Some days ago, Pet Shop Boys They went viral for their comments about Taylor Swift. At that time they criticized the artist’s music, saying that she did not have a “Billie Jean.”
“Where are the famous songs? ¿What’s your ‘Billie Jean’‘?” Neil Tennant declared to an English newspaper at the time. This is referring to what for him was a lack of global hits by the artist.
However, this criticism Doesn’t mean they dislike Taylor Swift. On the contrary, the Pet Shop Boys singer gave his music a chance, and he has his favorites.
Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant and his opinion on Taylor Swift
He frontman of PSB said that duDuring the pandemic he became familiar with the artist’s catalog biggest of the moment. “During the lockdown, I had a real chance with Taylor Swift. In fact, I bought three of the albums in a row from him,” revealed Neil Tennant.
“I bought the album with the song ‘The Archer‘, which I like a lot” he said referring to the album lover (2019). “That’s the song I really like from her; I have touched it a million times times”.
On the other hand, her later albums with a more indie sound were not very to her taste.
“I bought the one she made with The National and I discovered that I didn’t get much out of it.” The Pet Shop Boys leader may be referring to either of the two pandemic albums that Taylor released with production by Aaron Dessner: folklore either evermore.
However, he was more of a fan of his countryman’s music, Harry Styles. “I get more out of the Harry Styles album. In Harry’s Houseyou know their references. You are very aware that wants to be a little weird, even though he’s a mainstream pop star. What is it called “Japanese Restaurant Theme” or something like that?Music for a Sushi Restaurant”. “It’s great for that, because when pop tries it, I always think it’s at its best,” he added, according to Rolling Stone.
“Taylor, I don’t really understand her one hundred percent,” he admits. “But obviously it’s fantastically prolific and I love the fact that there is re-recorded his first albums to piss off whoever sold them to him. I think that’s great. Funnily enough, that’s the kind of thing we would do in that situation“concluded the Pet Shop Boys singer.
