Disturbed’s singer David Draiman has defended Taylor Swift in a current live performance in Illinois, stating that she was “for actual”.
The incident came about at a Disturbed live performance in Peoria, Illinois on January 19. The singer had introduced two fathers and their respective daughters onstage, prompting Draiman to deal with the ladies. “So, I take it [the fact] that you just got here to the Disturbed live performance, versus the Taylor Swift live performance, implies that your mother and father are elevating you on rock and roll,” he requested them. “Hey, don’t overlook: Taylor Swift nonetheless kicks ass.”
Draiman’s feedback provoked the group’s disapproval as they booed the singer in response. Draiman rapidly fired again, stating: “Don’t you boo her. what? I’ll arise and applaud any pop artist that will get up on stage and sings reside and performs a guitar reside in entrance of an entire group of fucking 1000’s of women and guys, younger followers. Don’t discuss shit about Taylor Swift. She is for actual. And he or she’s ensuring that a whole technology of latest music followers perceive what it means to truly play music reside.”
The lead singer of the heavy-metal band Disturbed delivered an impassioned protection of Taylor Swift after followers booed her identify throughout a live performance. pic.twitter.com/Xys8jFJaSZ
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The incident at Disturbed’s January 19 live performance marks the second time Draiman has publicly defended Swift. Again in August, Draiman spoke favourably about Swift in a radio interview with Philadelphia radio station WMRR, going so far as saying he want to collaborate with the ‘Merciless Summer time’ singer.
“I believe she is insanely proficient. I’d like to collaborate with Taylor if she ever wished to, on any given day,” he informed the station. “I really like the truth that she will get on stage in entrance of tens of 1000’s of screaming younger feminine followers and performs an actual instrument and sings reside, and is the actual deal.
Draiman notably has a historical past of defending pop stars. In the identical interview with WMRR, he praised different pop stars who “do it the way in which that [Swift] does it”, stating: “Pink is one in every of them; Woman Gaga is one in every of them. Plenty of these individuals are simply so gifted and so nice at what they do, and he or she’s definitely manner, manner, manner up there.”
Earlier in 2023, he additionally conveyed his approval of Sam Smith in an interview with a Baltimore radio station following his Grammy efficiency with Kim Petras that yr. “It’s taking the pop stars to be rock stars as of late,” he stated. “It’s, like, no one can complain that rock is simply too edgy or pushes the envelope too far for mass broadcasts anymore.”
In 2022, he did one thing related following Lil Nas X’s Grammy Awards efficiency that yr. In response to a damaging tweet from conservative TV host Greg Kelly, he replied: “Information flash @gregkellyusa, artists have been doing issues like this for many years. Unsure why it bothers you when @LilNasX does it. Don’t prefer it? Don’t watch.”