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The Cure’s Robert Smith on Chappell Roan’s Issues With Obsessive Fan Behavior: ‘It’s Horrible Being Gawked at All the Time’
Robert Smith can relate to Chappell Roan when it comes to setting boundaries with fans.
Two months after The Cure released its latest album “Songs of a Lost World,” Smith was a guest on the BBC podcast “Sidetracked.” When asked about Roan drawing headlines as an artist not taking abuse from fans and the media, Smith talked about his experience as the lead singer of the prolific British rock band. Over the years when The Cure became more popular, though, Smith experienced obsessive fan behavior. Smith acknowledged how the experience for artists like Roan who rise to fame in such a short period of time can be even more difficult when “you’re not grounded at a lower level.”
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