'I believed I was dead'; Honey Singh's struggle with mental health

Fans will get a glimpse into Indian singer and rapper Honey Singh’s battle with bipolar disorder in the promo for the next episode of Rhea Chakraborty's podcast, Chapter 2.

In the clip shared on Instagram, Honey Singh reveals, “I’ve gone to the depths; I’m such a bad case of bipolar disorder.”

The singer discusses his six-year struggle with the condition, saying, “Out of these six years, for 3 years, I believed that I was dead.”

Rhea Chakraborty posted the promo on her Instagram account with the caption: It’s okay to not be okay.

17th January, 2025.

I love

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We all love @yoyohoneysingh ♥

Resonated with every word you said.

Salute to your fight 🫶🏼.”

In December 2023, Honey Singh made headlines as Netflix released YoYo Honey Singh: Famous a documentary- film about the life of the hip- hop star.

Earlier, Bollywood singer Yo Yo Honey Singh decided to take a long break from the film and music industry a few years back to deal with alcoholism and depression. Although the singer has always been open about his mental health issues. he recently went on to confess that he also faced bipolar disorder.

In a recent interview, Singh spoke about the reactions he received after his comeback. The singer revealed that his songs were accepted by the people but he was not.

In an interview with Siddharth Kanan, Yo Yo Honey Singh said, “When I fell ill a lot of things were going on in life. I had the SLAM tour with Shah Rukh Khan. I had worked on a Star Plus project, I chose its name. I designed it for a year. When the show started, a lot of work was there. I was also doing a Punjabi film. A lot of things were happening. When I collapsed, when I had bipolar disorder and psychotic symptoms on set of Raw Star, maine kaha kuch problem hai mere dimaag mein, kuch hogaya hai. Mereko isko theek karne do (I said there is some problem with my brain, something has happened. I want to fix it).”

He continued, “Mujhe kuch nahi karna, mujhe isko theek karna hai (I don’t want to do anything else, I just want to work on this). It took me five years and I got better. Then, I wanted to make music. But I told my mother, ‘I’m unable to do anything’. She told me, ‘You started as a music producer, start writing beats’.