New Delhi: Singer Mohammed Irfan is pleased with the success of his current singles, ‘Re mana’ and ‘Belafz baatein’. The 36-year-old, who is primarily identified for his Bollywood hits, feels non-film music has as soon as once more come to the limelight, permitting singers like him to showcase their true vary.
“I feel these two forms have always been working in parallel, but now since the pandemic has struck and theatres were shut down, it definitely gave a big opening for artistes to showcase independent work. It’s great for artistes to bring out their own music for listeners and it also gives the audiences a wide variety to choose from as every artiste has his or her own flavour to serve,” he instructed IANS.
“Film music has always been the most popular form since decades, but having said that pop and non-film music, too, has a huge following — right from Lucky Ali, Adnan Sami, Colonial Cousins, Euphoria, from the nineties till today,” he added.
Talking about his current single, ‘Belafz baatein’, Irfan has been receiving rave opinions for his efficiency, and the singer feels that the love from the viewers is essentially the most genuine means to gauge a song’s success, and insists the quantity of views or likes aren’t the best strategy to do the identical.
“According to me, the most authentic way to know whether your song is being well-received or not, is fan-mails and messages and direct response of people. Currently, the kind of response I’m receiving for ‘Belafz baatein’ is absolutely heartening. I know that the number of views is also very high on YouTube and other streaming platforms, and I’m happy about it, but the most important thing is the love and appreciation I’ve been receiving for ‘Belafz baatein’,” he mentioned.
“I strongly feel that these numbers cannot create that impact on a listener’s heart or mind, which a genuine piece of art does. That is the only thing that connects an artiste to his or her audiences and that connection lasts very long too,” Irfan mentioned.
