In a new interview with Complex, Skrillex spoke his mind about his feelings on Deadmau5 following the harsh words that the mau5 had for Marshmello a little more than a year ago. Whether the all white breakout star was actually pestering Zimmerman or it’s a figment of the latter’s imagination, Twitter became a shooting range of words for the mau5 due to this and many other exchanges.
Sonny’s words on the feud became news in itself, and he had this to say about it:
“Marshmello is this young kid who looks up to deadmau5, and the first tweet he gets from deadmau5 is talking shit about him. That’s when I had to stand up and be like, ‘Stop being a fucking bully to people…It’s sad, because I can’t change the way deadmau5 is. He knows he’s an asshole and he glorifies himself that way. I think he’s probably ashamed of it. He’s a different person in the public than he is in person.”
The OWSLA head also had thoughts about Deadmau5’s music:
“He’s a little more sensitive in the DMs, but when it comes to his public image, I don’t know. Maybe it’s because his music hasn’t been as ambitious; I think he may be scared to really step outside of what he does. But when someone else tries to do something new and they’re successful at it? I’ve put plenty of other records out that aren’t as successful but he doesn’t talk about those, you know what I mean? He’s only talking about things that are popping off.”
Skrillex talks about a range of topics in this full-length interview with complex, reflecting on hilarious memories with Jared Leto on the Purple Lamborghini video set and detailing his thoughts on and big companies vs. Artists in the Dance music industry. Read the full interview here.
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