Sona Mohapatra Calls Arijit Singh’s Playback Exit ‘Brave’ and ‘Disruptive’ in the Best Way (View Post)
Singer-composer Sona Mohapatra has praised Arijit Singh’s decision to step away from playback singing, calling it 'brave', 'generous', and 'disruptive in the best way'. In a detailed Instagram note, she said the move could give Arijit creative freedom and open doors for fresh voices in the music industry.
The entire music industry is in a state of shock ever since Arijit Singh announced his retirement from playback singing. However, singer and composer Sona Mohapatra called Arijit's decision to step away from playback 'brave', 'generous', and 'disruptive in the best way'. Did You Know Arijit Singh Once Asked Salman Khan To Let Him Retire With ‘Sultan’ Song?
Sona Mohapatra Shares Post on Instagram - See Post
Sona Mohapatra Praises Arijit Singh’s Bold Move
She shared a long note on her Instagram handle with the caption, "To @arijitsingh & #India with #Love, I’ve walked the path of putting music out of my own year after year & it’s a very fulfilling & incomparable road. Exhausting also but exhilarating for sure (sic)." Her note went like this, "Stepping away from playback singing feels less like an exit and more like an arrival into freedom, authorship and possibility."
Sona Mohapatra on Artistic Freedom
Sona pointed out that while she does not know the exact reason behind Arijit's decision, she is sure that this will allow him to get the freedom that is the essence of art. "Not speculating on why. I'm sure the reasons are deeply personal and entirely valid. What matters is the choice. None of his predecessors even imagined this path: stepping aside to make space. For himself first, to explore, to create, to sing his own songs on his own terms," she added. She added that this decision will also end up making space for fresh voices, who have been suffering in the name of 'zero-risk formulas', practised by the industry. Arijit Singh Retires From Playback Singing - Can You Guess His Last Playback Song?
Sona Mohapatra Slams Exploitative Music Practices
Sona went on to explain, "Producers overuse one voice and don't pay demo singers at all, avoid paying most established ones too with the carrot of 'opportunity' even after two decades of being around", try 10 voices, killing the music director in the exhausting process and then record Arijit and everyone keep an exploitative cycle alive because it's convenient." She further showed excitement for the artist Arijit is set to become with all the original music coming his way.
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