The ‘Thinking Out Loud’ singer has responded to remarks made by The Smiths frontman in Colorado-based publication Boulder Weekly.
Ed Sheeran, 24, claimed Morrissey was talking ‘absolute bollocks’ concerning his comments that the music industry is force feeding the public artists such as Sheeran and Sam Smith. Responding to NME‘s reporting of Morrissey’s interview, Sheeran took to Twitter to voice his thoughts, ‘even you guys should think this is absolute bollocks. Taking me out of the equation, Sam was the least predictable success story of the last year.’
@NME even you guys should think this is absolute bollocks. Taking me out of the equation, Sam was the least … http://t.co/QMLhbqZTkS
— Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) July 10, 2015
Ahead of an upcoming live date, Morrissey was speaking to Boulder Weekly when asked about his thoughts on the music industry. Never one to shy away from a bold statement or unpopular opinion, Morrissey said ‘There are no bands or singers who become successful without overwhelming marketing. There are no surprise success stories. Everything is stringently controlled, obvious and predictable and has exactly the same content.’
He went on to add ‘So, we are now in the era of marketed pop stars, which means that the labels fully control the charts, and consequently the public has lost interest. It’s very rare that a record label does something for the good of music.’
‘Thus we are force-fed such as Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith, which at least means that things can’t possibly get any worse. It is sad, though. There’s no spontaneity now, and it all seems to be unsalvageable.’
