Jedward want to re-release Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby) with Vanilla Ice ten years after No2 hit
JEDWARD are pulling a Taylor Swift by re-recording their biggest hit Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby) after accusing Simon Cowell of destroying their “legacy” by deleting it from the internet.
The track, a mash-up of Queen’s Under Pressure and Vanilla Ice’s Ice Ice Baby, went to No2 for John and Edward Grimes in 2010 after they appeared on the X Factor.
But they claim Simon, 60, and Sony Music which released the song have got rid of it from streaming services and deleted the video from YouTube - despite the Irish twins claiming it’s a key piece of “pop culture.”
The brothers, 28, have not heard back after hitting out at the music mogul and are now determined to re-record it, as Taylor Swift is currently doing after US entrepreneur Scooter Braun bought the rights to her back catalogue.
They told The Sun: “We have not heard anything.
“It’s just so disheartening it feels like we have lost a piece of what makes us Jedward.
“We aren’t going to be silenced!
“We are making plans to re-record it with Vanilla Ice or Niall Horan because he knows all the lyrics.”
They first criticised Simon and Sony last week in a tweet which was reposted more than 1,800 times.
Jedward wrote: “Yo and why have you removed our Iconic first single Under Pressure Ice Ice Baby from all streaming platforms and deleted the official music video?
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“That’s our legacy! We’re outraged, it’s part of pop culture! We demand a response!”
Jedward, who have just released new single , finished sixth on the 2009 series of X Factor before representing Ireland twice at the Eurovision Song Contest and releasing four studio albums.
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