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Moby builds ‘wall’ between public and private life

Moby has built a “wall” between his public and private personas.

The 55-year-old star – whose new album ‘Reprise’ dropped last month – has been sober for 12 years and open about his past experiences with drugs, but now he explained he’s living a “banal and boring” life.

He told the Daily Telegraph newspaper: “I’ve had to build a wall between the public figure and the private person.

“My private person is of no interest to anyone anyway. It’s so unexciting, banal and boring, but that’s just who I am.”

The ‘Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)’ hitmaker admitted nowadays he’s more interested in watching cute animal videos online.

He added: “To my great shame, one of my vices now is scrolling through stupid videos on TikTok.

“I have no business doing that. I don’t do it that often but, boy, have they designed social media so well in their addictiveness.”

And now, Moby suggested he might need to bring back his old phone policy to stop him falling down the social media blackhole.

He said: “I used to keep my phone in a drawer in my bathroom and only look at it five times a day. I need to get back to that discipline, and stay away from those cute animals.”

Meanwhile, Moby recently claimed that classical music was “ingrained” in him from an early age.

The singer was surrounded by lots of classical musical influences during his childhood and even though he’s made his name in a different genre, his music has always featured “classical elements”.

He shared: “I grew up surrounded by classical music. My mother was a pianist. My great-grandmother actually taught classical composition to Arthur Fiedler, the legendary conductor. My uncle was a classical flautist.

“So even though I grew up playing in punk rock bands, classical music was sort of ingrained in me from an early age.”