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Tina clears with her genuine classic so easily lol

This could so easily have been terrible too, like a veteran artist trying to recapture the magic of a peak era can go so wrong. Like someone grasping at something they cant do anymore. Especially with Madonna, since her last 3 albums have not been well recieved. Yet she's smashed it. I would say this is even a more consistently great album than Confessions 1, though lacking the stratospheric high of Hung Up.

Wow this album is good. I wonder if it will get some kudos during award season

Quite a sensible and realistic take on this from you sis. Perhaps you can spread your good sense to some of the other members about the potential social good that can be done by this kind of government action. And how it would be nice if America wasn't the way it was! I happen to live in a democratic society where this is more the case and stronger government intervention/regulation on social matters is more accepted (see: COVID response in Australia, the fact that we were the first to things like mandatory seatbelts etc). Our polling shows between 75-80% of adults support the ban. It's a done deal.

Lmao spare me this 'centrist libtard' ****, as if you people don't worship all the most authoritarian and censorious states in the world. Pearl clutching about 'suppressing dissent' is not really a concern in my context, our labor government (which seems to have inspired this worldwide movement towards the ban) is genuinely implementing this to try and do something for kids. The conspiritorial, slopulist **** has got to stop being applied where it is irrelevant. I can understand why Americans specifically might be worried about the data privacy side of this - ie around how exactly such a ban would be implemented. But I will say, I live in a country where this has been implemented and it has not affected my life at all, I haven't even had to put my ID in anywhere

exactly I am proud that my country took the lead on this issue and our Labor government was the first to institute this ban, and has been prepared to take on the tech giants who hate this. It is not surprising that educators like you and myself who actually work with teenagers and see the impact of the damn phones every day are overwhelmingly in support of it. Our schools have also banned phones during school hours - they are confiscated on sight the moment the first class of the day starts. It has had a very positive impact Lots of kids are still getting around the ban (of course!) but it has been a powerful tool to hand over to parents and teachers that we now can say to kids that they are not allowed to use snapchat or whatever because it is against the law. Now I get like whatever misgivings about project 2029 or the Cory Booker centrist vanity project - like great folks are welcome to have those misgivings. I'm not really across what's going on there. Or on the questions around implementation (not sure how I feel about handing over digital ID to big tech either!). But on the actual moral/ethical question around should reduce children's access to this harmful ****: my answer is strongly and resoundingly, yes!

Very true. The biggest element of nepo baby privelege is the ability to use your connection to get the job/get the gig. That can be enough in industries like acting and modelling to forge a career. Music retains that inherent meritocratic element where in the end people have to listen to your music and like your artistry. Now in parts of the music industry where it's less about you - say, you're looking to be a K-pop idol - then nepo baby stuff becomes much more relevant again.

They look great. Jayden looks so much like Britney.

surely not this 100k number ?????

Queen has been too busy with her art for sex. Relatable tbh I have barely gotten any since starting my teaching career

For 00s classics ill go: Toxic, Love at First Sight, Hung Up, Can't Get You Out of My Head, Complicated, Gimme More, Buttons, I'm With You, Since U Been Gone... In recent times, maybe fewer. Perhaps Dua's Dont Statrt Now? Flowers? Also similar icons Say So + Espresso?

Britney's signature hits are among the most legendary of any pop artist full stop. The fact that her streaming numbers continue to improve organically despite her nearly decade long retirement is evidence that her stans were right about her power. She'd be a legacy act doing stadium tours right now had her personal life gone differently

Wow she is looking in great form

She is still enormous but the peak has passed with the end of the eras tour

Who is responsible for the clubby music trend in K-pop rn? It's really taking over. Finally recovering from NewJennies impact ig

I don't want to say too much because I think this discussion of her weight is going too far. But I hope that she has people looking out for her

Which are lower than anything in Ariana's discog, thus the lower lows. BOMT is also not a very good album but I am mainly referring to Britiney Jean with this comment, truly a stain on her discog Additionally there are big gaps between her "good" and "great" albums. ITZ and Blackout are waaay better than Femme Fatale or Britney. Whereas tbh a lot of Ariana's discog kind of blends into one.

Britney has higher highs but way lower lows. Ariana more consistent

When Ma ma pa pa pa perfect illusion released no one realised it would be catchier than the real song

They executed the vocals and choreo just fine. The problem is that the song is truly awful as is the choreo, so that made for a bad and awkward performance. If they'd performed like Supernova or something with the same energy there would be no backlash I will say stage presence has never been their strength. Something for them to continue to work on

I teach it now! This is really sad omg

Zero importance. As long as they can tolerate my taste in music ig

I think ive had just two in 13 years lol Considering all the vicious fights in civics ive had i think thats a pretty good track record

Same, I had no songs on my playlists either until Xlov + Aespa + Shinee. Shinee album is the best overall of the three I hope everybody in the thread goes and streams The genre is truly in the bin imo. It has been killed by AI and the overemphasis on tiktok virality. And by the fact that Hybe (now by far the biggest company) has become hell bent on releasing the most slop music imaginable and creating groups with no significant talent. I'm just glad I got to experience the glory days of 2nd generation & 3rd generation. Early 4th generation was pretty good too with Aespa, New Jennies etc. Not sure it will ever be the same now. Plus I'm sort of aging out of it anyway, as are many of us in here

exactly. If dems can only control the house narrowly in a D+8/D+9 environment its literally joever