Paul Weller criticises younger artists for not releasing enough music
07.01.2024 - 20:58
/ nme.com
Paul Weller has said he thinks younger artists don’t release enough music.The singer-songwriter, who was formerly the frontman of The Jam, put his success and longevity of his career down to frequently releasing music and touring and has said he doesn’t understand why some younger artists go several years without putting out a new record.“Isn’t that part of the job description, that you go on tour and you make records? That’s probably an old-school way of looking at it, but that’s all it’s about really,” Weller told the Daily Star Sunday‘s Wired column [via MusicNews].“I think it still applies. I think there’s something to be said for consistency and keep pushing it and pushing it and pushing it out.“As opposed to a lot of the younger artists who make an album then don’t make another for five or seven years.
I don’t understand that. I often think, ‘What do you do in those in-between years?'”“You can’t be on tour for five or seven years touring the same record, surely?”He added: “Somebody like Amy Winehouse, who was a brilliant artist, she’s only left two records in the world.
I think that’s why it’s important to put out as much as you can.“Not just for the sake of it, not [rubbish], obviously.”Elsewhere in the interview, Weller admitted that while he enjoys being appreciated for his music, he remains disinterested in fame.“It’s too fake. If people like me because of my music then great, fantastic, but that’s it for me,” he said.
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