Pakistani musician Mustafa Zahid recently spilled the beans on what encouraged him to make music for Bollywood and the unique selling point in films. In between the dialogue, he also emphasised the impact of social media on artists and their mindset.

Mustafa Zahid On ‘Excuse Me’

Appearing on a podcast “Excuse Me with Ahmed Ali Butt”, Mustafa Zahid weighed in on the significance of live performances and how the numbers of likes on an artist’s social media cannot beat that.

“There is no bigger drug than fame and stage. The amount of high you get from performing on stage and people singing back to you so if you can only enjoy that in this complete process then you need nothing else,” Mustafa recalled as he reflected on his earlier time as Roxen’s lead vocalist and composer. 

While talking about the new media, the music composer shared what he wants his children to remember about him in the coming time.

“It is very unfortunate that everything has become about likes and comments. My six-year-old son said to me the other day that baba you are so famous, you have four million followers on Spotify.” 

He mentioned that it has now all become about numbers and it is quite unfortunate. “In our times we certainly wouldn’t care about popularity,” Mustafa added as he spoke of his popularity both among Indian and Pakistani actors, which grew particularly with his 2007 singles ‘Toh Phir Aao’ and ‘Tera Mera Rishta’.

 

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Mustafa Zahid also shared his views about working with younger artists notably Asim Azhar and mentioned that people like him who has great work ethic show that they know what they are doing.

‘I urge the generation of today to register themselves with credible companies, work ethically receive royalties rather than just looking at their Instagram followers since they are not gonna get you anywhere in life after a certain time.’

To take a deep dive into the singer’s life and his commendable work for young artists, here’s the full podcast!

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