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Fans are arguing over a theory about why ‘Angels’ and ‘Mr Brightside’ are more popular in the UK than the US

The release of the Robbie Williams biopic/documentary Better Man – where the singer is played by a monkey – has refocused attention on the singer’s phenomenal ’90s/’00s career.

Specifically, there’s been more discussion about just why Williams never fully cracked the US market as a solo artist (which also explains why only three people have been to watch it in America).

Writer Rory McCarthy has his own convincing theory on the matter – and it harkens back to an earlier posts he made in 2023 about why ‘Mr Brightside’ by The Killers has always been more popular in the UK than the US.

Here’s Rory’s initial post about ‘Mr Brightside’.

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Picking up the thread recently about Williams, Rory continues:

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People seem to have responded to Rory’s theory, with some agreeing, but some taking big exception to it too.

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Take that!

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Source: Twitter/X/roryisconfused