https://www.vogue.de/kult...-interview

"The people I've looked up to in music - Prince and David Bowie and Elvis and Freddie Mercury and Elton John - they're such showmen. As a kid, it was completely overwhelming. Now when I put on something really extravagant, it doesn't feel crazy. I think when you have something that you feel incredible in, it's like a superhero outfit."

LoveGalore said:

You can see the Princefluence all ova him.

Indeed: https://www.outinperth.co...m-artwork/

i was ready to hate his music, but this guy has some very very good singles.

Didn't he have a song titled "Sign of the times" after Prince ?

I'm sure it was him.

paisleyparkgirl said:

ShellyMcG said:

ShellyMcG said:

I'd be curious to know how many Prince songs he actually knows. Not just him but a lot of modern "artists" who claim to be influenced by the likes of Prince and David Bowie but never seem to talk about their music and instead say things like "he was a great showman" or "he wore such nice clothes".

Dua Lipa's latest album was inspired by Prince, she said that she "had been listening to a lot of Prince" so I'm assuming at least his 80's work.

sometimes the prince influence is just some weird intangible thing

and thats not necess a bad thing

but sometimes i cant join the dots at all

paisleyparkgirl said:

ShellyMcG said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

Dua Lipa's latest album was inspired by Prince, she said that she "had been listening to a lot of Prince" so I'm assuming at least his 80's work.

I don't hear any similarities to be honest. And I like Dua Lipa but I'd hardly call her an "artist" anyway. She has very little input in how her music sounds seeing as she doesn't write any of it. Maybe her team of producers were listening to a lot of Prince?

She certainly claims to be involved in the writing of her songs, and takes a co-writing credit. No idea how much input she has.

ShellyMcG said:

ShellyMcG said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

Dua Lipa's latest album was inspired by Prince, she said that she "had been listening to a lot of Prince" so I'm assuming at least his 80's work.

I don't hear any similarities to be honest. And I like Dua Lipa but I'd hardly call her an "artist" anyway. She has very little input in how her music sounds seeing as she doesn't write any of it. Maybe her team of producers were listening to a lot of Prince?

Maybe it wasn't her "latest' album per say, my bad, the article came out in 2018

Here it is

https://www.nme.com/news/music/dua-lipa-discusses-prince-outkast-inspired-new-album-2328572

"The singer said of her new album’s direction: “It has throwback elements, too. I’ve been listening to a lot of Outkast and Prince and things sonically I’m such a fan off so I’m just trying to take that and put it together with pop.”"

paisleyparkgirl said:

Maybe they were inspired in various ways.

Wasn't Prince inspired by the success of "Thriller" in creating "Purple Rain", and they sound nothing alike.

Same thing with U2's "Achtung Baby" being inspired by Def Leapard's "Hysteria". Sounds nothing like it.

ShellyMcG said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

Maybe it wasn't her "latest' album per say, my bad, the article came out in 2018

Here it is

https://www.nme.com/news/music/dua-lipa-discusses-prince-outkast-inspired-new-album-2328572

"The singer said of her new album’s direction: “It has throwback elements, too. I’ve been listening to a lot of Outkast and Prince and things sonically I’m such a fan off so I’m just trying to take that and put it together with pop.”"

I have both of her albums. One was released in 2017 and the other was released in 2020. Neither sounds anything remotely like any of the Prince songs I've heard. But there's a whole heap of unreleased Prince music I haven't heard so maybe she's talking about that. I doubt it. But maybe.

I haven't heard Dua Lipa's albums so I can't speak on it.

I will say that Justin Timberlake's "Justified" album was definitely inspired by Prince.

paisleyparkgirl said:

LoveGalore said:

CynicKill said:

LoveGalore said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

I haven't heard Dua Lipa's albums so I can't speak on it.

I will say that Justin Timberlake's "Justified" album was definitely inspired by Prince.

Justified was inspired by MJ. Half those songs were rejects from Invincible. FutureSex/LoveSounds is the Prince joint.

Yes, my bad I meant to say Futuresex/lovesounds.

ShellyMcG said:

LoveGalore said:

Justified was inspired by MJ. Half those songs were rejects from Invincible. FutureSex/LoveSounds is the Prince joint.

I can hear the Prince influence on FutureSex/Lovesounds. To my ears, it almost sounds like a knock off of 3121. I can't be arsed looking it up to see which came first but when I first heard 3121 I immediately thought of FS/LS. I don't hear any Prince on Justified though. Though admittedly, I'm not a very "musical" person so I may well be missing some subtle references and whatnot.

Prince was defintely an inspiration on Futuresex/Lovesounds.