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Arijit Singh and the changing tech-economics of Bollywood playback
Arijit Singh walking away from playback singing is a coincidence or reveals an industry increasingly driven by software, speed, and disposable voices?
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Staff Reporter - Sun, 01, Feb 2026
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Arijit Singh / X
Popular Bollywood playback singer Arijit Singh shocked his fans by suddenly announcing on Jan. 27 that he would no longer take on new playback assignments.
The shock was not just about the loss of a singer. It was about the rupture of a system that rarely allows its most successful voices to step away. Indian playback singing is built on continuity, not exits. Legends fade, voices age, styles soften, but they almost never quit. Singh’s decision, taken at his commercial and cultural peak, therefore feels less like a retirement and more like a diagnosis.
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