Quratulain Balouch on trauma, privacy, treating life as a second chance

Singer Quratulain Balouch opened up in a candid and reflective conversation on Tauseeq Haider’s podcast, discussing her life, past experiences, and music career. Known widely as QB, the singer spoke with honesty about how surviving traumatic experiences shaped her outlook, saying she now feels she has been given a second chance at life.

Instead, she said, success arrived gradually as opportunities emerged and audiences connected with her voice.

According to the singer, she cannot simply record a song for the sake of it. If she does not feel a genuine emotional connection with the lyrics or melody, she explained, she prefers to step away rather than deliver something insincere.

Moving to discuss certain traumatic experiences that altered her outlook on life, Balouch revisited a bear attack she survived on September 5 while camping in Gilgit-Baltistan. 

The singer spoke calmly about the frightening ordeal, framing it as a life-altering moment rather than something that left her defeated.

Balouch also referenced a car accident she was in, saying that surviving such incidents has made her stronger, more resilient and less fearful. Describing it as a “bonus life”, the singer also said such experiences have changed the way she thinks about risk, courage and gratitude.

Balouch argued that authenticity does not require documenting one’s entire existence on social media. Instead, she stressed the value of privacy and the importance of protecting personal spaces from public consumption.

The conversation offered a rare glimpse into the artist behind the music; thoughtful, self-aware and shaped by experiences that have transformed the way she views fame, creativity and life itself.