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Queen's Roger Taylor is pulling no punches on new solo album Violence Insane In A Beautiful World
https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/queen-roger-taylor-new-solo-album-violence-insane-in-a-beautiful-world"My wife says she's leaving the country if Nigel Farage gets in, and I don't blame her." Horrified by the state of the planet, Queen's Roger Taylor is pulling no punches on new solo album Violence Insane In A Beautiful World
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By Paul Brannigan ( Classic Rock, Louder ) published 10 June 2026
"What a beautiful world we live in, don't f*** it up"
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“It's in the title really," says Taylor, "what a beautiful world we live in, don't fuck it up. There seems to be all this insanity at the moment. The violence in the world seems to be as bad as it ever was, at any point, and certainly in my lifetime. It's just horrific, a lot of insane violence. And we do seem to be fucking up the world, plastics in the sea, and all these awful wars everywhere, and hatred born of different religions.
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"A Beautiful World is written from the view of an alien in a spacecraft literally orbiting the world and thinking how beautiful it is," Taylor explains. "On close observation, he sees there's problems, there's infection, all the violence and horrors that occur, and then there's a list of all the great things about the earth."
Taylor admits that, while the tone of the album is hopeful, he isn't overly optimistic about the state of the world in 2026, or indeed the current political climate in Britain.
“With Nigel Garage (sic) looming, no," he says. "My wife says she's leaving the country if he gets in, and I don't blame her. It's like Trump, really. You can't believe how popular he was. I'm not sure he's quite as popular now, people are finally coming to their senses, but I can't believe how popular Farage, who is intrinsically a horrible man, is, but he's a populist, demagogue, politician appealing to the lowest sort of ideals.”
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News
By Paul Brannigan ( Classic Rock, Louder ) published 10 June 2026
"What a beautiful world we live in, don't f*** it up"
-snip-
“It's in the title really," says Taylor, "what a beautiful world we live in, don't fuck it up. There seems to be all this insanity at the moment. The violence in the world seems to be as bad as it ever was, at any point, and certainly in my lifetime. It's just horrific, a lot of insane violence. And we do seem to be fucking up the world, plastics in the sea, and all these awful wars everywhere, and hatred born of different religions.
-snip-
"A Beautiful World is written from the view of an alien in a spacecraft literally orbiting the world and thinking how beautiful it is," Taylor explains. "On close observation, he sees there's problems, there's infection, all the violence and horrors that occur, and then there's a list of all the great things about the earth."
Taylor admits that, while the tone of the album is hopeful, he isn't overly optimistic about the state of the world in 2026, or indeed the current political climate in Britain.
“With Nigel Garage (sic) looming, no," he says. "My wife says she's leaving the country if he gets in, and I don't blame her. It's like Trump, really. You can't believe how popular he was. I'm not sure he's quite as popular now, people are finally coming to their senses, but I can't believe how popular Farage, who is intrinsically a horrible man, is, but he's a populist, demagogue, politician appealing to the lowest sort of ideals.”
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