After criticism of the popstar, punk icon says he would take a duet with Taylor. He also talked about Kate Bush, Lady Gaga and new phase with Pil
Known for both controversy and contribution to music, John Lydon seems to have changed my mind about Taylor Swift. After calling the singer “incredibly boring” a few months ago, now the formerSex pistols He says he would go to sing with her.
The revelation came in an interview with The Mirrorwhere he praised the ability to Taylor in doing “this kind of pop music very well” and even played with the possibility of a duet:
She deserves a chance with me. Have you ever thought? ”
The speech contrasts with what he said in February to NMEwhen he stated that the American artist had become “too elaborated” and attached to the expectation of fans. At the time, Lydon He criticized what he called the “phase dressed in a debutante ball” and predicted that she would end in Las Vegas, “like so many others.”
This shift in the speech is not new to those who follow the frontman. Lydon also said that he has tried to compose with Kate Bushbut collaboration sank for creative disagreements. According to him, the singer refused one of the songs: “She said something like ‘I can’t sing that’ – not with these words, but that was the message.”
The vocalist of PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. still had time to pin Lady Gagacriticizing the lack of authenticity in the singer’s career:
It was all very well built, almost like the Bowie in their times of glory. But today it looks like a caricature. She is acting in movies, and I see no soul in what she does. Lack heart, you know?
Lydon also commented on the meeting of Sex pistols with Frank Cartercalling the “karaoke” tour and stating that there is something “malicious” behind the initiative.
The guys in that band had decades to compose something new and continue just recycling. That’s what I wanted to see: unpublished music. ”
At 68, the musician remains active. Is about to fall on the road with the tour of the Piltitled This is not the last tourand prepares a new repertoire “angry and noisy”, as he defines himself.
Since the loss of the wife, Nora Forsterin April 2023, Lydon has used music as a way to cross mourning. “Staying at home sunk in sadness does not fit me. The pain comes, it is inevitable. But sadness is also an energy, and I prefer to use it than let me swallow.”
In addition to the shows, he starts a tour of meetings with the audience soon, with live questions and answers, called I could be wrong, i could be right.
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Source: Rollingstone
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