Trivia / Robert Fripp

• Approval of God: On his Facebook, Robert Fripp acknowledged the infamous "it just works" meme from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind.
• Artist Disillusionment: A major factor behind Fripp's initial retirement, having grown weary of the entire Progressive Rock scene. Fripp would describe the genre as having gone "tragically gone off course" and that it had become too conventional to be called "progressive," a belief that drove him away from music for three years. It wasn't until his session work on David Bowie's "Heroes" that Fripp regained the energy and inspiration needed to continue working in music.
• Creator Couple: He is married to singer Toyah Willcox, who he often performs cover songs with on their YouTube channel.
• Denial of Digital Distribution: Fripp and King Crimson are widely considered the most famous case of this across media: de-facto leader Robert Fripp spent the better part of two decades openly reviling digital distribution for the low royalties artists received from it, and did everything he could to ensure that the band's music could only be listened to on a physical format. Alongside Prince, Fripp's affinity for going after even fan uploads became the stuff of legend among fans, and the idea of King Crimson appearing on digital platforms was treated as wishful thinking at best... which made it all the more surprising when the entire King Crimson catalog was added to Spotify when he finally reclaimed the rights to the band's backlog in 2019, with other platforms following suit over the course of the next few months.

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