Chesney Hawkes performs on Top of the Pops in 1991 Chesney Hawkes has claimed he feels that the "mystique" which used to exist between pop stars and the audience has disappeared. Speaking exclusively to Express.co.
uk in advance of the upcoming Reminisce Festival in Sherdley Park next month he lamented the lack of mystery surrounding contemporary stars. "The kind of mystique of pop stardom that we used to have back in the day has been eroded away because of social media and the internet and everything is so accessible," he said. "Prince is my favourite artist of all time, and I love the fact that I didn't really know much about him.
That he was kind of mysterious, and he was a genius at creating that kind of image. Some artists are. "These days, you know what Harry Styles had for dinner, there's so much information floating around about these people that you don't have that mystique so much anymore," he pondered speaking.
"If your music's good it should get some kind of traction, and people start listening and then you figure out how to do it you can make a living out of that and have a career out of that - basically, putting the music out online and figuring figuring it out themselves." READ MORE: I visited the iconic Friends apartment - here are five things I wasn't expecting Chesney Hawkes is still touring and recording after finding fame in the 90s (Image: Getty) He added that people needed help from outside sources, praising those who can get it done differently today. Ch.