Pet Shop Boys know the secret to staying cool, four decades in
Time:2024-04-27 07:52:12 Source:sportViews(143)
LONDON (AP) — Chicken Kiev, AI-generated press releases and the annoyance of fan selfies while performing — there was a lot on the minds of the Pet Shop Boys as the iconic British duo prepared to release a new album.
Their 15th studio album, “Nonetheless,” comes Friday — 40 years (and 50 million record sales) after Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe rose to fame with the single “West End Girls.” Bands of any longevity — especially such a long one — are often asked the cliche: “How do you stay relevant?” For them, it’s about never trying to be cool.
“That’s something a lot of people try and do, to be somehow cool, which is therefore completely uncool, because it’s trying too hard,” Tennant told The Associated Press recently. “So we have just followed our own instincts.”
“We’ll always be relevant in our world,” Lowe added, laughing.
A testament of that relevance? Classic Pet Shop Boys hits were used as plot points in two cult movies last year: a karaoke scene in “Saltburn” featuring “Rent” and a key Christmas scene in “All of Us Strangers” soundtracked by “Always on My Mind.”
Previous:Starting QBs return for SEC's top 4 from last season as other teams turn to backups, transfers
Next:Army veteran, 60, tucks into tinned Tesco meatballs 11 years past their use
You may also like
- Businesses hindered by Baltimore bridge collapse should receive damages, court filing argues
- Moment Susanna Reid apologises as Labour MP Yvette Cooper swears on Good Morning Britain
- Maya Rudolph chimes in on the 'nepo baby' conversation revealing her famous parents
- A memorial opens on the site of a Nazi concentration camp for Roma after a pig farm was removed
- US Silica agrees to go private in $1.85 billion acquisition by Apollo Global
- The UK government finally passes bill to send migrants to Rwanda. What took so long?
- Unai Emery agrees Aston Villa contract extension until 2027
- Trump to meet with senior Japanese official after court session Tuesday in hush money trial
- Moment passenger has huge foul