On Tuesday, January 27, 2026, a day after the release of his latest song titled Maatrubhumi from Salman Khan lead upcoming film Battle of Galwan, ace singer Arijit Singh sent shockwaves amongst his fans by announcing his retirement from playback singing on his official Instagram page.
Arijit wished everyone a happy new year and thanked his fans and listeners for all the love they’ve bestowed on him over the years. He then added that he won’t “be taking any new assignments as a playback vocalist from now on.”
Why Arijit Singh retired form playback singing?
“I am calling it off. It was a wonderful journey,” Arijit wrote in his statement. Soon after the announcement came, several screenshots of tweets from what is claimed to be the singer’s private account, started doing the rounds on X (formerly Twitter). Apparently, the two-time National Award-winning singer shared that he didn’t take this decision because of any “one reason” in particular.
“There are several reasons plus I have trying to do this since a long time,” he wrote adding that, “One of the reasons were simple, I get bored pretty quick, thats why I keep changing arrangements of the same songs and perform them on stage. So here is the thing, I got bored.” Citing another reason for his move, the singer informed that he is “excited to her some singer come up” and give him “real motivation.” Furthermore, Arijit shared that he needs to “do some other music to live.”
Shreya Ghoshal, Sona Mohapatra and others react to Arijit Singh’s announcement
Singer Sona Mohapatra posted a long letter to Arijit Singh on her Instagram page, in which she called his decision to step away “more like an arrival into freedom, authorship, and possibility.” She also referred to his choice as “brave,” “generous,” and “disruptive in the best way.”
Shreya Ghoshal, who has co-sung the song Maatrubhumi with Arijit, commented on his Instagram post sharing that it’s “the start of a new phase” for the Tum Hi Ho singer. Referring to him as a “genius,” she shared that “an artist of his calibre can never be defined by the traditional means and medium and be boxed to fit in the set formula.”
Reacting to Arijit’s announcement post on Instagram, Armaan Malik wrote, “love and respect, always thank you for giving your everything to the craft!”. B Praak commented writing, “Fan For Life,” while Badshah called the singer, “Sadiyon mein ek”.
Has Arijit Singh left the music industry? What’s next for him?
Even as Arijit Singh has announced stepping away from playback singing, the ace musician is not quitting music. The singer clarified in tweets on his private X account that he is yet to “finish some pending commitments” so there may be some more of his songs that are likely to get released this year. “Just to be clear that I won’t stop making music,” he wrote, and added, “I am a fan of good music and in future will be learning more and do more on my own as a small little artist.” He signed off after thanking everyone for their support.
About Arijit Singh
Born in the small town of Murshidabad in West Bengal, Arijit Singh began his journey into the music industry as a contestant in the music reality show Fame Gurukul in the year 2005. In the show, he couldn’t make it to the finale as he was voted out. However, destiny had different plans for him. The singer worked on fine tuning his craft and made his playback singing debut with the song Phir Mohabbat from the film Murder 2, which he co-sung with Mohammed Irfan. It was the song Tum Hi Ho from the 2013 film Aashiqui 2 which shot him to fame and stardom overnight. Arijit has crooned more than 800 songs in different languages till date and has received two National Awards in the Best Playback Singer Male category. The first one in the year 2019 for the song Binte Dil from the film Padmaavat, and the second one in 2022 for the song Kesariya from the film Brahmastra: Part 1 Shiva. The singer also received the prestigious Padma Shri Award in 2025 for his illustrious contributions to the music industry.
