![]() ![]() Things came to a head when the club’s YouTube channel posted a video of both Sturridge and teammate Jordan Ibe covering Drake’s Too Much. He was seen hanging out backstage in the circles of future superstars. Labelled the “only hipster footballer” by Vice, the Liverpool forward latched on to the promising careers of Jessie Ware and LA singer Banks. The first player to catch this new wave was Daniel Sturridge. To be fair to Baines, blogging has moved on from guitar-centric recommendations and into a more pop-oriented world. In Baines’ shadow, new faces have emerged from the Premier League pack. Music’s great loss, however, is that he’s since given up the blogging game, and there’s no Twitter account to keep track of his new discoveries. Writing like a seasoned pro, he’s previously praised Jack White’s “armoury” of a back catalogue. With a similar style to his direct, passing game, Baines knows talent when he spots it, and he’s not afraid to stick his neck out to get results. And in posts since deleted from Everton FC’s site, he cited the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach as a skilled producer. When The xx and Lana Del Rey were starting out and riding the blog wave, this man saw where they were going. Leighton Baines is the man who caught Tame Impala’s hype before they decided to make a pop record with Currents. It has to begin with Everton’s indie-loving left back. These are the names who could, if all things go haywire, shun the Match of the Day pundit job for a buzz band. So here’s a guide to the high-profile Premier League footballers stepping out from behind the pitch and laying their Spotify playlists to the mast. When Louis Van Gaal demands at a post-season dinner that everybody applauds “ a lady who plays the saxophone fantastically”, it’s clear things are getting serious. Now, footballers’ obsession – or in some cases, dependence – on music is becoming clearer. It was a rare phenomenon in 2012, when Leighton Baines was given licence to start his own music blog on Everton’s official club site. Between training and scoring the winner at Old Trafford, they’ve time to reflect on things, invest their wages wisely and maybe even do the unthinkable and scour musical happenings for a hobby. That much is clear from their ability to let off fireworks inside their homes and send threatening Twitter messages to themselves, in public, by mistake. ![]()
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