Music critic and producer Pavel Rudchenko said that some Western artists are participating in the information war against Russia. In this respect informs News.ru.
As an example, he cited Scorpions who remade the hit Wind of Change and added the word “Ukraine” there, and Paul McCartney, who waved the Ukrainian flag at one of the concerts and then refused to sing Back in the USSR. I don’t think it’s just stupid because it all started at the same time and this agenda is evolving according to a single scenario. It seems to me that there is support for information warfare through the development of a certain ideology, stars and public figures, the same McCartney or Scorpions,” he said.
Rudchenko pointed out that previously in the United States, artists often perform in line with the political interests of certain individuals. “Positions were given, the same Lady Gaga took a public position. “It’s definitely an information warfare tool,” Rudchenko said.
Several foreign artists decided to stop touring in Russia, stopped performing pieces related to the country or corrected their own compositions. For example, Klaus Meine, formerly the leader and vocalist of Scorpions, aforementioned In an interview with Die Zeit, it’s the main reason they changed the lyrics for their hit Wind of Change. He stated that his words “romanticized Russia”.