Sleeper’s Louise Wener says Britpop “imploded” after becoming “embarrassed of itself”

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Sleeper’s Louise Wener has reflected on the decline of Britpop by the late ‘90s, saying that the genre grew to become “embarrassed of itself”.The singer spoke about the rise and fall of the genre in the ‘90s during a new interview on Radio X.

It comes as the band have recently announced plans to hit the road later this year in celebration of their classic single ‘Inbetweener’ and breakthrough debut album ‘Smart’ each turning 30.During the discussion, she looked back at the band’s split in 1998, after releasing their sophomore album ‘The It Girl’ in 1996 and ‘Pleased To Meet You’ in 1997, and explained why the members thought it was right to call it quits.“It just sort of came to the end of the road, really.

The third album didn’t sell that great,” she said while on The Chris Moyles Show. “Britpop was kind of… It kind of had an implosion.

It fell apart a little bit. I also think it also became a little embarrassed of itself.”She continued: “It became so arch and so ironic and everyone started making quite dark albums. [So] the mood changed, I think.”Sleeper would later re-form in 2017 and share their comeback album ‘The Modern Age’ the following year.