A MUSICIAN says that YouTube removed 6,000 recorded views from his video, meaning the track is less likely to be seen by others – but the website denies the claim.

Luke Osborne, who uses the alias Oztek, released a music video for his electronic track, Mirth in December, but says views were removed after YouTube classed the video as ‘adult content’.

Mr Osborne, 26, said: “We got 15,000 views in under two weeks and YouTube took 6,000 because they say it’s got drinking in it – it makes no sense.

“If you watch the video, there’s no violence, no drug use, no nudity. I don’t get it.”

Mr Osborne said the loss of the views was disappointing to him and his group of friends and artists who helped create the video, who are known as Ghoul Gang.

“I’ve not even checked the video since, and I’ve been lazy with the next single as a result. It proper bummed me out, and the rest of Ghoul Gang.”

However, a YouTube spokesman says the online giant has no record of removing views from the video.

Mr Osborne, who is from Pershore but now lives in Worcester, said he worked hard on the video which was filmed at Throckmorton Airfield and Tiddesly Wood in Pershore.

“It was generally the most stressful thing I have ever done,” he said. “I was actually ill after it was all finished. It took three months and then a month editing.

“I had to look after hundreds of people and it was just crazy. We booked an airfield. We took six hours of footage and only used three minutes. And then there was making and mastering the track – that took ages.”

Mr Osborne is still hopeful that he will be able to make a career from music.

“My influences are Grimes, Ramsey, Trippie Redd and Young Thug. I’ve been going about two years and I have just released my first official track Mirth, followed by the video. And there is a bigger and better single to be released in the next few months and album release in October called Babelien.

“I produce, sing and master everything in my homemade studio and have the occasional local artist to do a few bars but rarely, just to help support the local guys.

“It’s early days but I have big plans. I’m booked for two festivals this summer and have a manager interested.”

He added: “I use electronic beats but I don’t spit bars or rap, I sing in an alternative style compared to most hip hop/trap/electronic music – it’s probably my nu metal background but mixed in with modern electronic music, creating that alternative Oztek sound.”