I OWE EVERYTHING TO FANS: DR ZEUS

The singersongwriter says that he takes fans’ response very seriously; goes through all social media messages and comments

UK based singersongwriter and music producer Baljit Singh Padam aKa Dr Zeus is always very careful about his fans’ reaction towards his music. Though he makes music that he “wants to” create, the singer admits that he does listen to the response of his fans about the kind of music they expect from the 42-year-old.

“I always listen to what fans have to say about my songs and music. Most of it is on social media, and I read their messages or comments. So as long as they are not abusive, which by the way I don’t really care about, I take them seriously and try and to think on the lines of their expectations. After my recent single, Bikini Wax with Jazzy B, people wrote to me, ‘Paji make another song like the one you did with Jazzy paji’. So, I try to create songs with a similar sort of vibe,” he says.

However, there have been instances where Dr Zeus’s creations were criticised. But the singer, who rose to fame in 2003 with his song Kangna, doesn’t take them to heart. “As long as they don’t get personal and say that they didn’t like my song, I’m alright with it. They tell me, ‘Paji isme beats change kar do, ya do this and do that. That’s fine. I don’t take such criticisms to heart. You owe everything to your fans, and if they are not happy with your music, you have to work towards it. You have to create such music that they fall in love with,” he says.

Dr Zeus says that he expected “backlash” for his recently released single, Tha Tha, but was pleasantly surprised by his fans’ appreciation. He was elated when the song’s video crossed over eight million views since its release on June 7. “My last two songs weren’t well received; so I was sort of expecting a bit of a backlash with Tha Tha. I was expecting people will think that I’ve gone back to the roots, and it might sound similar to other songs. But I think it’s just my kismet (destiny), that people actually loved the simple music. The fact that I stuck to my first formula of creating music worked for me,” says Dr Zeus. Irish rock band U2 won their court fight for the return of items of memorabilia, including a Stetson hat which they accused a former stylist of stealing. Judge Matthew Deery at Dublin’s Circuit Court ordered Lola Cashman to return the items, which also include earrings, within seven days. Ms Cashman, had worked as U2’s stylist during the 1980s and wrote an unauthorised book called Inside the Zoo. Judge Deery said he found Ms Cashman’s version of how she had been given the items at the end of a US tour doubtful, particularly her description of Bono running around in his underpants backstage.