Radio host Ken Bruce has faced the pure wrath of Taylor Swift fans after making a comment about her music and has now been branded ‘out of touch’ as many question his role in music
Ken Bruce has been brutally attacked by Taylor Swift fans after he said he’ll refuse to play her songs until “she writes something that isn’t about her ex-boyfriends.”
Despite attracting 3.8million listeners per week, the 73 year old presenter, who recently jumped ship from the BBC to Greatest Hits Radio, refused to kowtow to the hype surrounding the star. In a recent interview, he said: “All her songs are the same. I’ll play her on my station when she writes something that isn’t about her ex-boyfriends.
He added: “Great radio songs have three beats and then they’re straight into the song, not these long intros that she does. We’re a 70s, 80s and 90s radio show as our core audience is older.” It’s perhaps unlikely Ken didn’t realise that his comments would generate such severe backlash, but he may not have been prepared for what came through on social media.
Unable to contain their fury, one person wrote: “Leave it to an old white man to be completely out of touch….. shocker.” Another person said: “Why does an old man who knows nothing about music get to be a radio presenter.” A third person added: “that’s why he’s bald, old and ugly.”
And a fourth person was keen to add a bit of logic to their comment and not just rely on personal attacks, as they said: “there’s literally so many songs that don’t have a romantic theme at all and so many more that revolve around a fictional romance NOT a personal one e.g. cowboy like me, gold rush, right where you left me, cardigan etc.”
Although he has now refused to play her songs in full, he does however, play clips as part of his PopMaster Quiz show. He added during his interview with The Mail on Sunday: “For our audience, we do 70s, 80s and 90s music. We do early noughties and 2010s – not very many – but we expect people to know things from recent and current music, only the biggest names though. “
He continued: “We do ask questions from the 50s as well and 60s. Our core audience on Greatest Hits Radio is older so they’ve got to be able to answer most of the questions.” But this is not the first time Ken’s comments have caused a stir as he seemingly made a dig at the BBC while at this year’s TRIC Awards.
Ken picked up three awards for Best Daytime show, Best Radio Show and Radio Personality. And while he was over the moon with his latest wins, it seems he couldn’t resist the opportunity to make a dig at the corporation. Speaking to The Sun, he said: “It’s a real privilege actually to have moved on and for people to make the noise and say, you know, you’ve done all right.”
Collecting his award while on stage, he told the packed crowd: “I started 47 years ago this month, it’s amazing I’m still standing up here. It’s been an absolute joy over the age of 60 to reinvent myself as something new.” He then quipped: “Now I’m looking forward to doing something else, maybe standing as President of the United States. It’s lovely to see Scotland winning a trophy!”
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