The much-awaited interview is out! Listen to the eventful journey of one of the most successful as well as controversial pop icons in India, Yo Yo Honey Singh, in conversation with Host Eva Bhatt.
From chartbuster singles like ‘Brown Rang’, ‘High Heels’ to Bollywood tracks like ‘Chaar Botal Vodka’, ‘Lungi Dance’, ‘Party All Night’ etc., the fact that he took the Hindi music industry by storm & enjoyed massive fandom, is undeniable.
There's much more to Honey Singh than just his music. This episode is a hearty chat with the rapper –music producer, about his renewed creative discipline, the phenomenal success and then the fall, to the ‘comeback’ version, much like his album titled ‘Honey 3.0’.
It is therefore, interesting and insightful to understand the journey that has witnessed extreme peaks of success & failures and how he deals with challenges and lows in his life. The little things that he shares about his life in Delhi, the ‘gedi’, the kind of music he personally likes listening to and the food he binges on, are some of the most enjoyable parts of this episode.
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[00:00:00] Hello Listener, you have tuned into the podcast where music inspires. Every week you get to listen to some of the most incredible artists sharing their inspiring creative discipline and some helpful tips for aspiring musicians.
[00:00:19] 9XM SoundcastE is produced by 9XM India's leading music channel and I am Eva Bhatt.
[00:00:31] The people who have followed this podcast for the first time, I have told them many times about Yo Yo Hanne Singh.
[00:00:40] Whether you like him or not, the fact remains that he has played Punjabi music especially club hits.
[00:00:51] The hip hop genre has revolutionized the genre.
[00:00:56] I am a good singer and I am a good singer.
[00:01:03] But it was a phenomenon in itself.
[00:01:06] This is not just me, but many of our artists have told us that this music industry is a place for us to enter.
[00:01:20] If you are not happy, thanks to Haneepa Ji.
[00:01:25] We have got this opportunity to talk about 9XM and 9XM.
[00:01:31] But today's podcast interview is very different.
[00:01:37] Also because we have a new Yo Yo Hanne Singh with us.
[00:01:42] Kudos to you Paji, you are back with a bang.
[00:01:45] Hello, I am your Yo Yo Hanne Singh.
[00:01:49] Listen to my songs and give me a pleasant song for the next few years.
[00:01:53] 9XM, baby.
[00:01:54] 9XM is a traditional song.
[00:01:57] It is a very fun song and love song.
[00:02:01] It has been a long time since I was doing music.
[00:02:05] After that, I have been singing it for the first time.
[00:02:08] It's like a family.
[00:02:10] So I am really excited for that.
[00:02:12] Congratulations for your latest tracks.
[00:02:15] Also, your Haneep 3.0.
[00:02:17] And of course, your latest song in Kisek Abhai, Kisek Jain.
[00:02:23] You know, I want to talk about my personal favorite from your latest releases.
[00:02:28] Paris Beat Trip with Millen Gaba.
[00:02:31] Thank you, thank you so much.
[00:02:33] Paris Beat Trip is finally very happy.
[00:02:35] It is a very basic song to make a song.
[00:02:39] I am very much excited for Together Forever now.
[00:02:43] Because together forever is a love song that is something that is different from Paris.
[00:02:47] So, I will bring you something after every two weeks.
[00:02:50] Because all the songs are different.
[00:02:52] So, the song will be very different even if it is not a song.
[00:02:55] Paris Trip will be a trip.
[00:02:58] Trip will be a trip.
[00:03:00] What will you do with Motemot?
[00:03:02] What will you do with Lambo Numbok?
[00:03:04] What will you do with your sister?
[00:03:06] What will you do with these two?
[00:03:08] What will you do with your sister?
[00:03:10] What will you do with your sister?
[00:03:12] What will you do with your sister?
[00:03:14] What will you do with your sister?
[00:03:16] You know, we had Millen Paji on this podcast.
[00:03:19] I think episode number 11 is about him.
[00:03:22] He had told us so many things about your bonding, about your chemistry.
