Arjan Dhillon

Some Lesser Known Facts About Arjan Dhillon

• Arjan Dhillon is an Indian singer and lyricist. He shot to fame in 2020 after singing the songs Bai Bai and My Fellas. He has written for a number of well-known Punjabi singers including Diljit Dosanjh, Gurnam Bhullar, Ranjit Bawa, and Nishawn Bhullar.

• Arjan dreamt of being a singer and songwriter since he was a young child. He started writing about his feelings and experiences at a young age.

• He began writing songs while he was studying in 12th standard.

• He collaborated with Nimrat Khaira for the Punjabi songs Tohar, Suit, Ranihaar, and Lehnga.
• He composed a number of songs including Udhar Chalda, Sun Sohniye, Khat, and Ravaya Na Kar, for the 2019 Punjabi film Afsar, starring Tarsem Jassar and Nimrat Khaira.

• Subsequently, he also wrote songs for Hustinder, a Punjabi musician, including Pind Puchdi. Arjan Dhillon wrote the lyrics for the song “Luna” by Diljit Dosanjh from the album Moon Child Period in 2021.

  

• In June 2019, he released his debut single track titled Shera Samb Lai. Later, he voiced several songs including My Fellas (2020), Mull Pyar Da (2021), and Jaagde Raho (2021). His breakthrough song was Jatt di Janeman, which was released in March 2020 and gained immense popularity.

• On 30 November 2020, he released his single track titled Panjab Kithe Dabda in support of the 2020 – 2021 Indian farmers’ protest.

  

• In March 2022, he released his single track Jawani, which is his most streamed song on Spotify with more than 20 million streams. In 2021, he released his first studio album titled Awara, which was immensely appreciated by the audience.

  

• In April 2022, Arjan Dhillon ventured on his debut concert tour “Destiny Tour Canada” alongside Nimrat Khaira.

  

• In August 2022, he went on his second Destiny Tour with Nimrat Khaira, which was held in Australia and New Zealand.

• In an interview, he talked about his childhood and said,
  

  Growing up at Bhadaur was the most memorable time of my life. Whatever I’velearnt during my years there, people I know from that time… I use those characters and language in my songs. The boys were strong, girls were so homely, farmers knew their work well – my songs are replete with these references.”

• Every time Dhillon felt stressed out, he either makes a visit to his village Bhadaur or his cousin’s home in Lal Khera.

• Arjan claims that his first love was writing songs.

• A Punjabi artist named Jenny Johal publicly insulted Arjan Dhillon in January 2023 by claiming that Arjan’s song “25 25” was plagiarised from Sidhu Moose Wala‘s song “22 22.” She also added,
  

  Your father Sidhu Moosewala is above all and will remain above all.”

• He shared the cover of his second studio album, Jalwa, on Instagram on October 13, 2022. Jalwa peaked at number 9 on Spotify’s Top Albums Debut Worldwide chart. The album also made the top three charts for Spotify’s Top Albums in India, Apple Music’s Top Indian Albums, and Spotify’s Top Albums for Canada.

• He has more than 1.5 million followers on Instagram and 2.4 million Spotify listeners.