Ed Sheeran hits back at Morrissey after singer slams him and Sam Smith
He calls Morrissey's comments “absolute b******s”
Ed Sheeran has hit back at Morrissey after the former Smiths frontman stuck the boot into him and Sam Smith.
In an opinionated interview with US publication Boulder Weekly, Morrissey complained that record labels are “force feeding” the public and the current music climate is "stringently controlled, obvious and predictable.”
He then singled out Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith as apparently being the low point of contemporary music saying, “things can’t possibly get any worse.”
Ed, who has just completed his three-night residency at London’s Wembley Stadium, has since dismissed Morrissey’s comments as “absolute b**s”
Responded to a tweet the NME wrote about Morrissey’s comments, Ed said: “Even you guys should think this is absolute b**s. Taking me out of the equation, Sam was the least predictable success story of the last year.”
Renowned for his acid tongue, Morrissey told Boulder Weekly: "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.
"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."