celeb news UPROXX: No one would call Harry Styles subversive if he looked like Ed Sheeran

[Steve Johnson]

4 hours ago, AMX said:

I agree somewhat. The same qualities the critics hate on Ed for they praise Harry for even though Ed is the more talented musician and has made some timeless classics. 

Exactly. These critics are way too harsh on Ed just because he doesn't act like a drunken mess celebrity or indulges in multiple affairs. 

[Dsmrs77]

I usually have respect for reviews and enjoy reading them, but I didn’t even have to read past this journalist’s tweet to see that he clearly had not listened to or understood (?) Harry’s music. 

 

I could never imagine doing my job so unprepared and being so loud about it

[Khal]

But it's actually true? Not surprised that the basic white boy stans are coming here accusing people of being "pressed"  

 

Everything "interesting" and "different" about him starts and ends with his clothes and his try-hard "omg I'm a man saying 'men are trash' persona", it's still straight guy crooner music at the end of the day.

[applestar]

harry's not even cute 

[DUA LIPA]

5 hours ago, Cleanromantic said:

There is no reason this new album is getting all that acclaim when Solar Power, an album that went for the same vibe but actually managed to pull it off, was criticized to shreds. 

 

The only thing Lorde managed to pull off with Solar Power was to kill all the massive hype she had with the first single.

 

 

[Truth Teller]

Annoying

 

He makes pop music and that's the standard he's held to. His music AND image are better than the likes of Bieber, Ed, Mendes, Puth, etc. And I say that as someone who never liked 1D or him. Are his androgynous looks manufactured to make him look cooler? Probably, that's pop music. And I prefer his possibly inauthentic queerness to no queerness at all. 

[Breathe On Moi]

36 minutes ago, applestar said:

harry's not even cute 

[reymiu]

58 minutes ago, Truth Teller said:

Annoying

 

He makes pop music and that's the standard he's held to. His music AND image are better than the likes of Bieber, Ed, Mendes, Puth, etc. And I say that as someone who never liked 1D or him. Are his androgynous looks manufactured to make him look cooler? Probably, that's pop music. And I prefer his possibly inauthentic queerness to no queerness at all. 

yeah, but it's annoying to see him get all the praise while actual queer artists (Lil Nas X, Sam Smith, Olly Alexander) also dress daringly and failed to get the same hype

[Bosque]

No one has ever called him subversive (funnily enough the word is never even used in the article). I don’t even like him but what’s wrong with making a feel good album? Too many essays, to little things of importance being said. 

[MALAMENTE]

Can people leave ed alone for a bit? Its getting tiring 

[Cryptique]

Harry's House is just not as good as FL.

 

Find it boring at first listen

[Mobility Mary]

He has absolutely no talent and he’s just as unfortunste looking as Ed Sheeran. What a miserable existence.

[lovedaddy]

they both ugly, so

[katara]

The absolute hatred yall have for Harry and Lis Nas X is really something else. 

 

Serving projected self hatred coming for anyone that is linked to the LGBT community 

[State of Grace.]

2 hours ago, Khal said:

But it's actually true? Not surprised that the basic white boy stans are coming here accusing people of being "pressed"  

 

Everything "interesting" and "different" about him starts and ends with his clothes and his try-hard "omg I'm a man saying 'men are trash' persona", it's still straight guy crooner music at the end of the day.

 

50 minutes ago, reymiu said:

yeah, but it's annoying to see him get all the praise while actual queer artists (Lil Nas X, Sam Smith, Olly Alexander) also dress daringly and failed to get the same hype

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[Truth Teller]

1 hour ago, reymiu said:

yeah, but it's annoying to see him get all the praise while actual queer artists (Lil Nas X, Sam Smith, Olly Alexander) also dress daringly and failed to get the same hype

I mean... I don't agree Lil Nas failed to get the same hype. His album has 85 on MC, higher than Harry's House, with 4 publications giving him a perfect score. And not only is his music less critic friendly than the midtempo synth-pop Harry does but also, lbr, the album wasn't all that and neither is his writing. 

 

Olly is also generally well received. Much less mainstream and only gets reviewed by UK critics who are much harsher but he hasn't tried to break through as a mainstream pop star

 

Sam Smith makes bad music so there's that. 

 

There's obviously privilege in Harry's position. It's much easier for a white, attractive, already mainstream former teen heartthrob to brand himself as anything he wants. His choice to brand himself as a watered down Bowie with occasional winks that maybe he fucks men is probably calculated, but so is every branding choice. I wish more queer people were this successful but Harry succeeding as an imitation of them is a better look than Shawn Mendes's PR hetero relationship or Nick Jonas getting hype because he put his hand in his boxers. He... doesn't bother me. 

[Erreur2 La Nature]

That review is trash and kinda makes me want to give his album a try. Good job

[imabadkid]

fine line was better than this latest album IMO. harry seems like he’s trying too hard now, fine line has more

individuality… now he seems like he is trying too hard to be dIfFeReNt

[Diarrhoea]

Lorde apologists using any opportunity to claim 'Solar Power wasn't that bad!!!!!', or even try to gaslight people into thinking that it was good is... insane? That album has similar problems to this one but at least the production on HH is nice. Solar Power actually managed to out-pretentious Harry Styles, which is no mean feat, and for what?

[Bloodflowers.]

Leave Harry alone, the way gays always go after male LGBT allies and fellow LGBT members but don't bother with actual homophobes 

[Aiya]

29 minutes ago, imabadkid said:

fine line was better than this latest album IMO. harry seems like he’s trying too hard now, fine line has more

individuality… now he seems like he is trying too hard to be dIfFeReNt

This!

[Alex]

Edited May 23, 2022 by dangerousalex

[terrorblade]

4 hours ago, applestar said:

harry's not even cute 

Ikr especially with all those tats tf are the tween gorls seeing
 

 

1 minute ago, dangerousalex said:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/933141938113245284/978258629813755984/IMG_9215.jpg

 

 

[ZIVERT]

6 hours ago, Folklore89sm said:

Ok so he’s a bad boyfriend? Falling still sounds like a Lewis Capaldi bonus track.

Okay and y’all dragged Lewis Capaldi for being ugly and making the same music, so what are we trying to do here?  

[GentleDance]

10 hours ago, Cleanromantic said:

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There is no reason this new album is getting all that acclaim when Solar Power, an album that went for the same vibe but actually managed to pull it off, was criticized to shreds. If he looked like Ed, this album would be sitting at a 50 score.