Feb 19, 2018
In a candid conversation with indianexpress.com, Arijit Singh speaks about how he had inhibitions about improvising in the beginning of his career as he feared losing out on an opportunity. The singer also spoke about his way of choosing a song. He might have sung “Phir Mohabbat” from Murder 2, “Dua” from Shanghai and “Raabta” from Agent Vinod but there was no looking back for Arijit Singh after Aashiqui 2 album came out in 2013, with “Tum Hi Ho” becoming the anthem of every romantic in the nation. Needless to say, Arijit has become the voice of every lover. But the singer quips his intention was never to gain any sorts of title for himself but to always give good music to the audience. In an exclusive conversation with indianexpress.com, Arijit Singh shares his take on being synonymous with romance and heartbreak at the same time and said, “These are just stereotypical tags, this was not intentional at all. I sing all the songs that come to me with all my heart, with equal focus and dedication.” Advertising While his romantic and heartbreak numbers have never failed to strike a chord with the audience, his party numbers lose their steam after a while. However, he does not believe so. “I don’t think so at all. I have sung love songs, fast numbers as well as dance numbers. I am being as dynamic as possible with keeping my fans expectations in mind. I have sung various genres so far and they have done well.” The singer, who has sung “Aaj Se Teri” from PadMan, spoke about how he decides on his projects, “There are various reasons as to why I take a song up. Sometimes it’s because of the relationship with the music composer. Sometimes it’s because of the filmmaker. Sometimes the story excites me and sometimes the song is something new for me to tackle as a challenge.” Arijit mentions he would never lose out on an opportunity to work with different composers as it helps him to learn and reinvent what he knows already. He said, “I want to work with all music composers that I have not worked with till now be it in India or Internationally. There is so much of talent around us that there is always something new to learn. For me, it doesn’t make sense to take only one or two names. It is my intent to create great collaborations eventually.” Today, while he might be in a situation to take the liberty to add his own style to a song, he quips how in the beginning of his career, he used to be scared to lose out on opportunities. When we asked what has been his most difficult song to sing, Arijit said, “Most of my songs that I began my career with were super tough mostly because back then I used to over think a lot. I had struggled a lot to make my place in the industry so I was very apprehensive about giving the songs a personal touch or anything at all. All I wanted to do was exactly what the music director’s brief asked of me.”