How bad was Ariana's blaccent? on a scale from 1 to 5

[shyboi]

i don't remember her accent being this dense so this video cames as a shock to me 

 

 

 

[glitch]

I quote "Kyomi getcho ass in here, come awn gurl" all the time 

Edited 23 hours ago by glitch

[Cheers]

And now she's a sensitive UwU woman that cries every second

[BANKS]

okay, i personally voted for kinda bad, normal for the time.

 

considering literally everyone was using terms like "on fleek" or "bye felicia" - let's not pretend she was the only one. 

 

plus, Ari never said anything outrageous. had she been dropping the n-word or something, i would've voted 5. 

[Illuminati]

It wasn't bad, she was actually pretty good at it

[glitch]

Anyway, I'm gonna say #3 since I feel like she wasn't the only one using AAVE back then. I fully thought that was just her voice at the time nnn

[toast]

2, but 7 rings was a 3 

[Pheromosa]

2.699999999992

shes a method actor though so I forgive

[Filthy Pop]

Actors and creative people are often unconscious mimics (ex. Madonna's British era) and Ariana's always had a love for Black culture so I don't see anything wrong with it. That spray tan on the other hand was crazy

[tost1]

Issa 5

[Wicked]

How many people answering this question are Black Americans

[polygon]

Bad or not it was iconic and very fitting for the era

[Bussea]

the first two  i don't even remember her voice being that deep shjddjdjdjdjd the testosterone 

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[Reginald]

She said

 

On-topic as a black American, I'd give it a 2.5 I don't know much about Ariana (very casual listener) but a lot of people in the US come from cultural melting pots.

 

 

 

Edited 22 hours ago by Reginald

[Bussea]

50 minutes ago, glitch said:

I quote "Kyomi getcho ass in here, come awn gurl" all the time 

ugh i wish it was to me

 

[Spicy Pisces]

🗣️ c'mon GWORL

[Mtjjproducer]

2. It was never that deep. She didn't do it in an offensive way like a woah Vicky. Honestly nobody outside of chronically online people actually care 

[Walk_Away21]

This is like a different human than Glindariana Now I get the "your culture is not my costume" saying.

[PrettyHurts]

She's a Black woman so 0. She's been open about her North African heritage. 

[BlahBlahBlah]

ngl she had me fooled for a second there back then when I was younger 

[By the Water]

 

This was a 5

[Relampago.]

Honestly everyone at my high school pretty much talked like this despite hardly anyone being black so I never thought it was THAT bad but in contrast to her Galinda voice it's… a huge difference

[Domination]

It was cute up until TUN, after which it started to get really weird and she didn't seem like herself at all.

[perfect blue]

honestly very weird and cringe, even for the time. 3.5.

[Communion]

24 minutes ago, By the Water said:

 

This was a 5

(The way this is the best part of the song and absolutely popped off live dddd)

 

Spoiler

 

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As a white American, my opinion doesn't really matter on it and I think even as a fan there should be space for those - including some fans - who were uncomfortable with general adoption of AAVE by greater pop culture at the time, whether it was people on Vine or pop stars.

 

It was interesting as a fan though with all the leaks that have happened to hear what specific lyrics came about naturally and that her working closely with largely black female co-writers was what influenced specific choices. Like to hear where she kept things the same (like Muni asking her if 'skrrt skrrt' made sense for her to say when writing Six Thirty) vs when she changed them cause it clearly wasn't natural for her own vernacular (changing 'no cap' to 'no ****' from Nija's pitch chorus for Obvious).

 

As someone who loves TUN + Positions, it was personally nice to see that her stopping the over-tanning and AAVE usage (acknowledging that an actual formal acknowledgement would have been better for those who feel she should have actually addressed it) didn't come with some sonic shift for ES.

 

 

Edited 20 hours ago by Communion