Top Bollywood singer Arijit Singh announces surprise retirement but ‘won’t stop making music’
Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This One of India’s most popular and commercially successful singers has announced that he is stepping back from recording songs for films in order to focus on classical music. Arijit Singh, 38, whose voice has dominated Bollywood soundtracks for over a decade, said in an Instagram post on Tuesday he wouldn’t be taking “any new assignments as a playback vocalist from now on”. “I want to thank you all for giving me so much of love all these years as listeners. I am happy to announce that I am not gonna be taking any new assignments as a playback vocalist from now on. I am calling it off. It was a wonderful journey,” he wrote. In Indian cinema, songs are usually recorded by professional singers, called playback singers, and then lip-synced by the actors on screen. Fans reacted with disbelief online, with some even …
