Speaking to The Telegraph , Springsteen said that artists dying young is “not an unusual thing in my business.”
The “Born to Run” singer-songwriter continued: “It’s a normal thing. It’s a business that puts enormous pressures on young people.
“Young people don’t have the inner facility or the inner self yet to be able to protect themselves from a lot of the things that come with success and fame. So they get lost in a lot of the difficult and often pain inducing [things]… whether it’s drugs or alcohol to take some of that pressure off.”
Springsteen went on to say he’d personally struggled with depression, adding: “I understand that very well. I mean, I’ve had my own wrestling with different things.”
In the interview, Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau brings up several famous musicians who’ve died young, such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. “And Kurt Cobain,” says Springsteen, “And people continue to fall to it. It’s a death cult.”
He adds: “It’s a grift, man. That’s a part of the story that suckers some young people in, you know, but it’s that old story. Dying young – good for the record company, but what’s in it for you?”
One Direction formed on reality TV contest The X Factor in 2010, with Payne alongside Harry Styles , Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson. The late singer was described as a “kind, funny and brave soul” in a tribute from his surviving bandmates.
I think there was more to this tbh.. We may never know the truth. As we are witnessing all the corrupt exposure in Hollyweird, nothing surprises me at this point. Prayers for his family and loves ones.
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