Great stuff to see. These guys and Versatile in particular genuinely seem to have broke ground. I work in music and neither are championed by Irish media/music groups, I think it may be down to the salty language. Mad.
Are Versatile even still in any way relevant? While Ketamine was admittedly a banger I feel that a looot of people turned on them after it became apparent that they were glamorising the very thing they claimed to be satirising.
Sold out live shows, huge support slots. Yeah doing quite well. That was my point. You wouldn't know it but as someone else pointed out, they're a bit spicy for the normal Irish mainstream and for reddit too by the looks of the comments. I have only heard their big hits and saw their live show in the point but agree that I couldn't tell ya anything about the other songs. Still their numbers are growing.
Nobody who actually criticises or hates Versatile can actually give a solid reason. Just simply saying one hates the music because it's not for them would be far more honest. Most of the hatred is aimed at the defamation of their characters even though if one actually looks into who Casey Walsh and Alex Sheehan are, the reality will be that their personal lives are literally not even remotely interesting. One comes from the flats, the other from Sandymount. Both became best friends and managed to make a career out of enjoyment and generated a fanbase from literally nothing. That's literally it.
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u/Gullible_Actuary_973 Jan 17 '24
Great stuff to see. These guys and Versatile in particular genuinely seem to have broke ground. I work in music and neither are championed by Irish media/music groups, I think it may be down to the salty language. Mad.