I’ve been informed that people outside UK generally don’t know or care (not caring is the correct response BTW.).
Still seems bizarre to me.
He caused quite a few wet spots among danish teenage girls in the 90’s - 00’s.
Some people in the UK don’t even care who he is.
If that’s you Robbie fuck off trying to be relevent, this is not that sort of social media place.
Celebrity worship; I just don’t get it.
Would you say he needs to stop, DJ?
Is he making you dance all night??
Not that good with faces or pop singers, but pretty sure it’s Robbie Williams.
Since lemmy-verse user base skews heavily towards the western world, I think the real gap is not going to be UK vs Not UK, but US vs Rest of the World. And since there was a popular movie and a Netflix documentary about him, even Americans are probably more aware of who he is.
Am American and while I recognize the name I wasn’t into his music and forgot his fsce.
I’ve seen Better Man and did not recognize OPs pic as Robbie Williams.
Smuggy McSmugface?
He’s quite a nice guy, actually!
He is pretty well known, or at least used to be more well known (European)
Vaguely familiar
Nope
Yes, i do as a central european. I even have some respect for him as a singer; his music doesn’t fit my taste at all, but he does have a great voice and knows how to use it.
American living in the Netherlands, and I knew of him before moving to Europe. I like some of his music, “Tripping” has a fun video.
Didn’t know until checking comments
AND THROUGH IT ALL, SHE OFFERS ME PROTECTION…
Angels is played a lot as a warm up or “please leave now” song at least in my area in southern Germany
Brit here, I never really thought about it but you’re absolutely right, Angels is such a “please leave now” song lol
It also seems to have a calming effect on drunks, making them more accepting of the fact that the evening has to come to an end. I honestly only have positive (while partially blurry) memories about this song :D
It’s definitely the type of song that plays in the club when the lights are turning on again, people are cleaning up, and you are singing with some random drunk German guy in the arms on the dance floor.
I guess Spain is not that far from the UK, I recognised him easily.
Robby Williams?
Canada. No
Aussie here, Australians love Robbie.
Plus he did that song with Kylie, so if anyone didn’t know him before then they certainly knew him afterwards.
