United Kingdom, June 7 -- Olly Alexander thinks the music industry has "not kept pace with the times".

The 34-year-old star - who is best-known as the lead singer of Years and Years - feels the music industry is using a "very antiquated" business model.

He told the BBC: "A lot of the reason I think the industry has changed so much is that it's set on this model which is very antiquated now, and it's not kept pace with the times.

"Lots of artists have this direct link with their audience via social media. They want their music out quickly. The whole model of promoting it - three singles into an album, then you tour the album, then move onto the next one - it's not really working like it did."

Olly observed that record labels used to be...