Robbie Williams is loving swear words instead but radio isn’t. The Take That man has been forced to clean up the naughty words in his latest single which is a collaboration with indie legends Reverend & The Makers.
POTTY mouthed Robbie Williams has been forced to change the title of his sweary new single so it will get on the radio.
The former Take That star, who overtook The Beatles with his record-breaking 16th No1 album earlier this year, has now teamed up with indie heroes Reverend & The Makers for a risque new anthem that required sanitising.
Jon McClure, frontman of Reverend & The Makers told the Daily Star: “We have a single coming out with Robbie Williams, a duet.
“It’s actually called F**ked Up, but obviously owing to radio regs it’s now going to be called Messed Up.
“The lyrics are very much centered on being wild when you’re first in a band and what happens to you when you’re thrust unwittingly onto this rollercoaster with no preparation or counselling or any kind of experience of it.
“And what happens to you there which is obviously his experience and to some degree mine as well.
“We love Rob. Good guy.”
Robbie plans to perform the tune as part of the summer’s World Cup celebrations – held in the US, Canada and Mexico – after becoming FIFA Music Ambassador in 2025.
Rob has previously recorded official FIFA Anthem Desire and McClure revealed: “Robbie’s actually going to be doing some stuff out there because he’s in with (FIFA President) Gianni Infantino.
“So, I have had a bunch of offers to invite me over there. So let’s see I think there’s a permutation where England could end up in Mexico City in the Azteca stadium.”
Messed Up will be released in April ahead of the band’s new album, Is This How Happiness Feels?
Explaining how they became part of Robbie’s inner circle Jon said: “Recently we’ve been on tour with Rob and he is possibly the nicest person I’ve ever met in the music industry.
“He has just gone on an amazing personal journey which has landed him in a position of just being this sort of wise elder and the way he conducts himself around people is remarkable and I want to be like him when I grow up.
“He’s just a lovely, lovely man and it’s been obviously a pleasure to get to know him and become friends with him and do a musical collaboration.
“It’s hopefully going to come out in April. We’re just trying to fix a time to do a video together, but It’s track three on the album.”
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