Robbie Williams delayed the discharge of his new album as a result of he “cannot compete” with Taylor Swift.
Robbie Williams has admitted he moved his album’s launch date to keep away from clashing with Taylor Swift
The previous Take That star had been attributable to debut his file BRITPOP on October 10 – only a week after Taylor’s much-anticipated album The Lifetime of a Showgirl drops – however he pushed the discharge again to February 2026 and now the singer has admitted he made the transfer as a result of the Shake It Off singer would have blocked him from topping the charts.
Throughout an intimate present at London’s Dingwalls venue, Robbie previewed songs from his new album and instructed the group he needed to keep away from releasing it concurrently Taylor’s newest providing. He stated: “We’re all pretending it’s not about Taylor Swift, however it f****** is. You possibly can’t compete with that.”
He added: “Right here’s the reality: I need 16 Quantity One albums. Taylor then determined to place her album out the identical weekend as me.
“I used to be like: ‘For f***’s sake! I’ll put it out the subsequent week’, they usually have been like: ‘She does these different deluxe variations’. I used to be like: ‘F****** hell! Can I put it out the week after that then?’
“They have been like: ‘Oasis could be round then ‘ … ‘For f***’s sake! Let’s do it in f****** February when nobody’s bought an album out’.”
Robbie went on to say: “I used to be nervous about making you all f****** wait, after which I used to be like: ‘F*** it! I need a sixteenth Quantity One album!’
“I’m sorry, however I’m f****** being egocentric. What number of instances in your life do you get to have essentially the most Quantity One albums the UK’s ever f****** had?”
A supply beforehand instructed The Solar newspaper’s Weird column that Robbie moved the album launch date as a result of he did not need to jeopardise his possibilities of breaking chart data .
The insider stated: “Robbie will go down within the historical past books if he scores one other No1 he’s not taking any probabilities.
“Taylor is undoubtedly the most important artist on the earth proper now and her first-week gross sales are positive to eclipse another artist who has launched a file in recent times.
“The gross sales will nonetheless be large within the second week, so Robbie and his group determined it’s higher to only transfer the discharge date.
“The brand new date in February has really opened up hundreds extra thrilling alternatives, so there will likely be lots occurring within the New Yr.”
