On The Cure’s new album, Songs Of A Lost World — their first in 16 years — Robert Smith’s voice sounds the same as it does on their classic records. And the frontman says he’ll keep singing until his voice doesn’t hold up anymore — or “until people tell [me] to stop.”
Speaking to the U.K.’s Radio X, Smith says that his voice is still in good shape because he quit smoking when he turned 40 — and because of his “genes.” “I’m fortunate to have the genes that I have, because I have really not paid great attention to longevity in my own personal life up until the age of 50,” said Smith, 65.
“I mean, I was astonished that I got to 50 and then I started to think I’d probably like to get to 60. And so I started to moderate a bit,” he said. “And then you turn 60. Really every year is a bit of a bonus for me. So I suppose as a consequence of that, my voice has held up probably a lot longer than I thought.”
However, Smith is aware that his voice will “go at some point.” But he just deals with that by thinking about what his dad would say.
“My dad would sing every day into his 90s,” he noted. “So he would say to me, just, like, keep singing. He’d always say that to me. Just keep singing until people tell you to stop.”
Songs Of A Lost World debuted at #1 in the U.K. and is the band’s highest-charting release in the U.S. in 32 years.
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On The Cure’s new album, Songs Of A Lost World — their first in 16 years — Robert Smith’s voice sounds the same as it does on their classic records. And the frontman says he’ll keep singing until his voice doesn’t hold up anymore — or “until people tell [me] to stop.”
Speaking to the U.K.’s Radio X, Smith says that his voice is still in good shape because he quit smoking when he turned 40 — and because of his “genes.” “I’m fortunate to have the genes that I have, because I have really not paid great attention to longevity in my own personal life up until the age of 50,” said Smith, 65.
“I mean, I was astonished that I got to 50 and then I started to think I’d probably like to get to 60. And so I started to moderate a bit,” he said. “And then you turn 60. Really every year is a bit of a bonus for me. So I suppose as a consequence of that, my voice has held up probably a lot longer than I thought.”
However, Smith is aware that his voice will “go at some point.” But he just deals with that by thinking about what his dad would say.
“My dad would sing every day into his 90s,” he noted. “So he would say to me, just, like, keep singing. He’d always say that to me. Just keep singing until people tell you to stop.”
Songs Of A Lost World debuted at #1 in the U.K. and is the band’s highest-charting release in the U.S. in 32 years.
Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.