[00:03:30] And he gives you credit.
[00:03:32] I know Tapsi when he was 14 years old.
[00:03:35] I went to meet his father for the first time in 2005.
[00:03:38] And he has a great director and a great musician.
[00:03:41] So, he had no help from him.
[00:03:44] He gave me samples of Dholat at the time.
[00:03:47] Free of cost.
[00:03:49] He needed that time.
[00:03:51] So, I know Tapsi very well about his family.
[00:03:56] So, I started doing a lot of things in the music.
[00:03:59] So, I wanted to talk about it.
[00:04:01] So, finally, collaboration has been made.
[00:04:05] And I said, let's do it.
[00:04:07] And I applied for music.
[00:04:09] And I applied for it.
[00:04:10] Pappaji, one thing is that if you want to listen to the song,
[00:04:14] you can also agree with me.
[00:04:16] But because being with Ninexam for so many years
[00:04:20] and we have created a new way of music industry.
[00:04:24] And we have seen many different waves from the very far.
[00:04:27] We have experienced it.
[00:04:29] So, you were definitely a phenomenon, a rage
[00:04:33] and you have been in the mainstream Hindi music.
[00:04:37] You know that Punjabi, Hariyanvi, hip hop
[00:04:40] was very, very revolutionized.
[00:04:45] Thank you, thank you so much.
[00:04:47] I have been very grateful to everyone.
[00:04:50] I am trying to try.
[00:04:52] And even now, all of us are very big.
[00:04:55] And the music is very strong.
[00:04:57] So, we will do something big.
[00:04:59] Definitely, if you all will be with us.
[00:05:01] In fact, I remember that even Guru Randa was telling us about
[00:05:05] your and his friend.
[00:05:07] Guru is like an interviewer too.
[00:05:09] He is very sweet.
[00:05:10] Our designer's songs were very good.
[00:05:13] He was also a collaboration with Guru.
[00:05:15] And we were not able to shoot in COVID.
[00:05:18] And I was very happy.
[00:05:19] So, when I will get a shot, I will wear a design and shoot.
[00:05:23] He waited for me for two years to do this collaboration.
[00:05:26] And really want to thank everybody who worked with me.
[00:05:29] And we have heard a lot from various artists on this podcast.
[00:05:34] You know about the madness in your studio.
[00:05:37] How does that move?
[00:05:39] You know, one by one, we were telling you
[00:05:42] that if you want to see real honey sing,
[00:05:46] then it has to be in his studio.
[00:05:49] You know, you are then working with those beads.
[00:05:52] So tell us something about that.
[00:05:54] I produce beads myself.
[00:05:56] And I write them myself.
[00:05:58] I try to sing a little bit.
[00:06:00] So, in the studio, it is just a mood.
[00:06:03] If it is a mood, then it becomes something.
[00:06:05] It becomes a 3rd song in the night.
[00:06:07] I am taking my album and 3.0.
[00:06:09] The 9 years after my album will be released.
[00:06:12] After Desi Kalakar.
[00:06:13] I am solo album.
[00:06:14] I have no collaboration.
[00:06:16] And before that, I was writing songs with little people.
[00:06:19] With little alphas.
[00:06:21] With little homies.
[00:06:23] But I have written the whole album myself.
[00:06:25] I have composed everything.
[00:06:27] So it is going to be something different.
[00:06:29] What is the matter, Paji?
[00:06:31] No doubt.
[00:06:32] You know, in Bollywood, Punjabi music has become such an integral part.
[00:06:37] You know, we cannot think that in Hindi music,
[00:06:42] Punjabi or Haryanvi, touch now, Haryanvi or Punjabi music or songs or folk,
[00:06:51] that influence.
[00:06:52] That is what we see.
[00:06:54] So, what do you feel about that?
[00:06:56] For that, I would like to thank the most.
[00:06:59] In Bollywood, only one actor who has not been able to complete this revolution
[00:07:04] has been able to enter the country.
