Diplo is probably one of the hottest producers in the dance music scene today! Along with Skrillex, under their Jack U moniker, the duo have scored one of the biggest hits of the year, ‘Where Are U Now‘, with Justin Bieber. While the young superstar has much to thank the duo for reviving his career, Diplo talks up Bieber‘s talent and his attitude in a recent interview with RollingStone.
Talking about Justin Bieber, he said:
“He’d been stuck in a rut where he has to do a certain thing because of his fan base. Guy from Disclosure texted me, “Yo, man, that Bieber record is amazing,” and I’m like, “Man, you would’ve never written that a year ago,” and he’s like, “I know, this is very difficult for me to text right now.” Bieber’s personal life is whatever it is — he’s a rich kid and he’s pretty much gonna have to be a jerk. But he’s respectful to me, and he has that weird gene where he’s good at everything: better at basketball than me, better at drums. For us it’s more like an art project where you utilize his voice.”
Speaking about him co-producing a couple of songs for Madonna, and the ageism she faces in the industry, he said
“She created the world we live in. It already sucks to be a woman in the music industry, but to be a boss woman is even harder. She sold out her tour in minutes, but no one seems to want her to succeed — “Madonna, we’ve been there, done that, now we’re about Kim Kardashian.” Her song “Ghosttown” was a guaranteed Number One for anybody else, but she didn’t get a fair shot. With “Bitch I’m Madonna,” everyone said there’s no way it will go anywhere, but I’m like, “Screw it, it represents you more than anything.“
He also spoke about the whole Twitter feud with Taylor Swift and his social media persona, explaining the entire situation and the backlash he faced:
If I have a fight with somebody, it makes me look like a prick, but it makes the social-media numbers explode. It’s the Kanye West theory: In 2015, become a prick and just get more popular. I don’t want to be thought of like that, but also I just don’t really care. I’m doing jokes and people take it seriously, like that’s the person I am.
I saw her (Taylor Swift) at the Grammys and she was supernice and cool. Her fans loved the beef, though. That’s all they have — they don’t have, like, real things going on. It’s still startling when these artists pay attention to my Twitter. Like, Ed Sheeran unfollowed me when I said something about Taylor — I can’t believe these people even know who I am.
Check out the entire interview here.
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