Smashing Pumpkins frontman William Patrick Corgan has changed his name back to Billy Corgan, at least on Apple Music, Spotify, and other streaming services. A search for ‘William Patrick Corgan’ now comes up blank on Apple Music. If you search ‘Billy Corgan’ his new album Ogilala comes up with a new cover on Spotify and Apple Music.
“At some point, ‘Billy’ just gets kind of weird,” Corgan told Rolling Stone last month. “First of all, I’m 50 years old. In my youth I was always ‘Bill’ or ‘Little Bill’ because my dad was Billy. Then I turned 18 and was like, ‘I’m gonna be Billy because I never liked being called Bill.’ But nobody ever called me by my real name, which is William, which I actually prefer. I was obviously Billy in the band, but now I feel like that is somebody else. It’s hard to explain other than it’s like sometimes you just want to change up the wallpaper.”
So why did he say “Hey, this is Billy Corgan” when he called Rolling Stone? “Call me whatever you like,” he says with a big laugh. “Just as long as you call me.”
Our suggestion for Corgan’s next name: King William Corgan.
