Sorry, I did refer to it as a schtick/gimmick but I guess I was trying to say it was more my jaded hang up than anything he did. Once you’ve accepted the premise of the performer/art it all works well. I mean Daft Punk are robots, Kiss paint their faces, Father John Misty is a pretentious ass, and David Bowie was an alien. I have no issues with any of these things. I am just unfortunately inherently initially skeptical of this like this but once it clicks. I am fully on board. But yeah, that’s this is my prejudices, nothing they did.
The Morrissey reference was strictly based on his music/voice which I feel sometimes drifts into a Morrissey-eque timbre.
Like you said,He seems like great guy. I just recently watched his What’s In my bag feature where he seemed super affable and down to earth. While making some very thoughtful selections.