{"id":209090,"date":"2025-11-27T06:17:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T11:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/11\/27\/franz-ferdinands-alex-kapronos-once-got-a-bizarre-tweet-from-donald-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T06:17:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T11:17:43","slug":"franz-ferdinands-alex-kapronos-once-got-a-bizarre-tweet-from-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/11\/27\/franz-ferdinands-alex-kapronos-once-got-a-bizarre-tweet-from-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Franz Ferdinand\u2019s Alex Kapronos Once Got a \u2018Bizarre\u2019 Tweet From Donald\u00a0Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/franz-ferdinand\/\">Franz Ferdinand<\/a> and Donald Trump share almost nothing in common, apart from their Scottish heritage, and an unexpected interaction on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe alternative rock outfit is currently in Australia for a national tour, kicking Wednesday, Nov. 26 at Red Hill Auditorium in Perth, Western Australia, and visiting Brisbane, Thirroul and Melbourne, before wrapping up in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenation.com.au\/franz-ferdinand-tickets-adp7\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAs the \u201cTake Me Out\u201d singers bang the drum for those dates, frontman Alex Kapronos stopped by Triple M for a chat with WA-based breakfast show hosts<em>\u00a0Robbie &amp; Carly<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tConversation, naturally, turned to the weather \u2014 where the band has come from, and the blazing heat they\u2019ve arrived in \u2014 and the political climate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe band penned the 2016 track \u201cDemagogue\u201d when\u00a0Trump\u00a0was still a candidate for the presidential election, which he went on to win, against most political observers\u2019 predictions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWith \u201cDemagogue,\u201d Franz Ferdinand proved once more that Scots don\u2019t mince their words.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cFrom the wall straight to la cuenta\/Those pussy grabbing fingers won\u2019t let go of me now,\u201d the sing early on. And later, \u201cFrom the mob to chapter eleven\/Those tiny vulgar fingers on the nuclear bomb.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Franz Ferdinand - Demagogue\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/niJtpcgtUQs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhen asked the band had heard from Trump\u2019s camp, Kapronos quipped: \u201cHe\u2019s a sensitive chap, isn\u2019t he? When we wrote that song, he was only just going forward as a candidate. We were writing from the perspective of, \u2018Oh God, imagine if\u2026\u2019 And here we are\u2026 we don\u2019t need to imagine anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tKapronos \u201cdidn\u2019t hear anything back from him personally, although years ago he replied to a tweet of mine, which was bizarre,\u201d he reveals. Also, one of Trump\u2019s daughters \u201ccrashed backstage at one of our shows back in 2004,\u201d he recounts. \u201cIt was like, \u2018Who\u2019s this woman in our dressing room?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe band has begun their tour down under at the best possible time. \u201cWe left a very rainy, cold, dark Europe to come to a beautiful springtime Australia \u2014 and you feel that energy,\u201d Kapronos remarks. \u201cIt lifts you up. Even if you\u2019re hungover or jet-lagged, the energy of the crowd is transformative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAlso, Kapranos notes, the group\u2019s Perth show will something of a family affair. \u201cMy sister\u2019s husband is a Perth boy, so we know quite a few folk here. I think we\u2019ve got a guest list of 60! Perth feels like nowhere else on earth: the trees, the plants, the wildlife, it\u2019s so unique.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFormed in Glasgow in 2002, Franz Ferdinand has landed seven U.K. top 10 albums, including a No. 1 with 2005\u2019s You Could Have It So Much Better, and scooped best British group and best rock act at the BRIT Award in the same year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTheir U.S. chart story includes two hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and five appearances on the Billboard 200, including two top 10s. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tStream the Triple M interview <a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/robbie-carly-for-breakfast-triple-m-wa\/i-used-to-drink-whiskey-before-going-on-stage-to-kill-the-fear-then-i-realized-that-fear-is-the-best-buzz-it-s-like-jumping-off-the-highest-diving-board-franz-ferdinand-alex-and-julian\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rock\/franz-ferdinand-alex-kapronos-tweet-donald-trump-1236124132\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Franz Ferdinand and Donald Trump share almost nothing in common, apart from their Scottish heritage, and an unexpected interaction on social media. The alternative rock outfit is currently in Australia for a national tour, kicking Wednesday, Nov. 26 at Red Hill Auditorium in Perth, Western Australia, and visiting Brisbane, Thirroul and Melbourne, before wrapping up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}