Morrissey

Morrissey fascinates me the way few songwriters do: he turned self-pity into high art and made misery feel like a shared club membership. As the Smiths' lyricist he gave a voice to the awkward and the unloved, and his solo career proved that the voice was his alone, not the band's. I will not pretend he is easy to defend — his provocations have alienated plenty of admirers, me included at times. Yet whenever I return to the songs, the wit and vulnerability remain undeniable. Loving Morrissey's work while arguing with the man is, I suspect, exactly the relationship he intends.

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Name (English)

Morrissey

Name (Japanese)

モリッシー

Reading

もりっしー

Born

May 22, 1959 (age 67)

Origin

Davyhulme, United Kingdom

Occupation

composer / singer / poet / singer-songwriter / autobiographer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Boar

University

Trafford College

Awards & achievements

• MOJO Awards

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrissey
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202246

Tags

• composer
• singer
• poet

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.