Singer Nielson is confronted with good Trumpian situations at Radio 538: one critical remark and all support is withdrawn. “It also feels a bit like I’m getting punished.”
Radio 538 has a section in which listeners can choose which song they want to hear more often, they opted for the new song by Nielson, but that conscious song According to him, ‘shards’ was then not turned at all. Weird, the singer thinks, and he posted a message on Threads. It followed? Talpa Radio cancels him.
Complain about airplay
Nielson stays with his opinion. “My point was: why would you ask the audience for their opinion if it is not your intention to really do something with it? It may give a little false hope to both the listener and the maker, “he explains in a movie on Tap.
He continues: “Apparently I made 538 very angry with this, which I find very unfortunate, because I have been very happy to make music for a long time and I have been getting a lot of support from them for years. I am also the last one you hear complaining about AirPlay, because of course I am a hugely privileged musician and I am also very aware of that. ”
“Why does it exist?”
Nielson, however, remains performance -oriented. “Yes, of course it doesn’t mean that I don’t get very happy when the 538 listener says:” Yes, we would like to hear that new song from Nielson more often. ” It really doesn’t matter how long you have made music, you hope every time people like it and if it is, but then nothing is done with that result … “
“Yes, then you start thinking and at some point I thought: why does that section actually exist? Well, 538 was not amused That I said something about that or the way I said it, “says the Threads rebel.
Nielson canceled
And now Nielson is no longer welcome at the largest 538 party of the year. “They have withdrawn my invitation to come and play on King’s Day. I thought that was quite a very fierce reaction, because I have a warm heart for 538 and it also feels a bit like I am being punished for expressing an opinion. ”
Why does he share this? “It feels strange not to let this know, so with this one. Happy King’s Day all! ”
What does Radio 538 say?
What do Radio 538 and parent company Talpa Radio say about this? He states that there were only ‘exploratory conversations’ with Nielson. “No definitive booking had yet emerged from this. We have those exploratory conversations with dozens of artists. “
The spokesperson says according to Nu.nl Not when 538 decided not to book Nielson for the festival on King’s Day, and whether his criticism of the channel was the reason for that. “We make no further statements about that.”
And that of course says enough. 538 loves artists, provided they keep their mouths shut and nod when John de Mol passes by. It’s all going well again.