White Lies bassist Charles Cave doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of other rock bands by collaborating with any rap acts.
Coldplay are one example of a UK act to cross into the hip-hop, with Chris Martin working with rapper Jay-Z on more than one occasion, but Charles told Orange he doesn't feel an affiliation to the genre.
He said: "Without sounding controversial I think that's a style of music I would feel a little bit awkward about trying to understand."
He added: "A lot of bands do it and it just ends up sounding kind of wrong. Even Aerosmith and Run DMC [collaborating on 'Walk This Way'] was a little bit weird."
To read the rest of Orange's interview with Charles, click through to the White Lies artist page below.
White Lies' debut album, To Lose My Life, is out on Monday (19 January).
Coldplay are one example of a UK act to cross into the hip-hop, with Chris Martin working with rapper Jay-Z on more than one occasion, but Charles told Orange he doesn't feel an affiliation to the genre.
He said: "Without sounding controversial I think that's a style of music I would feel a little bit awkward about trying to understand."
He added: "A lot of bands do it and it just ends up sounding kind of wrong. Even Aerosmith and Run DMC [collaborating on 'Walk This Way'] was a little bit weird."
To read the rest of Orange's interview with Charles, click through to the White Lies artist page below.
White Lies' debut album, To Lose My Life, is out on Monday (19 January).
