Trent Reznor: 'What Is It That's Good About Drake?'

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Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor doesn’t get why Drake is so popular.

“I’ve asked people, ‘What is it that’s good about Drake?’ I’ve said to my friends at Apple: ‘Explain to me why.’ As the old guy, I don’t see it,” he said in an interview with Vulture.

“I don’t pay much attention, but I see what Drake’s been able to pull off in terms of being omnipresent and constantly engaging an audience that seems to enjoy the way he’s engaging them.”

Reznor said he wasn’t asking cynically. “I was curious what it is that he's touching on,” he added. “The answers I got made me go, ‘That's it?’ But knowing the right way to interact with your crowd in a way that feels cool is a good thing.”

The 52-year-old rock star also took issue with Nicki Minaj's video for “Anaconda.”

He said: “Is that supposed to be sexy? How about we just have full gynecological probing in a video? There's a vulgarity to it. I don't know. Maybe lines are being pushed in that way and I'm just blind to it.”

Reznor’s not a Trump supporter either.

“He’s a f***ing vulgarian. Aside from whatever ideological beliefs he has — if he has any — he’s a grotesque person who represents everything I hate,” he said. “I’m repulsed by everything about him and he’s the president, you know?”