The Rolling Stones‘ Keith Richards says he believes that pop music has “at all times been garbage,” and “that’s the purpose of it”.
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The legendary guitarist was talking to The Telegraph about his profession, the state of music and his band’s comeback album ‘Hackney Diamonds’.
“I don’t wish to begin complaining about pop music,” Richards mentioned. “It’s at all times been garbage. I imply, that’s the purpose of it.
“They make it as low cost and as simple as doable and due to this fact it at all times sounds the identical; there’s little or no really feel in it.”
He added: “I like to listen to music by folks enjoying devices. That’s, I don’t like to listen to plastic synthesised muzak, because it was once recognized, what you hear in elevators, which is now the par for the course.”
Giving his tackle rap music, he continued: “I don’t actually like to listen to folks yelling at me and telling me it’s music, AKA rap. I can get sufficient of that with out leaving my home.”
The rock icons introduced particulars of their new LP this month and shared its lead single ‘Offended’, which got here with a music video starring Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney.
They’ve since revealed {that a} new documentary in regards to the album is within the works, which is being made with Fulwell 73, the identical group behind The Kardashians sequence.
“The movie will chart the band as they began engaged on the 12 tracks which seem on ‘Hackney Diamonds’,” a supply near the undertaking advised The Solar’s Weird column (by way of The Mirror). “It is going to give followers an intimate and candid have a look at Mick, Keith and Ronnie as they work their magic within the studio, together with the banter between them.”
The supply additionally claimed that the documentary, the title of which has not but been revealed, may even include “nods to Charlie Watts”. ‘Hackney Diamonds’ is the band’s first album since Watts’ loss of life in 2021.
‘Hackney Diamonds’ is ready for launch on October 20 (pre-order right here). It was additionally revealed that various large names additionally characteristic on the album together with Woman Gaga, Stevie Surprise, Paul McCartney and Elton John.
The band have additionally defined the which means behind the album’s title and have teased followers by asserting that they’ve already begun work on one other new album.
