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Prince shuts down social media accounts
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 26 November 2014
Oh well, that was fun while it lasted. You remember when Prince suddenly embraced the internet and began tweeting last year? It’s not really been him at the controls for some time now, and any hope that he might start posting selfies again may now be lost. His Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts have been deleted and his Vevo-powered YouTube channel almost wiped clean.
According to the Star Tribune, the shutdown came on Monday. The newspaper speculates that the move may have been timed to coincide with the grand jury decision on the shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. Though is it was, Prince might want to actually confirm that.
The other theory (probably more likely) is that Prince has decided to move on from his 3RDEYEGIRL project to something new – quite possibly his jazz band NPGQ, with whom Prince performed two songs during a livestreamed release party for 3EG’s ‘PLECTRUMELECTRUM’ and his solo album ‘Art Official Age’ in October.
Or maybe he just couldn’t be bothered anymore.
