Padma Shri award winner, singer and composer Adnan Sami recently surprised everyone when he deleted all his photos and videos from his Instagram handle, leaving only one message that read “Alvida.” His post left all his fans in shock. Many people approached the singer on social media, wondering what he was up to. During an exclusive conversation with Bollywood Life, Adnan opened up about the extreme reactions his Alvida post provoked.
About scaring people on social media, Adnan told us, “That wasn’t supposed to be really. People are taking it the wrong way. I just wanted to announce my new song Alvida. I didn’t even delete anything, I just archived all my old ones. messages, because I wanted to start over. People made their own stories about whether I was saying goodbye to social media or the music industry or even this world. Woh kehte hai na ‘Jitne muh utnibaasein hai’. However, I was deeply moved by the love and concern that people showed towards me. But it was never my intention to scare people in any way.”
It took almost two years for Adnan to release his new single. The singer continued, saying: “To be honest, I end up taking a little longer than most people to release my stuff. But this time the pandemic happened, but the point is, I just wanted to collect my thoughts and i needed some time to re-evaluate myself, my life and even my music and so now i made a conscious decision to close these gaps and do more work and release more music in the coming future and be proactive in sharing my music with the world. So hopefully I will rectify that.”
Adnan may have made a conscious decision to re-evaluate his music, his personality, be it physical, mental or spiritual, he didn’t just do it because he wanted to stay relevant with the current generation. “If I was so concerned about being relevant it wouldn’t have taken me two years. I would have been insecure and in a hurry so people don’t forget about me. No, I’m not. I’ve always done things like I felt I was ready, otherwise I won’t do it,” he said.
He added: “Why I made a conscious decision to release more music now is because I’ve collected a lot of music now. I’m ready. If I hadn’t collected it, I wouldn’t have done it. So, I never bothered to be relevant. I think music is about melody, and if you have a good melody it will be relevant no matter the times. That’s why RD Burman is still relevant today.”
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