whats the problem here?
Think he’s imagined a problem, wrote a song about this imagined problem, then told PR to tell the press of this problem to promote a song about this problem.
I see the problem now - thanks
Surely no one has thought about the Kooks enough this decade to disapprove of their relationships?
Can’t wait for Zach Braff to do one of these
34 and 23 isn’t really that massive an age gap is it. Weird man
The arrogance to think that anyone in the world cares one way or the other about it.
They met when she was 20 which is more grubby but it’s not like anyone gives a shit
I don’t know if this is the first thing that springs to mind for most people when the kooks are mentioned but it is for me
Interesting I’m now seeing an advert for Katie Melua’s latest album
Am i missing something here, this seems pretty nasty especially the last bit. He seems uncomfortable talking about it yet it continues for the last third of the interview. Or is this all just good bants?
Me too. She’s on album 8.
maybe people around him kept commenting on it so he wrote the song cos of that?
his hair’s bad though
It’s fairly gentle ribbing really and all derived from stuff that was already in the public domain. If you don’t think it’s funny that’s obviously fine (but I beg to differ).
That was my big takeaway from the story too. Dreadful lid.
It’s listed as a notable incident on Popworld’s Wikipedia page ![]()
Applying half your age plus seven to 34 gives 24 so it’s exactly one year out from acceptable. Maths.
This has really made me reconsider how I judge people! Such a powerful message.