celeb news Billy Joel: "Only person making new albums these days is Taylor or Olivia Rodrigo"

[Feanor]

 

His Beyoncé 2013 Life Is But A Dream moment

 

 

Edited June 18 by Feanor

[magazine]

does he mean they are the same person?

[Erreur2 La Nature]

does he mean they're releasing too much?

[Virgos Groove]

No disrespect, I feel like this says more about him than it does about the music scene.

 

Yes, there are many artists who don't put in the effort to create a body of work, but if you can only name the most famous artist on Earth and the girl who performed at your tour, maybe you should get familiar with more new artists.

Edited June 18 by Virgos Groove

[Burn]

[Sheep]

The irony of singling out Taylor as somebody who releases new albums

[FolkLover1989]

3 minutes ago, magazine said:

does he mean they are the same person?

 

1 minute ago, Erreur2 La Nature said:

does he mean they're releasing too much?

It means most people don't know that others are releasing albums too and that's kinda correct if you look at numbers 

Only Billie and SZA are other 2 who got actual GP attention 

[Espresso]

This…makes no sense. If he included Adele in this blanket statement and meant sales it would at least be closer to resembling reality.

 

I'd suggest media training to attempt clearer answers but at his point in his career given his legacy, he must not care.

 

If there actually is a longer answer in Variety on popular artists moving to EP's and singles that change happened for especially newer Top 40 artists as the download era downturned and streaming took off in the early 2010's over a decade ago. Maybe millennials and Gen Z aren't reading Variety articles so it doesn't matter that this response is hopelessly out of date? 

 

Maybe he's just referring to newer artists that are just targeting Top 40? Except Taylor's not new and took off before the download era peaked.  

[State of Grace.]

*deletes ageist comment about him being an oldhead snob who thinks  today's music is awful and has no soul*

 

let him cook!

 

[skwonderfactory]

Yeah, but it would be great if HE released a new album!! "Turn the Lights Back On" is a damn solid song and I need more! 

[Talento]

Maybe he is going senile

[Breathe On Moi]

I bet if you play him BRAT he'll expose his true homophobic ways 

[Patient Zero]

And Normani (finally)

[Bloo]

Friendly reminder that that when an older musician threw shade at Taylor, y'all lifted said artist up and besmirched any member who criticized them. I cannot wait to see y'all be consistent. 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

1 minute ago, State of Grace. said:

*deletes ageist comment about him being an oldhead snob who thinks  today's music is awful and has no soul*

 

let him cook!

 

why he kinda hawt… help 

[zuper]

7 minutes ago, Sheep said:

The irony of singling out Taylor as somebody who releases new albums

4 new albums in the last 4 years, where 2 of them are +1 Million opening week, one even +2,6 Million, only 2 months ago. 

Edited June 18 by zuper

[State of Grace.]

Just now, KatyPrismSpirit said:

why he kinda hawt… help 

Sexy, confident.

So intelligent.

 

[aotwbys]

Just sounds like he's echoing the Ed Sheeran statement

[nostalgic]

Legend finally snapped and said "I WILL start the fire"

 

[American Nightmare]

Does he mean making albums or making albums that are commercially successful? Either way, I feel like he's wrong with both of those statements. What a weird and out of touch thing to say. 
 

[rehceeb]

didn't he release a single earlier this year? where is YOUR album grandpa?

[Into The Void]

Well I recommend he check Wikipedia 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2024_albums

[Katamari]

He's wrong but legends have no filter and he's earned his ignorance 

 

[OrgVisual]

That's why Taylor keeps winning AOTY cuz these boomer voters thought only she put out an album

 

* this is not a joke *

 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

4 minutes ago, State of Grace. said:

Sexy, confident.

So intelligent.

 

Hopefully soft and strong too