Morrissey believes that the media are peddling miserable lies to "delete" his "central essence" in The Smiths.
In a website post titled 'Cancel culture begins at home', the 64-year-old singer alleges that dark forces are conspiring to downplay his pivotal role in the iconic Manchester indie band.
He writes: “There is also an obvious media shift to delete me from being the central essence of The Smiths, but this cannot work because I invented the group name, the song-titles, the album titles, the artwork, the vocal melodies, and all of the lyrical sentiments came from my heart. And so it's a bit like saying Mick Jagger had nothing to do with the Stones.”
