Webdesk: Sinéad O’Connor didn’t like the music business. She didn’t like it so much that she taught her four children what to do if she died.
Back in 2021, the Irish singer told People, “Ever since my kids were little, I’ve told them, ‘If your mother dies tomorrow before you call 911, call my accountant and make sure the record companies don’t start putting out my music and not telling you where the money is.'”
The singer of “Nothing Compares 2 U” said that she told her kids how to protect her songs and assets so they wouldn’t make the same mistakes other people do.
“When the artists are dead, they’re much more valuable than when they’re alive,” she said.
“Tupac has had a lot more albums come out after he died than he did when he was alive. It’s kind of gross what record companies do.”
The pop star also said that she “came away not liking [Prince] very much” after recording his song “Nothing Compares 2 U,” but she still felt bad about how the music business treated him after he died in 2016.
The late musician showed that some record companies didn’t care that some stars didn’t want their “uncomfortable” songs to be put out. But she thought that the brands usually put them out to make money.
“One of the things that really bothers me, and when I think about it, it makes me very angry, is that they’re raping his vault.”
Shane, her 17-year-old son, killed himself 18 months before O’Connor died.
