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How to be a totally relatable rockstar by Alex Turner & Chris Martin (This Week's Singles)
How to be a totally relatable rockstar by Alex Turner & Chris Martin (This Week's Singles)
rleedham by Robert Leedham June 23rd, 2014

It’s tough being a supermassive music god. Sure you’ve got millions of adoring fans, a mansion in L.A. and a bountiful supply of Class A narcotics, but that 45p tax rate is a complete arsehole. More importantly, no one ever treats you like a normal human being.

When you saunter into a room of non-celebrities you can tell they’re thinking ‘there’s that tit from Brits’ or ‘who are the other members of Coldplay?’ Behind those multi-platinum album plaques beats the aching heart of a real person. If only there was a wildly popular online platform through which you could correct the faceless masses and make them see you’re just like them. A better-tanned, more talented version of them.

Thank heavens Alex Turner and Chris Martin have unveiled their 13 tips to be a totally relatable rock star. Brace yourself for some important life learnings...

1) Don’t star in your own music video


Because playing an instrument to camera is so passé.

2) Hire a stunning actress

to play your ex-girlfriend instead


The ability to look sad while wearing a bra is a must.

3) Or dress up like a super-rich one-man-band


With an iPad strapped to your leg for added boho authenticity.

4) Prank about like a top lad


All aboard the banter-mobile, Turno’s riding it straight to LOLville.

5) But try not to succumb to vanity


By watching your own music video in a shop window, for example.

6) Or compare your recent heartache

to the struggle for racial equality


Chris Martin Luther King. Has nice ring to it, don’t you reckon?

7) Better to show off the ex-girlfriend

and her insatiable appetite for red meat


No idea what that’s meant to signify. At all.

8) Remember to smile when accosted by poor people


Kindness costs nothing. A 2nd Tier Hospitality ticket to see Coldplay at the Royal Albert Hall costs £410.

9) And show off your bedroom eyes

if you like the look of them


Mmmmm. Piercing.

10) That’s a seriously important point


Lunging is best avoided though.

11) When you’ve finished emphasising

just how attractive your ex was...


Just look at her, alright?

12) Let off some confetti in her memory

and applaud the audience for their understanding


Acceptance at last!

14) After all, you’re a totally relatable rockstar

Playlist: Best of 2014... so far


Also released this week

Andrea Balency - Walls EP (Bataille)
Blessa - Love Is An Evol World EP (Carmel Records / Generator)
Filter Dread - MIDI Space’ EP (Ramp)
Foster The People - Best Friend (Columbia)
Gracias - Slow It Down (Cocoa Music)
Invisible Hands - Just (All My Friends Records)
Life - Take Off With You (self-released)
Novo Amor & Ed Tullett - Faux (Brilliance / Dumont Dumont)
Phantogram - Fall In Love (Island Records)
Pulled Apart By Horses - Hot Squash (Sony/Red)
Rachel Taylor - Come Alive EP (Republic Records)
Sam Brookes - This Is The Place (self-released)
Sophie Ellis Bextor - Love Is A Camera (Douglas Valentine)
Straight Arrows - Make Up Your Mind (Agitated Records)
Technology + Teamwork - Small Victory (Parlour Records)
The/Das - My Made Up Spook (Sinnbus)
The Dead Daisies - Face I Love EP (Spitfire Music/PIAS)
The Kooks - Around Time (Virgin/EMI)
The Moons - Body Snatchers (Schnitzel Records)
Tops - Change Of Heart (Arbutus Records)
Tussilago - Say Hello (Ingrid)


DiS Does Singles returns next week with fewer GIFs and more new music. That's a promise.

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