[00:07:07] If he had not come, then independent music scene.
[00:07:10] If he had not reached Bollywood, then Punjabi music would not have been able to promote.
[00:07:15] At the time of the year, Punjabi music was touching.
[00:07:20] But it was not that big.
[00:07:22] But Haseb has given him a chance to play next level.
[00:07:26] He gave me some chance and gave all the people a chance.
[00:07:28] And he has promoted Punjabi songs.
[00:07:31] So, Punjabi is also playing in Bollywood today.
[00:07:35] But, you know, in today's era, independent music has been achieved with this color.
[00:07:41] And it was not like this when you entered way back then.
[00:07:46] So, how do you feel about this, which means that the Indian music or independent music is going to be achieved today?
[00:07:54] Yes, independent music is a very important thing.
[00:07:57] And I think that independent music scene is very good.
[00:08:01] At first, when I started working on the music, Bollywood was a very big challenge.
[00:08:06] Bollywood music was so big that it was so much packaging and all the promotions.
[00:08:12] The independent music was difficult to survive in parallel.
[00:08:16] So, I started with a very visual, very dope video, brown one.
[00:08:25] I made a big, large live music video, I shot in blue, I shot in Hollywood, I shot in DC, Hollywood.
[00:08:31] So, I can play the visuals of Bollywood.
[00:08:34] And I can give them some audience.
[00:08:37] And finally, today, everything is going well and many independent artists are here.
[00:08:42] And one of my favorite independent artists right now is Shob.
[00:08:46] He is amazing. He is dope.
[00:08:49] And also without any social media, right?
[00:08:52] When you have that success or that name, that fans pay.
[00:08:57] So, that time, social media marketing was not even there.
[00:09:01] I know YouTube was there, of course.
[00:09:04] YouTube's peak phase was just started.
[00:09:07] But today, social media has all the action.
[00:09:13] All the promotions are there.
[00:09:15] So, what are your thoughts about that?
[00:09:17] I was just good at doing it.
[00:09:21] And I tried to do it myself.
[00:09:23] I am very strong in self-critic.
[00:09:25] And I am going to India before taking you to the front.
[00:09:30] So, I tried to do something different.
[00:09:34] The other people who are not doing it.
[00:09:36] And I got to hear something old, new sound, lyrics, new songs, new things.
[00:09:43] So, I tried to do it and people liked it.
[00:09:47] And I was singing this song.
[00:09:50] So, Pajee, let me also tell you how do you deal with the pressure of delivering a hit?
[00:09:56] I trust that I don't really treat anything of it.
[00:10:01] If a song is hit, then fans have hit it.
[00:10:04] So, if I made a song by making a song and listened to it,
[00:10:09] 40 people have listened to it.
[00:10:11] So, I am trying to keep it.
[00:10:13] And people are still playing it.
[00:10:15] They haven't heard this song for the first time.
[00:10:17] I think they want to listen to some love songs.
[00:10:19] So, I am trying to put on a love song.
[00:10:21] So, I don't believe in pressure and I don't think that I will hit it.
[00:10:25] So, I want to hit it.
[00:10:27] The fans who listen to it, listen to it.
[00:10:30] The ones who are going to hit the song.
[00:10:32] I try to do something better, do something different.
[00:10:34] If not, I think I understand.
[00:10:36] I make a song by making it by making it.
[00:10:38] And you will get to the past.
[00:10:40] Paji, let's talk about your slow romantic numbers.
[00:10:43] With together forever, you have shown a romantic side to your fans.
[00:10:49] So, let's talk about that.
[00:10:51] You know, your slow numbers are different.
[00:10:53] Fans are following you.
[00:10:55] Together, forever is a special song.
[00:10:57] And I have not written this song.
[00:11:00] I composed it.
[00:11:02] It's a love song.
[00:11:03] And I am talking about it in my life.
[00:11:06] I have some personal things in this song.
[00:11:09] I have related my life with it.
