Pet Store Boys have in contrast themselves to The Weeknd.
The 80s synth-pop duo – comprising Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe – love how the ‘Blinding Lights’ hitmaker releases “wonderful pop information” however there may be an air of secrecy to the person behind the stage title, Abel Tesfaye.
Chris advised Basic Pop journal: “I do not even know what he seems to be like. All I learn about him is he cannot spell.”
Neil interjected: “That is an excellent instance. The life could be very a lot a part of the youthful era, to the extent that their life could be very a lot a part of pop music these days. However I do not know what The Weeknd seems to be like both, and that is as a result of he would not need you to know. He makes wonderful pop information, so I believe we may have been like him.”
Talking concerning the Queen of Pop Madonna, Neil added: “After which after all, there’s Madonna. You suppose you understand her, however she’s nonetheless received that traditional 80s distance.
“She’s embraced Instagram, however solely to create new imagery of herself. It is at all times: ‘That is my new look.’ Madonna’s new look could be exhibiting her bum to the digital camera, nevertheless it’s by no means revealing something concerning the inside Madonna.”
Chris defined how he would not get observed on the road if he isn’t sporting a cap and sun shades which he wears to change into a Pet Store Boy.
Curiously, The Weeknd – whose music profession began in 2009 when he anonymously uploaded his distinctive fashion of R’n’B to YouTube – just lately defined how he needed to be judged for his music and never his seems to be.
The 33-year-old megastar advised Interview journal: “I needed to be very calculated about how I needed individuals to see me or hear my music. The preliminary motive I did that was I didn’t suppose I used to be marketable once I was youthful, particularly for R’n’B. I didn’t suppose I had the precise look.
“The R’n’B look was very sexual again within the day. Clearly, there have been a variety of singers that didn’t have the traditional R’n’B look, however for me, it was extra of a private factor. I appreciated getting an unbiased response from my music. Folks received to simply decide me for the artwork, for the music I used to be placing out.”
