Creativity Quote by George Michael

Calling the media “a real demon” isn’t just celebrity grousing; it’s George Michael reaching for a supernatural metaphor to describe something that felt both omnipresent and parasitic. “Demon” does two jobs at once: it externalizes blame (the press as an entity with its own will) and it admits a kind of possession (how hard it is to look away, to stop caring, to stop being shaped by it). For a pop musician whose image was part of the product, that’s not hypocrisy so much as the trap: fame requires visibility, then punishes you for being visible.

The line lands because it’s blunt, almost childlike in its moral clarity. Not “misleading,” not “predatory,” but “demon” - a word from old stories where the monster feeds on attention and fear. It captures the feeling of living inside a feedback loop: tabloids and broadcasters profit from shame, the public consumes it as entertainment, and the subject is reduced to a cautionary tale with a catchy chorus.

In Michael’s case, the context is inseparable from the 1990s and 2000s tabloid machine, his battles over privacy, and the way his sexuality and personal crises were treated as public property. The subtext is a complaint about power: the media doesn’t just report your life, it edits it, assigns motives, and hands that version to millions. “Real demon” is him insisting the harm is tangible, not just hurt feelings - a cultural apparatus that can haunt you long after the cameras move on.