Voices: Why I don’t agree with The Prodigy changing their lyrics

Keith Andrew Palmer, or “Maxim” as he is best known on stage, has been the lead singer of The Prodigy since Keith Flint’s death in 2019. But a lot more has changed since Flint passed away – even the lyrics to some of the band’s most famous (and controversial) songs.

Now, “Smack My B**** Up” – – has been altered to take away its unfortunate and grotesque reference to domestic violence, to “change my pitch up”. But I’m not necessarily sure it was right to change