[00:11:12] And I think last time, my love song was written by Rityak Roshan
[00:11:18] and so on.
[00:11:19] It was a very slow life.
[00:11:21] So, this is something different from it.
[00:11:23] But this is also a love song.
[00:11:25] And I think it will make people like it.
[00:11:28] And we made a song by making it by making it into a song.
[00:11:32] And the product is very good.
[00:11:34] The first time I had a black model cast in it.
[00:11:39] In Indian music history, Indian Bollywood music,
[00:11:43] in cinema, there was no black actress or black model cast.
[00:12:05] And we have to know how this song is going to make you listen to the song.
[00:12:28] I like to listen to the song of Dutch music and Arabic music.
[00:12:31] I like to listen to it a lot.
[00:12:34] If there is any sadmio, then I listen to a very slow song.
[00:12:38] Every singer and singer has a collaboration song.
[00:12:41] I listen to a song by Indian Sarka and a song by Gana Independent Girl.
[00:12:46] I listen to a lot on the long drive.
[00:12:48] They are my favorite songs.
[00:12:49] The song of Bollywood is a song by Dilcees.
[00:12:53] So this is my favorite song.
[00:12:55] And I don't know.
[00:13:02] These are my favorite songs.
[00:13:04] These are my favorite songs.
[00:13:07] If you ever get to know the songs of Dilcees,
[00:13:12] then you will have to sing a lucky song.
[00:13:15] That's what I like.
[00:13:19] Melodies are hardy.
[00:13:22] Melodies are softy.
[00:13:24] Melodies are softy.
[00:13:25] Melodies are softy.
[00:13:26] Melodies are softy.
[00:13:27] Melodies are softy.
[00:13:28] Melodies are softy.
[00:13:29] If you have chances to go to the Musician.
[00:13:36] The track is amazing!
[00:13:38] If those are not, then we will be talking about today's melodies.
[00:13:42] Today's most!
[00:13:44] atoon of the songs.
[00:13:46] If you talk about it in front of someone,
[00:13:48] then Melodies King is the only person in this kind of music.
[00:13:53] Melodies are not with anyone.
[00:13:57] I have not been able to make a song for 4 years.
[00:13:59] I have not released the song yet.
[00:14:01] I will release it soon.
[00:14:03] The song will be so beautiful that you will enjoy it.
[00:14:05] So this big credit to
[00:14:09] Himeesh Bhai
[00:14:11] that he has also kept the melodies in this door.
[00:14:15] Wow!
[00:14:17] So what do you do on your songs?
[00:14:19] Do you like listening to your own songs?
[00:14:21] I do.
[00:14:22] The song I listen to is actually
[00:14:25] I listen to my own songs.
[00:14:27] I also listen to my own songs.
[00:14:29] I listen to my own songs too when I have stage
[00:14:31] when I get money to listen to them.
[00:14:33] So I listen to my own songs.
[00:14:35] I am telling you the truth.
[00:14:37] I never release my own songs.
[00:14:39] I listen to my own songs
[00:14:41] which are made by the song
[00:14:43] I listen to them repeatedly.
[00:14:45] I am checking how they are looking.
[00:14:47] I have been made for a month.
[00:14:49] I do that.
[00:14:51] I do not listen to the old songs.
[00:14:53] I will tell you that
[00:14:55] I am sure
[00:14:57] our listeners will agree
[00:14:59] that your own song on stage
[00:15:01] is like absolute
[00:15:03] madness
[00:15:05] fire.
[00:15:07] I have seen three times
[00:15:09] your live gigs.
[00:15:11] It's madness.
[00:15:23] I am getting married.
[00:15:25] I go to the stage very much.
[00:15:27] I performed in Delhi
[00:15:29] until then.
[00:15:31] I was about to take 20,000 tickets
[00:15:33] and it was October
[00:15:35] and I had 12,000 people.
[00:15:37] It was a baritone.
[00:15:39] And in the baritone it was 10,000 people.
[00:15:41] I am in a gleeful
[00:15:43] stage.
