The singer has given his two pennies worth on the current music scene and it's safe to say he doesn't like it much. He's particularly not a fan of Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith, because apparently they're seriously 'predictable' and 'obvious'.
While speaking to Rolling Stone magazine, the Smiths vocalist lamented on the state of music these days, and said he thinks it's a shame that nobody is organically discovered any more. He said, "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.'
While some may disagree with his opinion, Morrissey wants to make it clear that the voice really is a special instrument that should not be taken for granted. "I'm still as obsessive about vocal melody as I was when I was 14," he said. "The singing voice is still, I think, the most sexual and sensual and potent power on earth." He continued, "It's my life, at the expense of everything and anything else. I am not a performer. I am not an act, and this is not a career."
Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 22 May 1959), commonly known by his last name, Morrissey, or by his nickname, Moz, is a British singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career, making the top ten of the UK Singles Chart on ten occasions. Of his youth, Morrissey said, "Pop music was all I ever had, and it was completely entwined with the image of the pop star. I remember feeling the person singing was actually with me and understood me and my predicament."
