Honey Singh opens up on bipolar disorder and how he is trying to regain his stardom

Punjabi singer and rapper Honey Singh, who is currently promoting his version of the AR Rahman classic ‘Yai Re, opened up about his health issues and how he’s struggling to make a comeback in a recent interview. Not all know that singer, who is known for many tracks including ‘Brown Rang’ and ‘Blue Eyes’, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and had psychotic symptoms.

Speaking with Siddharth Kannan, Honey Singh revealed that he had to take a break when he started noticing the symptoms.

‘When I fell ill a lot of things were going on in life. I had the SLAM tour with Shah Rukh Khan. I had worked on a Star Plus project, I chose its name. I designed it for a year. When the show started, a lot of work was there. I was also doing a Punjabi film. A lot of things were happening,’ he said.

The singer added, ‘Even when I collapsed, when I started having symptoms of bipolar disorder on the sets of Raw Star, I had a lot of confidence that even if nothing is in my control, this would be under my control. I felt something was off with my brain. Something has happened so let me rectify it. My family members said, ‘You are bound by contract. You’ll get sued. There will be a huge loss.’ I said, ‘I don’t want to do anything. Let me fix this.’ It took me five years.’

Honey Singh further stated that when he tried to make a comeback, several fans were very unaccepting of his look.

‘I started to make my comeback but things were not working out. I was fat so people said this is not the same look. The songs were working but people were not accepting me. The song ‘Dil Chori Saada Ho Gaya’, which was filmed on Kartik Aaryan, worked. I am not a playback artiste so I don’t even consider that as my own success. I want something of my own,’ he said.

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