Kevin Parker wants to read the negative comments about Tame Impala
Who said artists’ egos are always greener? Kevin Parkerthe founder of the Tame Impalais not at all one of those narcissistic and touchy artists looking for confirmation, on the contrary: the more you put him in crisis, the happier he is.
In a new interview with “RUSSH Magazine,” Parker reflected on releasing his music today: “It’s weird these days. Depending on where you look on the Internet, you get completely different reactions. I go to YouTube or Instagram and I find a lot of positive content, but I keep scrolling. until I find the negative ones too. We all do it, right?”
Parker later admitted that releasing a record can feel like a “violation“, because the music no longer belongs to him alone: ”It’s this child you raised for a year, two years, this thing you stressed about and cried and laughed and danced to yourself, loved and hated. This thing that has followed you for so long, and then suddenly sees the light of day and is shared with the world. It’s such an overwhelming idea, you know?” confesses the multi-instrumentalist. “The idea of these songs that were once yours, and now they’re not; they now belong to the world. I think this transition weighs heavily on the artist. Sometimes I even feel a little violated. Because they were yours, and now they’re not.”
Tame Impala’s fifth studio album, “Deadbeats“, was released last October 17th: read Rockol’s review here.
