Desi Kalakaar
{{short description|2014 album by Yo Yo Honey Singh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Desi Kalakaar
| cover = Desi Kalakaar.jpg
| caption = Official album cover
| type = studio
| artist = Yo Yo Honey Singh
| released = 26 August 2014
| recorded = 2013–14
| studio = AL SAAD STUDIOS
| length =
| label = T-Series
| language = Punjabi, Hindi,Urdu
| producer = Yo Yo Honey Singh SAAD
| prev_title = International Villager
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Honey 3.0
| next_year = 2023
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Studio
| type = studio
| single1 = Desi Kalakaar
| single1date = 26 August 2014
| single2 = Love Dose
| single2date = 3 October 2014
}}
}}
Desi Kalakaar is the second studio album by Yo Yo Honey Singh. The album containing 8 tracks was released on 26 August 2014.
Release
The album was released on 26 August 2014 at a launch event in Mumbai, where the eponymous title track was also released as a single. Singh also performed at the launch event.{{Cite web |date=2014-09-05 |title=Honey Singh’s Desi Kalakaar launched on Hungama.com |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/honey-singhs-desi-kalakaar-launched-on-hungama-com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009192124/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/honey-singhs-desi-kalakaar-launched-on-hungama-com/ |archive-date=2014-10-09 |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
The second single, "Love Dose", was released on 3 October 2014 on T-Series's official YouTube channel.
Reception
The music video for the title track has received over 500 million views on the T-Series official channel on YouTube.{{cite web|url=http://indialive.today/yo-yo-honey-singh-stars-with-sonakshi-sinha-in-desi-kalakaar/ |title=Yo Yo Honey Singh Clubs in with Sonakshi Sinha for Desi Kalakaar |work=indialive.today |accessdate=16 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083904/http://indialive.today/yo-yo-honey-singh-stars-with-sonakshi-sinha-in-desi-kalakaar/ |archivedate=19 August 2014 }}
The video for "Love Dose", featured Singh and Urvashi Rautela, received 10 million views on YouTube within a single week. The song has received over 800 million views on YouTube.{{Cite web |last=Goswami |first=Parismita |date=2014-10-11 |title='Desi Kalakaar': Yo Yo Honey Singh's 'Love Dose' Song Goes Viral, Garners over 3 Million Views [VIDEO] |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/desi-kalakaar-yo-yo-honey-singhs-love-dose-song-goes-viral-garners-over-3-million-views-611121 |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=www.ibtimes.co.in |language=en}} The song's last portion of the dance was shot at Westfield Stratford City in London.{{fact|date=May 2023}}
In total the album has received over 1.5 billion views on YouTube.{{fact|date=May 2023}}
Sonakshi Sinha, who starred in the music video of the title track "Desi Kalakaar", rewrote the track "Love Dose" from an entirely female perspective, and performed her version on her Dabangg Reloaded tour in 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/sonakshi-sinha-rewrites-honey-singhs-love-dose-becomes-singer-at-dabangg-tour-details-inside/244250|title=Sonakshi Sinha rewrites Honey Singh's Love Dose, becomes singer at Dabangg tour- details inside|access-date=2018-06-26|language=en-GB}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 29:38
| all_writing = Lil Golu
| title1 = Desi Kalakaar
| writer1 = Yo Yo Honey Singh Lil Golu
| length1 = 4:19
| title2 = Love Dose
| writer2 = Yo Yo Honey Singh, Lil Golu
| length2 = 3:48
| title3 = I'm Your DJ Tonight
| writer3 = Yo Yo Honey Singh
| length3 = 4:41
| title4 = Chal Mere Ghar
| writer4 = Yo Yo Honey Singh
| length4 = 2:38
| title5 = Daftar Ki Girl
| writer5 = Yo Yo Honey Singh
| length5 = 3:20
| title6 = One Thousand Miles
| writer6 = Yo Yo Honey Singh, Lil Golu
| length6 = 4:47
| title7 = Stardom
| writer7 = Yo Yo Honey Singh, Lil Golu
| length7 = 3:47
| title8 = Tanning
| writer8 = Yo Yo Honey Singh
| length8 = 2:56
}}
References
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Category:Hindi-language albums