Yungblud thinks social media might have stopped Pink Floyd releasing The Dark Side Of The Moon if it had existed at the time
One of rock’s most defining albums would not have seen the light of day had social media existed at the time, at least that’s what Yungblud thinks.
Speaking on the July issue of MusicWeek, the guitarist (real name Dominic Harrison) explains the pressure that modern artists face because of the constant stream of fan feedback being fed to them by social media. It’s something that previous generations of artists never had to deal with, and to Yungblud’s mind, it makes taking big creative swings much more difficult – because the praise and criticism you get for your artistic choices now appear in real time on your phone.
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“It’s hard being on the internet, and the craziest thing about being ‘successful’ – whatever that means now – is that you have opinion in real time,” says Youngblud.
“Can you imagine if Pink Floyd had that while putting The Dark Side Of The Moon out? They probably wouldn’t have fucking done it. They didn’t have the whole world on their phone going, ‘You’re sick, you’re shit, you’re fake, you’re a liar, you’re dope, I hate you, I love you, my sister loves you, blah, blah, blah.’”
“People love you or hate you, and it’s really hard to deal with because you become fucking ketchup,” he continues. “It’s like, ‘You fucking love ketchup on your bacon sarnie or you fucking hate it.’ Once I’d into my head, it was like, ‘This is just the way it’s meant to be.’”
The singer also describes his own love-hate relationship with social media, saying: “I wouldn’t have made it without it. Everyone in a position of power turned their nose up at me, and all that mattered was the people and me being able to have a platform. But also, it’s damaged me more than anything in my life.”
“It’s made me afraid to go outside or to the pub sometimes, because those people who were so savage about me could be in that bar. So it’s pretty dark, but it’s also beautiful. You live by the sword, you die by the sword. It’s coming to terms with the fact that people will like me and people will not, and that is not in my control.”
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