Sonam Kapoor and her husband, Anand Ahuja, recently hosted a baby shower for their first child, and independent artist Leo Kalyan performed at the event. At the actor's baby shower in London on Wednesday, Kalyan sang numerous Hindi songs, including Masakali and Chura Liya, and also uploaded photos and videos from the event on Instagram.
Kalyan captioned his post, "A spice girl in Bollywood. I just performed at Sonam Kapoor's baby shower. What is life?" After he shared the post, some social media users criticised Kalyan for attending the party in a strappy outfit. Kalyan replied to the haters with an Instagram story after one user called them out. Kalyan later revealed that he had received a lot of hate on social media. He responded in an Instagram story, saying that the remarks made him feel like he was doing something right.
Leo Kalyan Receives Hate Comments
As Kalyan expressed it, "Hate comments don't affect me because, firstly, some of them are genuinely funny; I share them with my friends and we laugh nonstop (laughing emoji). Hate comments also serve as a constant reminder that simply by living my life, I am CHALLENGING individuals and social conventions. That is to say, I'm doing something right. "
On his Instagram Stories, he added, "Because there are so many messages, I won't be able to respond to everyone individually. But I'm making an effort to read them all slowly. Also, thank you for the love. I honestly did not expect any of this, so each and every like, share, comment, and DM is such a blessing. "
For those unaware, Kalyan is a British-Pakistani musician, music producer, and model. The artist is one of the first South Asian musicians to come out as gay. He prefers the pronouns he/she/they. On his website, the London-based artist describes himself as "An independent artist walking the line between art and activism."
Suggested Reading: Loved Leo Kalyan? Here Are Other Queer South Asian Musicians You Must Listen
In 2015, Kalyan released his first extended play (EP), Silver Linings. There were four songs on the EP, the first among them was the single Fingertips, which hit the top of the Spotify Global Viral Chart and has been streamed over 3,500,000 times. The song was also remixed, and it is still one of his most successful songs even now.
Kalyan began questioning his identity for the first time while recording on his second EP, Outside In, in 2016, and his lead tune explored how being gay and in the closet affected his personal relationships. Kalyan's most impressive EP to date was The Edge, which he released in 2018. The Edge was BBC 1Xtra’s number-one EP for a month. At actor Sonam Kapoor's baby shower, Leo Kalyan performed Mohit Chauhan's song Masakali which was from Kapoor's 2009 film Delhi-6.
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I'm Doing Right: Leo Kalyan Trolled For His Outfit At Sonam Kapoor's Baby Shower
After he shared the post, some social media users criticised Kalyan for attending the party in a strappy outfit.
Sonam Kapoor and her husband, Anand Ahuja, recently hosted a baby shower for their first child, and independent artist Leo Kalyan performed at the event. At the actor's baby shower in London on Wednesday, Kalyan sang numerous Hindi songs, including Masakali and Chura Liya, and also uploaded photos and videos from the event on Instagram.
Kalyan captioned his post, "A spice girl in Bollywood. I just performed at Sonam Kapoor's baby shower. What is life?" After he shared the post, some social media users criticised Kalyan for attending the party in a strappy outfit. Kalyan replied to the haters with an Instagram story after one user called them out. Kalyan later revealed that he had received a lot of hate on social media. He responded in an Instagram story, saying that the remarks made him feel like he was doing something right.
Leo Kalyan Receives Hate Comments
As Kalyan expressed it, "Hate comments don't affect me because, firstly, some of them are genuinely funny; I share them with my friends and we laugh nonstop (laughing emoji). Hate comments also serve as a constant reminder that simply by living my life, I am CHALLENGING individuals and social conventions. That is to say, I'm doing something right. "
On his Instagram Stories, he added, "Because there are so many messages, I won't be able to respond to everyone individually. But I'm making an effort to read them all slowly. Also, thank you for the love. I honestly did not expect any of this, so each and every like, share, comment, and DM is such a blessing. "
For those unaware, Kalyan is a British-Pakistani musician, music producer, and model. The artist is one of the first South Asian musicians to come out as gay. He prefers the pronouns he/she/they. On his website, the London-based artist describes himself as "An independent artist walking the line between art and activism."
Suggested Reading: Loved Leo Kalyan? Here Are Other Queer South Asian Musicians You Must Listen
In 2015, Kalyan released his first extended play (EP), Silver Linings. There were four songs on the EP, the first among them was the single Fingertips, which hit the top of the Spotify Global Viral Chart and has been streamed over 3,500,000 times. The song was also remixed, and it is still one of his most successful songs even now.
Kalyan began questioning his identity for the first time while recording on his second EP, Outside In, in 2016, and his lead tune explored how being gay and in the closet affected his personal relationships. Kalyan's most impressive EP to date was The Edge, which he released in 2018. The Edge was BBC 1Xtra’s number-one EP for a month. At actor Sonam Kapoor's baby shower, Leo Kalyan performed Mohit Chauhan's song Masakali which was from Kapoor's 2009 film Delhi-6.