PANIC! At The Disco’s Brendon Urie dubbed the male Miley Cyrus after he stripped naked for video
THE frontman stripped for his new video but insists he has nothing on Cyrus and shows his support for the Wrecking Ball singer.
PANIC! At The Disco’s Brendon Urie has been dubbed the male Miley after he stripped naked for a video.
And the indie frontman is planning to team up with the ex-Disney star.
While Miley Cyrus caused a stir going naked for Wrecking Ball, Brendon, 26, has sparked an internet meltdown with his nude posing in his Girls/Girls/Boys video.
He said: “It’s great being called the male Miley. I’ll take it. That’s funny.
“Miley is great. Our albums were out the same week in America.
“Hers went to No1 and ours went to No2 and she tweeted us to say well done. That was cool.
“We’ve talked about hanging out and will see what comes of it.
“We should definitely consider a collaboration video.”
Not surprisingly, Brendon supports Miley, who has been getting a hard time for her awards twerking and stripping for the Wrecking Ball video.
Brendon said: “I back Miley. Music can bring weird people together.
“Who’d have thought two people like us would be talking about doing something?”
While millions of indie kids pored over his video, Brendon also got criticism from earlier fans of the band, who thought they were selling out.
He said: “It was a conscious decision. I wanted to remake the video by D’Angelo for Untitled (How Does It Feel).
“I wanted to step out and put myself out there and be open.
“I’ve always been unashamed of my body and who I am, so it made sense.
“I did get people saying, ‘You’re just like Miley in Wrecking Ball’.
“But I’m not a sexy, young girl who is naked. I’m a married dude.”
His wife Sarah, whom he married in April, was supportive.
He laughed: “Before I’d even finished my sentence explaining I was going to go nude for a video she said, ‘OK. Have fun being naked’.
“She knows me all too well and knows how comfortable I am doing that. She supported it. She’s the best.”
The Girls/Girls/Boys song, like the rest of fourth album Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, sounds very different to the emo of their 2005 debut A Fever You Can’t Sweat
Out. Synth-heavy, dancey and sounding like Maroon 5 at times, it’s the band’s most commercial album to date.
But Panic! have always kept people guessing and have veered from baroque pop to pop punk before.
Brendon explained: “The band started with no set rules. We never decided we can’t do this or that.
“I love when a record or a piece of music polarises people. It’s not middle-ground. People either love or hate the new album and I love that.
“I love that it gave people such a strong opinion because that means we are doing something right.”
Neither of the band’s founder members - Ryan Ross or Spencer Smith - are now in the band.
Ryan left in 2009 and this year Spencer left to battle with alcohol and prescription pills abuse.
Brendon, who joined the band as guitarist, said about Spencer: “The door is always open. He’s doing really well and we hope it continues.
“Hopefully, in future we’ll have a discussion but now we can’t think about it. It’s about him getting the help he deserves.”
The band, whose fourth album has gone to No2 in the US and No10 in the UK, play Edinburgh’s The Picture House on November 18.
Brendon, who first played in Scotland when he was 18, is a big fan of the country and of Biffy Clyro.
He said: “I saw them three or four years ago at a festival in Europe. I thought, ‘That’s a pretty cool name’.
“They are great. They’ve got a lot of high energy and cool musicality.”
With a name like Urie you’d expect Brendon to have some Scots roots, but his dad thinks the name is Welsh.
He laughed: “Sadly, I didn’t wear a kilt or eat haggis as a kid. I wish I did.
“I’ve always loved playing Scotland. I remember how wide my eyes were when I first played at the age of 18.
“The crowds are always intense and Edinburgh is going to be awesome.”
* Panic! At The Disco play The Picture House, Edinburgh, on November 18. Too Weird To Live, Too Rare to Die! is out now.
Source: Daily Record
PANIC! At The Disco’s Brendon Urie has been dubbed the male Miley after he stripped naked for a video.
And the indie frontman is planning to team up with the ex-Disney star.
While Miley Cyrus caused a stir going naked for Wrecking Ball, Brendon, 26, has sparked an internet meltdown with his nude posing in his Girls/Girls/Boys video.
He said: “It’s great being called the male Miley. I’ll take it. That’s funny.
“Miley is great. Our albums were out the same week in America.
“Hers went to No1 and ours went to No2 and she tweeted us to say well done. That was cool.
“We’ve talked about hanging out and will see what comes of it.
“We should definitely consider a collaboration video.”
Not surprisingly, Brendon supports Miley, who has been getting a hard time for her awards twerking and stripping for the Wrecking Ball video.
Brendon said: “I back Miley. Music can bring weird people together.
“Who’d have thought two people like us would be talking about doing something?”
While millions of indie kids pored over his video, Brendon also got criticism from earlier fans of the band, who thought they were selling out.
He said: “It was a conscious decision. I wanted to remake the video by D’Angelo for Untitled (How Does It Feel).
“I wanted to step out and put myself out there and be open.
“I’ve always been unashamed of my body and who I am, so it made sense.
“I did get people saying, ‘You’re just like Miley in Wrecking Ball’.
“But I’m not a sexy, young girl who is naked. I’m a married dude.”
His wife Sarah, whom he married in April, was supportive.
He laughed: “Before I’d even finished my sentence explaining I was going to go nude for a video she said, ‘OK. Have fun being naked’.
“She knows me all too well and knows how comfortable I am doing that. She supported it. She’s the best.”
The Girls/Girls/Boys song, like the rest of fourth album Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, sounds very different to the emo of their 2005 debut A Fever You Can’t Sweat
Out. Synth-heavy, dancey and sounding like Maroon 5 at times, it’s the band’s most commercial album to date.
But Panic! have always kept people guessing and have veered from baroque pop to pop punk before.
Brendon explained: “The band started with no set rules. We never decided we can’t do this or that.
“I love when a record or a piece of music polarises people. It’s not middle-ground. People either love or hate the new album and I love that.
“I love that it gave people such a strong opinion because that means we are doing something right.”
Neither of the band’s founder members - Ryan Ross or Spencer Smith - are now in the band.
Ryan left in 2009 and this year Spencer left to battle with alcohol and prescription pills abuse.
Brendon, who joined the band as guitarist, said about Spencer: “The door is always open. He’s doing really well and we hope it continues.
“Hopefully, in future we’ll have a discussion but now we can’t think about it. It’s about him getting the help he deserves.”
The band, whose fourth album has gone to No2 in the US and No10 in the UK, play Edinburgh’s The Picture House on November 18.
Brendon, who first played in Scotland when he was 18, is a big fan of the country and of Biffy Clyro.
He said: “I saw them three or four years ago at a festival in Europe. I thought, ‘That’s a pretty cool name’.
“They are great. They’ve got a lot of high energy and cool musicality.”
With a name like Urie you’d expect Brendon to have some Scots roots, but his dad thinks the name is Welsh.
He laughed: “Sadly, I didn’t wear a kilt or eat haggis as a kid. I wish I did.
“I’ve always loved playing Scotland. I remember how wide my eyes were when I first played at the age of 18.
“The crowds are always intense and Edinburgh is going to be awesome.”
* Panic! At The Disco play The Picture House, Edinburgh, on November 18. Too Weird To Live, Too Rare to Die! is out now.
Source: Daily Record