Oh, no. No no no. I'm sorry, but I can't sugarcoat this. I listened to a couple of your other songs. I couldn't make it much past the two minute mark with this one. The slow, disjointed piano intro was drawn out like Chinese Water Torture. Then your strained vocals kicked in, with no discernible melody, and I had to close the browser window. The mix of your extremely forced and affected vibrato, singing in a different key than the instrumental, and then layering an even more pitchy vocal track over that resulted in what sounded like a warped record playing on an old phonograph, through an industrial-sized fan. This is a bad sound. This song in particular affected me physically, to the point that I had to stop playback. I'm not being dramatic when I say it literally caused me to feel uneasy and anxious. I don't think I've had that happen to that extent, before. I was able to power through The Staircase and More just before this one, even though those were stylistically similar and I found them uncomfortable to listen to. It was quite unsettling, and may have set the mood for my aversion to your "Nothing Compares 2 U" cover. The videos did not help. I watched The Staircase out of morbid curiosity, thinking it was going to end with you flinging yourself down the stairs, and that this was a song about suicide, all along. I've seen you brag about how many albums you put out; you shouldn't be proud of this. You rushed to release a dreadful catalog of music. You are not comparable to Bowie or Radiohead. They are (or were) polished, seasoned musicians. Be humble, check the ego, and accept that you surely could have done better than this, had you just put in the time. And, no, I assure you this isn't part of a "smear campaign", and, yes, I do know what I'm talking about.
My name is Marc Lowe. I make music with Logic. I have released almost 50 albums worldwide in two years. Please check out my cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U". My music is available on most digital platforms. from r/WeAreTheMusicMakers