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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH STEBIN BEN
1.How would you describe your singing journey in Bollywood so far?
My singing journey in Bollywood so far is pretty new and amazing. It's just been three years of Playback Journey, and goddess kind that I think so many songs I have delivered. Many songs have started working well. I'm still waiting for the one big break, the one big massive song. But I think the support I've been getting from the Bollywood industry is amazing. A lot of actors have done a great job in my song. So I think I'm very happy that way. And I've made some amazing relationships in Bollywood, so I think it's great. 2.What style inspired you from Indian cinema?
I think everything from Indian cinema inspires me. I was born in that era of watching all the films of Shahrukh Salman. So I think I've adapted that in me. I'm very Bollywood, so I think all their styles job was style. How they do in films like Salman Khan, I like how he wear his pants and stuff. I think I'm very inspired from that. Also, I like Shahrukh khan, his jackets, his school look. So from there to Hrithik to Shahid, I think they all have inspired me a lot in terms of how I should be looking, appearing and how I should be in person in general. So we all are Bollywood influenced.
3.What are some of the challenges you face when you are performing?
I think challenges is key. You have to understand the audience. Every time you're performing, it's a different audience, a different place, and it's a different scenario. So you have to be in your head, very prepared that you have to be aware and know it publicly. What you have to for which audience ,you don't have to only show your art. You have to also understand that they have come for you. They need entertainment. They expect a lot from you. So you have to obviously deliver things according to their mood. Also her concert may her so that's the challenge. You have to understand them. You have to understand your audience. You have to be one of them. You have to also understand to be like them, be extremely humble on stage so they will always love you.
4. What is the idea of fitness? See, for me, fitness is basically eating right, eating clean, and that's all about it. I mean, if you want stay fit, so you have to do cardio workout, but with the workout everything is important. So for me, that is idea. So basically the idea of fitness is basically, a regular fitness important taste cheddar workout, you have team workout important here. You have to practice it in daily life. So just eat clean, sleep on time and eat less sugar and try to be on natural sugar fruits and all of that. That is a great sugar. So I think if you practice achieve, I think fitness is going to be great. And don't forget that cardio is very important. Other cardio maybe the walking and running is very important. That's what I do because I don't get a lot of time to go to workout. And also it's very important for me to just go on walk anywhere, anytime. Just keep walking, keep doing something that's very important to be fit.
5.Your ideal workout routine ?
So this is what I was saying so I don't get time for gym and workout. So all I do is basically I try to stay fit through my cardio. Walking in general, every day when I'm in a show where I'm at different city, I would definitely go out for a walk. Or I would just burn my calories by dancing or by so these activities are very important, because you have permanent fitness routine of that.
6. What has been the best performance of your career so far?
I think all my shows have been the best performances. I mean every show has been very special. So many arenas, Coca Cola Arena, Dubai when I performed was very special. My US tour with entertainers with Akshay Kumar was very one of the best performances. So many college concerts which I've done, festivals I've done, where I've seen massive crowd, they've been very special. So I think I can't name one. There are so many n number of performances which I've always enjoyed and love.
7. What kind of singer would you classify yourself as?
I think I'm a very Bollywood singer. Very Bollywood,Bollywood. Completely Bollywood. Born and raised up in the era of Bollywood, watching singers like Udit Narayan and Kumar Sano, Abhijit Bhattacharya so now it's Sonu nigam. So I think I'm very much of romantic and full power that way. In that way. you can say like I am one of those Bollywood singers who like to, who is Jazzy, who is Indian, who believes in Indian roots because my songs have all the Indian roots in it. But completely Bollywood.
8. What is your personal code of style?
See, my personal code of styling is based on your personality. I always feel that everything should be styled according to your height, and personality and that is when it appears the best. That is when it appears the best. So my aim is, I always tell people that styling is not just basically your stylist will come and just style you or anybody would just style you with any outfit. It needs to be like a proper you need to understand your body type, you need to understand your body length. So everything should be with your personality, with your legs, length, personality pursuit, Vocab is more important and that needs to be taken care. So for me, whatever suits your body personality, go according with it. And then there are different kind of styling so you can do anything.
9. What is the one thing that you would do? Take a pause from your fast and famous life ?
I think always my escape is always the north style. I think I love to go to north anywhere in jungle, anywhere in mountains. I love nature and I always enjoy nature. So I think my escape is always going to nature or going to a different side of my world, which is Dubai where I like to party with my friend, where I enjoy the nightlife the most. So I think these are the two things which is always like, I like to take pause and I always move there.
10. How do you stay motivated when practicing and performing?
I think it's very simple. I take motivation from everything. I generally like to motivate myself every day, anytime when I'm growing in my career, with every big step, whenever I'm moving ahead in my career or when I see the better results, it motivates me again. So I think that keeps me moving. When I see other singers also doing where other actors also doing well from them also. I take motivation because see there are so many young people in the industry who are doing so well. So I think it is such a nice thing to take inspiration from so many people who come from different cities, they struggle, they come from small cities and they do so well. That is a motivation. So I think taking motivation from everybody around me, be it a simple person, be it somebody a big star or be it a normal star or be it a newcomer, you need to take motivation from everybody. So that is what I believe in. I've been taking motivation so far from everyone.
11. Who's your idol singers?
I think my idol singer right now I feel is Udit Narayan and Kumar Sanu, because for me, they are the feel king. And then after that era, both KK and Atif, Sonu nigam and now Arijit, I think they all are my favourite people. They're amazing. I love them and they're my idol. And in terms of styling and everything, I think I really idolize artists like Sean Mendes, who've been who so young, and they're doing amazingly. There Michael Jackson and all of them. They are amazing.
12. What type of music do you prefer to sing?
Like I said, it's always Bollywood. And I love to sing Bollywood, but I mix it with independent songs, independent style. Because I think I've delivered a lot of independent songs, and I feel that is priceless so I think independent in a very Bollywood style. Sufi in a very Bollywood style. Rock in a very Bollywood style. So I'm completely Bollywood, but I add a lot of rock. Sufi, indie scene, unplugged scene, also. All of them I add to my performances.