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And Finally
“Indie is pretentious”, says Wanted man
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 26 October 2010
Jay McGuiness of terrible boy band The Wanted has said that he and his bandmates decided to form a pop group, rather than an indie band, because indie is pretentious and pop is more fun.
McGuiness told Metro: “At first, it was just incredibly fun. We got on, had a laugh, drank quite a lot. A lot of the rock and indie industry seems quite pretentious; with pop, people are really honest about how they judge you. When Lady Gaga came out wearing ridiculous outfits, nobody really cared whether it was ‘cool'”. He’s probably got a point there. Still, I bet he hasn’t got any Slint on vinyl. What a fucking idiot.
