Veteran producer Tony Visconti is apologizing to Adele for comments he made during a recent interview with a British newspaper.
“You turn the radio on and it’s fluff, you are listening to 90 percent computerized voices,” Visconti told The Daily Star. “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.”
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Published on June 8, the story has steadily gained momentum among music news outlets and made it as far as Adele herself, who in a video posted June 9, is heard telling the crowd at Paris’ AccorHotels Arena, “Some dickhead tried to say that my voice was not me on record. … Dude, suck my dick.”
Now, in an exclusive statement to Billboard, Visconti says, “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.” Currently serving as a judge on British talent show Guitar Star, Visconti, who was David Bowie‘s longtime producer and also worked with T-Rex, Iggy Pop and Morrissey, adds that, “Adele has a great voice and it brings pleasure to millions.”
Guitar Star, currently in its second season, premieres on June 14 on the SkyArts network. Adele is currently in the midst of a world tour which continues through November.