He pronounces hotter as "hadder". I think he only understands 50 per cent of what I'm saying. "His English is ... " the manager trails off. Last year, he appeared on a talk show where the host had to explain why someone had described his song as the "herpes of music". "He doesn't always get everything," adds the manager.
[...] He makes his way precisely through the interview in English learnt from Twitter (it is strange to hear a 35-year-old man talk of "haters").