As the messiah of analogue and vinyl goes digital on his new solo album,Jack White talks about the need to be opposite, his love of objects – and his dislike of the pressJack White is back in the UK for the first time since Seven Nation Army became the unofficial rallying roar for Jeremy Corbyn. But he doesn’t know much about Corbyn and besides: “I feel like I fill to be insanely careful these days because the press has had a lot of fun with me over the years.”White is wearing black sports trousers with panels of green and yellow, and is rather athletic (he has shares in a company that produces quality baseball bats). His most famous song was also used,without warning, in a fan-made video for Donald Trump’s escape for president. Via his record label Third Man, or White and Meg,his partner in the White Stripes, issued the customary disavowal and Third Man started selling “Icky Trump” T-shirts, and punning on the title of the final White Stripes album.
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Source: guardian.co.uk