Morrissey Addresses Miley Cyrus Exit, Bemoans "Cancel Vultures"

"Cancel Vultures" rise up

BY Sydney BrasilPublished Jan 6, 2023

Once again, Morrissey has had enough. After being dragged back into the news cycle after Miley Cyrus axed her involvement in his upcoming album, Moz has taken to his official website to post an egregious rant about not only Cyrus' departure, but cancel culture as a whole. 

The rant begins with a takedown of cancel culture, as he asks why the media is still so obsessed with him despite his apparent cancellation: "I had secretly hoped that the glorious benefit of being cancelled would be that I could never again receive a bad review, because even to give me yet another oh-so-predictable bad review confirms that I am not, after all, cancelled," he wrote. Perhaps he's throwing shade at Exclaim!'s 1/10 review of California Son?

He then goes on to call journalists who give his albums bad reviews "Cancel Vultures" — a label this particular writer now identifies with — saying the worst thing about said vultures is that they "cannot ever apologize for being wrong." Sound familiar?

As for the matter of Miley Cyrus, the disgraced Smiths bandleader said she was pulled from the Bonfire of Teenagers track "I Am Veronica" as she "had a major clash with a key figure in 'the circle,'" though he's keeping the specifics of the altercation concealed as the matter is apparently private. 

"Miley knew everything about me when she arrived to sing 'I Am Veronica' almost two years ago; she walked into the studio already singing the song. She volunteered. I did not ask her to get involved," he penned.

In addition to all this, Morrissey's statement also denies that his politics align with the far right. The singer has instead referred to himself as "apolitical," claiming to have never voted for a political party in his life. "I am therefore sorry to report to some of you that I am absolutely not Far Right. If your wearisome echo disapproves of me not being Far Right, I wish you the hope that you deny yourself."

This claim contradicts his prior support for far-right political party For Britain, but maybe he's conveniently forgotten about that.

The rant goes into far too many corners than we could hope to cover in one article. Read the full novella on the Morrissey Central website, if you're into that sort of thing. 

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