[00:15:45] I am not in a gleeful stage.
[00:15:47] But their energy
[00:15:49] seemed to be so cool.
[00:15:51] I should not be in a gleeful stage.
[00:15:53] So, the energy of the people
[00:15:55] is the positivity of the people
[00:15:57] which we write songs
[00:15:59] perform, shoot
[00:16:01] and perform on the stage.
[00:16:03] It's all your energy
[00:16:05] which we reflect on.
[00:16:07] Paji, your comeback is
[00:16:11] commendable.
[00:16:13] It's inspiring.
[00:16:15] Not just on the professional front
[00:16:17] but also personally
[00:16:19] you have come to the podcast.
[00:16:21] Tell us what you do
[00:16:23] to stay fit.
[00:16:25] Secret is not just working out
[00:16:27] I am doing it regularly
[00:16:29] and I am eating boiled chicken
[00:16:31] and I am eating this diet
[00:16:33] and I am not trying to eat clean diet
[00:16:35] and I am never trying to miss
[00:16:37] working out.
[00:16:39] And if you talk about the music
[00:16:41] and what is your
[00:16:43] honey sings creative discipline?
[00:16:45] Now, we are very well
[00:16:47] in my team
[00:16:49] whom we know
[00:16:51] both the new girls
[00:16:53] and the current
[00:16:55] and the base.
[00:16:57] We all sit
[00:16:59] and talk about the next 12-12
[00:17:01] and we start the session
[00:17:03] after 8 hours
[00:17:05] and then we start to sleep
[00:17:07] and this is our schedule
[00:17:09] and we try to do it
[00:17:11] until we are not travelling
[00:17:13] and we will be fighting
[00:17:15] because we are going to stay in the evening
[00:17:17] and we will not stay tomorrow
[00:17:19] and we will take you to the hospital
[00:17:21] so this is the schedule
[00:17:23] and this is everything
[00:17:25] for music and life
[00:17:27] so this is our discipline.
[00:17:43] We have maintained a style
[00:17:45] and today's artists
[00:17:47] are coming to the talent
[00:17:49] and they will give you tips
[00:17:51] on how to be
[00:17:53] and how to remain authentic
[00:17:55] I think
[00:17:57] that
[00:17:59] I am not going to get any advice
[00:18:01] but I am also learning
[00:18:03] but the advice
[00:18:05] is
[00:18:07] to be able to eat
[00:18:09] and to be able to
[00:18:11] to stay in the store
[00:18:13] and to show you
[00:18:15] when it is needed
[00:18:17] if we are going to stay in the market
[00:18:19] then we will not be able to eat
[00:18:21] and we will not be able to restore
[00:18:23] to go to the store
[00:18:25] and today we are doing
[00:18:27] to show everyone
[00:18:29] they want to be out there
[00:18:31] they want to be in the store
[00:18:33] they want to be seen everywhere
[00:18:35] which is not very important
[00:18:37] so we are going to make some authentic
[00:18:39] work
[00:18:41] go to your store
[00:18:43] restore yourself
[00:18:45] then come back to the market
[00:18:47] I am also not sharing the same share
[00:18:49] because this is a very big market
[00:18:51] so I will keep my mind
[00:18:53] and stay here
[00:18:55] I live in Delhi
[00:18:57] I live in Delhi
[00:18:59] I live in my studio
[00:19:01] I live in my family
[00:19:03] so I am going to eat my food
[00:19:05] and stay in Delhi
[00:19:07] I am very happy
[00:19:09] thank you
[00:19:11] and as I said
[00:19:13] you have shown
[00:19:15] high and low
[00:19:17] to your success
[00:19:19] we want
[00:19:21] to know
[00:19:23] how to deal with success
[00:19:25] and failures
[00:19:27] I think
[00:19:29] we have understood
[00:19:31] that we have met success
[00:19:33] because success is a very big word
[00:19:37] and it is very big
