n<p>In a fun and light-hearted moment, Karan taught Fallon some classic bhangra moves. A video shared on the official Tonight Show Instagram account showed the duo bonding over dance, with Fallon admitting, \u201cI\u2019m not ready for this,\u201d before Aujla encouraged him with, \u201cIt\u2019s easy, it\u2019s easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their brief dance tutorial ended with Fallon enthusiastically exclaiming, \u201cLet\u2019s go, man. That\u2019s what I\u2019m talking about!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The caption on the viral post read: \u201c@karanaujla teaches Jimmy some bhangra! #KaranOnFallon #FallonTonight\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeetanDiMachine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@GeetanDiMachine<\/a> teaches Jimmy some bhangra! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KaranOnFallon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#KaranOnFallon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FallonTonight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#FallonTonight<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IhJ8WVMANi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/IhJ8WVMANi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Tonight Show (@FallonTonight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FallonTonight\/status\/1965599334755397887?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This marks a significant milestone not only in Karan Aujla\u2019s career but also for Punjabi music globally, showcasing its rising influence on mainstream Western platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Karan Aujla began his musical journey as a songwriter, penning \u201cRange\u201d for Jassi Gill\u2019s album Replay. He later collaborated with artists like Deep Jandu and Elly Mangat, before making his debut as a singer in 2016 with \u201cProperty of Punjab.\u201d His rise to fame came with hits like \u201cYaarian Ch Fikk,\u201d \u201cUnity,\u201d \u201cAlcohol 2,\u201d and \u201cLafaafe.\u201d He gained mainstream popularity in 2018 with \u201cDon\u2019t Worry\u201d, his first track to chart on the UK Asian Music Chart.<\/p>\n<p>By 2020, Aujla had solidified his status with multiple charting singles, including \u201cJhanjar,\u201d \u201cRed Eyes,\u201d and \u201cKya Baat Aa,\u201d all of which entered the Top 10, while \u201cSo Far\u201d made it to the Top 5.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Punjabi music icon Karan Aujla made history with his grand debut on NBC\u2019s The Tonight Show starring Jimmy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[39959,39960,39961,39962,39963,18,117,19,39964,17,39965,39966,39967,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-55007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-desimusic","9":"tag-jimmyfallon","10":"tag-karanonfallon","11":"tag-thetonightshow","12":"tag-bhangra","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-indianmusic","17":"tag-ireland","18":"tag-karanaujla","19":"tag-punjabiculture","20":"tag-punjabimusic","21":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}