Last week was a big week for Scottish DJ Calvin Harris as he broke into the top 60 wealthiest in Scotland and also announced his upcoming star-studded album, ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol.1’ featuring the likes of Katy Perry, John Legend, Snoop Dogg, Big Sean, Nicki Minaj, Future, Ariana Grande, Pharrell Williams and many more. Never have we seen so many celebrity collaborations in one album.
Following this announcement, Deadmau5 took to Twitter to express his concerns over this album. Joel explains that collaborations should be done with an artist-to-artist view and not be focused on just grabbing radio space.
What do you think about Deadmau5’ argument? Scroll below to read what he exactly had to say:
anyone ever remember when calvin harris was just… calvin harris? who the fuck are all these other people? like… why?
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) May 10, 2017
deadmau5 ft. barry manilow ft gloria gaynor ft. ghostface killah ft. REO speedwagon ft. Garth Brooks ft. a potatoe ft. Steve Nash ft. me
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) May 10, 2017
fucking hate watching what i love to do get raped by popular culture for the sake of selling stupid shit for stupid people.
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) May 10, 2017
not really. no. i personally like that i've manged to do everything myself. i wouldnt trade that for a million album sales. some would. https://t.co/3VnBYS1LO6
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) May 10, 2017
im not anti-collab. works well when it works well. but fuck, some of this shit just reeks of "i gotta do this to stay on top" not "art". https://t.co/n5u8gdxzrk
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) May 10, 2017
nothing new here. just your typical sellout rant about people who obviously know how to pander shit for the sake of capitalism. moving on.
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) May 10, 2017
@TheBinaryLion @CalvinHarris I don't need handouts nor do I feel the need to cling onto people with commercial success to make me feel like I'm better at what I do.
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) May 10, 2017
@Damylion whos throwing shade? it's my opinion that i like it when people work on their own shit. that's not shade. pull your panties back up.
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) May 10, 2017
Deadmu5 is clearly not happy with this album. Let us know what you think below. Apart from all the rants, we have bigger news for you. Calvin Harris is all set to drop his collaboration with Future & Khalid tomorrow.
The preview of this track was the background score of his album announcement. Incase you missed it, hear it below:
