Tame Impala's Kevin Parker has revealed that he intentionally looks for negative reviews of his music.
In a new interview with RUSSH Magazine, Parker reflected on releasing music by saying, "It's weird these days. Depending on which pocket of the internet you look at, you'll find completely different reactions. I'll go on YouTube or Instagram, and there'll be so much positivity, but I'll still scroll until I find the negative ones. We all do it, right?"
Parker then added that releasing an album can feel "violating," as the music no longer belongs to just him.
"It's this baby that you've been growing for a year, two years, this thing that you've stressed and cried and laughed over - and danced to yourself and loved and hated," he explained.
"This thing you've had following you around for so long, and then it's suddenly seeing the light of day and being shared with the world," he continued. "It's just such an overwhelming idea, you know? The idea of these songs that were once yours, and now are not yours; they belong to the world now. That transition weighs quite heavily on the artist, I think."
He then added, "Sometimes it even feels a little violating. Because they were yours, and now they are not."
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