Mumford & Sons criticise Tidal and its “new school fucking plutocrats”

Mumford & Sons members Marcus Mumford and Winston Marshall have criticised Tidal and Jay Z during an interview with The Daily Beast.

When asked whether Jay Z or other owners reached out to invite Mumford & Sons to the platform, Marcus Mumford said that they had not, and that they wouldn’t have “joined it anyway”. Mumford said:

“We don’t want to be tribal. I think smaller bands should get paid more for it, too. Bigger bands have other ways of making money, so I don’t think you can complain. A band of our size shouldn’t be complaining. And when they say it’s artist-owned, it’s owned by those rich, wealthy artists.”

Guitarist Winston Marshall added that the artists involved were “new school fucking plutocrats,” while stating that like Taylor Swift, they don’t want to be part of an “anti-streaming revolution” brigade.

“I don’t understand her argument, either. The focus is slightly missed. Music is changing. It’s fucking changing. This is how people are going to listen to music now - streaming. So diversify as a band. It doesn’t mean selling your songs to adverts. We look at our albums as stand-alone pieces of art, and also as adverts for our live shows.”

Read the full interview over on The Daily Beast’s website here.