Wheatus frontman Brendan B. Brown has said he doesn’t believe TikTok is “making things better” for the music world.
The Teenage Dirtbag singer acknowledges that the platform has benefits, such as giving emerging artists a chance to reach fans they might otherwise never connect with. However, he feels the constant pressure to produce new content can be harmful because it often lacks authenticity.
When asked if TikTok is good for music, he told ContactMusic.com: “I think it can be in the sense that it makes things easy to find, and in the sense that it introduces new artists.
“Those are really positive things, but the idea that a new artist would need to compete, with themselves and with others for new content every day, I think that's bad for music.
“I don't think that that's going to make things better.”
Brendan believes that truly good songs come from a genuine place, rather than from obsessively analysing trends or statistics.
He added: “I think good songs come from meditation and contemplation and a long walk in the woods, and they don't come from having to worry about what your manager thinks of your most recent content.”
The 52-year-old performer teamed up with Ed Sheeran over the summer to perform Teenage Dirtbag alongside Sheeran’s high school band in Hamburg, Germany. Brendan is excited to build on the new friendship.
He said: "He was quite a gentleman. Invited me to be a part of his immense spaceship show, and I was happy to jump up there. Quite honoured to be included. And his crew and his people are all really lovely, hard-working."
When asked if they plan to record together, he replied: "I think we certainly will. Yeah, I would love to. I talked to him about it yesterday, in fact."
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