The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins has branded Harry Types and Coldplay’s music “fully forgettable” and “uninteresting”.
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The I Imagine In A Factor Known as Love hitmaker is just not afraid to supply up his sincere opinion of different artists’ tunes and could be seen dissecting tracks on his fashionable YouTube channel Justin Hawkins Rides Once more.
Discussing the One Course star’s 2022 solo track As It Was, he mentioned it is a cookie-cutter model of ’80s basic Take On Me by A-ha.
The Solar newspaper’s Weird column quoted him as saying: “In pure statistical phrases, most music by definition is common and it doesn’t actually transfer me.
“So there’s a load of stuff that you could simply neglect.
“There are issues which can be so by-product of present and really particular songs from the Eighties, that in 40 years time, you’ll nonetheless be singing those from the Eighties.
“That Harry Types track, that’s Take On Me by A-ha however they began the chord sequence in a special place. It goes across the identical 4 chords and it has the same form of motif on the synthesizer.
“However that track in 40 years can be fully forgotten and everybody will nonetheless be singing the A-ha one. And I feel that’s truthful.”
He then mentioned of Chris Martin and co: “No person’s going to be singing Coldplay.
“I don’t care.”
Justin’s critique of Harry and Coldplay comes after he and his brother and bandmate, Dan Hawkins, not too long ago riled up followers of Yungblud.
They sparked upset after they blasted the I Suppose I’m Okay hitmaker’s MTV VMAs tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne.
Yungblud beforehand slammed “bitter and jealous” rock star critics after he took to the stage with Excessive’s Nuno Bettencourt and Aerosmith duo Steven Tyler and Joe Perry to pay tribute to the late Black Sabbath icon, who died aged 76 in July.