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The Jai Paul album release / leak has been a big talking point - and one of some confusion over what actually took place. UK singer / songwriter Scrimshire however, claims he can understand why Jai Paul may have leaked his own album - if that is what happened.
Rising star Scrimshire claims that from an artist's perspective, it is easy to see the temptation of leaking your own music.
"It's tempting," Adam Scrimshire tells Gigwise. "It's definitely tempting because I think the pre-order, pre-release thing is so weird and complex and oddball that I can definitely see why some people would say, 'Let's sack it off and get it out there."
That said, it's also not something that's going to work for everyone. People need to care about the music you're leaking.
"You need to be a certain type of person," Scrimshire clarifies. "It works for Jai Paul, there's so much buzz about what he does and there's a significant, interested following already.
"Some people have a lot more barriers that they need to breakdown before they release their music and need that pre-release period to do it.
"If you've got the buzz and you want to do it, just do it.
Jai Paul claims his laptop was stolen and he didn't upload the tracks
"It's not quite the same, but even Bowie was just like, 'Here's the song'. If the world knows what your music is about and the online community wants to talk about it, you drop it and they're just going to go crazy and it'll spread and spread."
But undoubtedly talk on the music Jai Paul actually released has been eclipsed by talk of what the real story behind it is.
"I'm just totally fascinated by what actually happened," Scrimshire says. "It sounds suspect that they were stolen and put online. I can't want to find out what the full story is."
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