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Tony Visconti has issued a non-apology for suggesting Adele’s voice was digitally manipulated, after the singer told him to “suck my dick.”
Speaking to The Daily Star last week, the David Bowie producer said, “You turn the radio on and it’s fluff, you are listening to 90% computerised voices. We know Adele has a great voice but it’s even questionable if that is actually her voice or how much has been manipulated. We don’t know.”
Unsurprisingly, Adele wasn’t thrilled at the comments. “Some dickhead tried to say that my voice wasn’t me on record,” she told crowds at her Paris gig, adding, “Dude, suck my dick.”
In a classic case of ‘sorry not sorry’, Visconti has now released a statement to Billboard, saying, "I’m sorry that what I said in regards to what’s being played on radio was misconstrued yet I cannot apologize for something taken the wrong way. If Adele has taken my comments as offensive that was certainly not my intent.”
He did at least concede, “Adele has a great voice and it brings pleasure to millions.”
