Tidal: the most pompous event in the history of music? - Telegraph.co.uk

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If that doesn’t sound serious enough, here are the other stars’ take on proceedings. It’s a new world order.

“I just thought about how crazy this is, how this is the beginning of the new world.” (Kanye West)

_{Kanye West gets philosophical (Credit: Tidal/Roc Nation)}

“This thing was the thing that everyone wanted and everyone feared. If these artists can sit in a room together the game changes, man. And it happened today.” (Jay Z)

_{Jay Z at the Tidal launch (Picture: Getty Images)}

“Every great movement started out with a group of people being able to get together and really make a stand.” (Beyonce)

_{Beyonce and co stand together at the Tidal launch (Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Roc Nation)}

“Maybe it sounds like a cliché but it’s about putting art back into the forefront. It’s about putting humanity back into being an artist. Not technology. Human art.” (Madonna)

_{Madonna is making “human art” (Credit: Tidal/Roc Nation)}

“We can really educate people to what kind of digital quality they are actually hearing. The average person on the street has no idea.” (Jack White)

“We’re like the crazy Avengers of music.” (Daft Punk)

_{Daft Punk took part in the artists’ round table with helmets on (Credit: Tidal/Roc Nation)}

“Everyone here is that term: icons. But we all at one point were in love with music.” (Jay Z)

Yes they’re beautiful…but on the inside too. ??

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“This collaboration felt so ego-less.” (Beyonce)

_{Kanye, Beyonce and Jay Z drink a champagne toast to their “ego-less” project (Credit: Tidal/Roc Nation)}

And the last word to Jay Z:

“Will artists make more money? Even if it means less profit for our bottom line, absolutely. That’s easy for us. We can do that. Less profit for our bottom line, more money for the artist; fantastic. Let’s do that today.”

Jay Z and Beyonce have a combined net worth of $ 1 billion.

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Tidal: the most pompous event in the history of music? - Telegraph.co.uk