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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|2014 album by Yo Yo Honey Singh}}<br />
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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Desi Kalakaar<br />
| cover = Desi Kalakaar.jpg<br />
| caption = Official album cover<br />
| type = studio<br />
| artist = [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]]<br />
| released = 26 August 2014<br />
| recorded = 2014<br />
| studio =<br />
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[pop rap]], [[hip-hop]], [[trap music|trap]], [[Electronic dance music|EDM]]<br />
| length = 29:38<br />
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]<br />
| language = Punjabi, Hindi, English<br />
| producer = [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]]<br />
| prev_title = [[International Villager]]<br />
| prev_year = 2011<br />
| next_title = [[Honey 3.0]]<br />
| next_year = 2023<br />
| misc = {{Singles<br />
| name = Studio<br />
| type = studio<br />
| single1 = Desi Kalakaar<br />
| single1date = 26 August 2014<br />
| single2 = Love Dose<br />
| single2date = 3 October 2014<br />
| single3 = One Thousand Miles<br />
| single3date = 8 August 2025<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Desi Kalakaar''''' is the second studio album by [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]]. The album, containing 8 tracks, was released on 26 August 2014.<br />
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== Release ==<br />
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><br />
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The second single, "Love Dose", was released on 3 October 2014 on [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]' official YouTube channel.<br />
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In June 2025, Singh announced that the track "One Thousand Miles" from ''Desi Kalakaar'' will receive a music video, 11 years after its official release.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=29 June 2025 |title=Yo Yo Honey Singh's 'One Thousand Miles' gets a music video after a decade |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/yo-yo-honey-singhs-one-thousand-miles-gets-a-music-video-after-a-decade/articleshow/122141974.cms |publisher=Times of India}}</ref> The music video featured Singh & British actress [[Mandy Takhar]] who had previously worked with Singh in movies like ''[[Mirza - The Untold Story]]'' and ''[[Tu Mera 22 Main Tera 22]]''.<ref name="yash">{{cite news |date=5 December 2012 |title=Not everybody gets a Yash Raj launch: Mandy |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-05/news-interviews/35621235_1_punjabi-movie-mandy-takhar-punjabi-films |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110182441/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-05/news-interviews/35621235_1_punjabi-movie-mandy-takhar-punjabi-films |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 January 2014 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Amritsar/Prem-Chopra-gets-lifetime-achievement-honour/SP-Article1-1038942.aspx |title=Prem Chopra gets lifetime achievement honour |access-date=26 March 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=7 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408122238/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Amritsar/Prem-Chopra-gets-lifetime-achievement-honour/SP-Article1-1038942.aspx |archive-date=8 April 2013}}</ref> Singh, in recent years, recalled his plans to shoot music videos for other tracks from the album, but failed to do so, as shortly after the album's release, his health deteriorated due to his diagnosis of [[bipolar Disorder]] with [[Psychosis|psychotic symptoms]].<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
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 500 million views on YouTube.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The song's dance segment was shot at [[Westfield Stratford City]] in London.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 31, 2017 |title=Yo Yo Honey Singh: Top 10 songs of the singer |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/yo-yo-honey-singh-top-10-songs-of-the-singer/photostory/59841582.cms |access-date=June 6, 2025 |website=[[Times of India]]}}</ref><br />
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[[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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><br />
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== Track listing ==<br />
{{Track listing<br />
| total_length = 29:50<br />
| title1 = Desi Kalakaar<br />
| writer1 = [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]]<br />
| length1 = 4:14<br />
| title2 = Love Dose<br />
| writer2 = [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]], Lil Golu<br />
| length2 = 3:45<br />
| title3 = I'm Your DJ Tonight<br />
| writer3 = [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]]<br />
| length3 = 4:46<br />
| title4 = Chal Mere Ghar<br />
| writer4 = [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]]<br />
| length4 = 2:34<br />
| title5 = Daftar Ki Girl<br />
| writer5 = [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]]<br />
| length5 = 3:08<br />
| title6 = One Thousand Miles<br />
| writer6 = [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]], Lil Golu<br />
| length6 = 4:43<br />
| title7 = Stardom<br />
| writer7 = Lil Golu , [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]]<br />
| length7 = 3:44<br />
| title8 = Tanning<br />
| writer8 = [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]]<br />
| length8 = 2:56<br />
}}<br />
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