Robert Plant said he hasn’t been writing new music because ‘the world is in such a mess’ (YouTube/PBS NewsHour) Posted By: ledzepnews 30th March 2026 Robert Plant said he hasn’t been writing new music because “the world is in such a mess”, he explained during an on-stage interview on March 25 in Nashville, Tennessee.“I want to write but the world is in such a mess. Whatever I have to say, it’s so trivial and so subjective, it doesn’t exist, really. I’m so sad with everything that is about. I can’t even start commenting on it in case I can’t come back here again,” Plant told interviewer David Fricke, according to an audience recording of the interview published online.Plant hasn’t released any original music since his 2021 album Raise the Roof with Alison Krauss. Prior to that, his last original solo material was released on his album Carry Fire in 2017.Plant’s current band Saving Grace h…