Prince was arguably the most gifted musician of the second half of the last century, but he didn’t make it easy to be a fan .

He’d charged headlong to the top of the charts and pop culture with a hurricane-force level of talent, savvy and ambition, but once “ Purple Rain” made him the global superstar he always knew he would be, he started messing with people — especially his newer fans. Sure, he still had massive hit singles — at least for the next few years — but his music and public profile became progressively stranger and harder to connect with until, by the mid-1990s, all but the most devoted fans had given up.

Of course, he changed that narrative later in life, but although many of his ideas were years or even decades ahead of his time — selling music online, digital subscrip

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