Living in a pandemic world , what were some of your biggest learnings in this phase ? Did you get more time to create music ?
Pandemic has been a learning experience for everybody . It really opened my eyes . Earlier I was very busy with all the work in my life as I was travelling for shows . But when it hit , we were forced to sit at home and be patient . I was happy initially but later in 3-4 weeks I started getting irritated by sitting at home . It really affected me , physically and mentally . So , I started taking care of both my physical and mental health . I began online training with my trainer teaching from the other side of the phone . It was very challenging for me to workout without any assistance or help . But it helped me to become a better person as I also started doing yoga and meditation to keep myself calm . That eventually helped me focus clearly on my music as well .
You sing in different languages . How do you break the language barriers ? Has it been easy ?
I enjoy singing different kinds of songs in different languages . Definitely it ’ s not easy to sing in multiple languages especially when you have no idea of how to convey the emotions in words . So , I usually ask the lyricist to explain the meaning and then I go on with the same process of singing my heart out .
What musical genres or which artistes you generally prefer listening to ?
I really like listening to sufi music , ghazals , shabads and gurbanis . Besides these I enjoy listening to Taylor Swift . She ’ s an incredible artiste . I enjoy her music thoroughly .
Your upcoming projects
A lot of good music is on its way . I ’ m coming up with some really good songs including independent releases . One is with the Haryanvi artist Renuka Panwar who has sung ‘ 52 Gaj Ka Daman ’. The song crossed 1 billion views on YouTube . So , now we ’ re coming up with a Hindi version and it has both Haryanvi and Hindi touch . This is my first collaboration on a Haryanvi song , so I ’ m looking forward to it .
Apart from this I ’ ve a song coming up in an upcoming movie “ Bellbottom ” which is releasing on 19th this month . I recently had a song in “ Shershah ”. I ’ m happy that film songs are being released again . In non-film music , I ’ m coming up with a song called “ Kashmiri Apple ” on White Hill Music . These songs are in the pipeline and you ’ re going to listen to them very soon .
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