[00:19:39] so I always want to stay there
[00:19:41] and I don't want to meet a person
[00:19:43] so I don't get to meet him
[00:19:45] I have thought
[00:19:47] that my dreams are very less
[00:19:49] but I am less
[00:19:51] so I have already seen dreams
[00:19:53] and I will sing more
[00:19:55] so I think
[00:19:57] success
[00:19:59] both are important
[00:20:01] and success
[00:20:03] mainly
[00:20:05] is difficult
[00:20:07] and if you feel
[00:20:09] that you will get to meet
[00:20:11] then don't do that
[00:20:13] otherwise it will stop
[00:20:15] so for me
[00:20:17] it is the beginning of success
[00:20:19] because I have thought
[00:20:21] that I am very big
[00:20:23] so this is what I believe
[00:20:25] success is
[00:20:27] just don't think about it
[00:20:29] you have got the biggest
[00:20:31] type of things
[00:20:33] now you are light
[00:20:35] but you work in Mumbai
[00:20:37] and Delhi
[00:20:39] but Mumbai has given you
[00:20:41] all the success
[00:20:43] what is your success
[00:20:45] and what is Delhi
[00:20:47] and what is Delhi
[00:20:49] I didn't give music
[00:20:51] I had a song
[00:20:53] from the city
[00:20:55] we are in the city
[00:20:57] and we are in the city
[00:20:59] and we are in the city
[00:21:01] and we are in the city
[00:21:03] and we are in the city
[00:21:05] but we have taught
[00:21:07] that we should teach
[00:21:09] so we teach
[00:21:11] very quickly
[00:21:13] so we can do this
[00:21:15] which I think
[00:21:17] is not a good idea
[00:21:19] but it is a good idea
[00:21:21] so we can do this
[00:21:23] so we can do this
[00:21:25] with that
[00:21:27] I am from West Delhi
[00:21:29] which is a small area
[00:21:31] in the Ghetto
[00:21:33] and I am now
[00:21:35] in the West Delhi
[00:21:37] I am 25 kilometers away
[00:21:39] but once or twice in a week
[00:21:41] I need to eat street food
[00:21:43] and I get to my old friends
[00:21:45] and my old circle
[00:21:47] and friends
[00:21:49] and all the things
[00:21:51] I enjoy
[00:21:53] and they are my guide
[00:21:55] and in Delhi
[00:21:57] I get to spend 4-5 hours
[00:21:59] and I try
[00:22:01] to make this rule
[00:22:03] that I leave
[00:22:05] and once or 4-5 hours
[00:22:09] I need to spend my mind
[00:22:11] and think about it
[00:22:13] I work in the car
[00:22:15] I call, I attend
[00:22:17] then I go to gym
[00:22:19] and my mind is open
[00:22:21] I observe the world
[00:22:23] so until I go to the studio
[00:22:25] I am full
[00:22:27] so I get to write
[00:22:29] wow
[00:22:31] I don't have to eat
[00:22:33] it's a crime
[00:22:35] tell me about your favorite
[00:22:37] food when in Delhi
[00:22:39] Delhi's favorite street food
[00:22:41] is the best
[00:22:43] and Mumbai's favorite
[00:22:45] street food
[00:22:47] without eating
[00:22:49] just the word
[00:22:51] I love that
[00:22:53] and what is the honey sing
[00:22:55] do you like to cook
[00:22:57] I cook
[00:22:59] Indian masala pizza
[00:23:01] and Portuguese
[00:23:03] I think Parjee
[00:23:05] it was really fun to talk to you
[00:23:07] thank you so much for coming on the podcast
[00:23:09] I love all the people
[00:23:11] I have a message
[00:23:13] that together
[00:23:15] you will have a great song
[00:23:17] I am happy
[00:23:19] I am happy to sing
[00:23:21] I love singing
[00:23:23] I love singing
[00:23:25] I hope you will like it
[00:23:27] so keep loving
[00:23:29] keep spreading
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[00:23:55] this is me ewa
[00:23:57] signing off for now
[00:23:59] see you guys next week