BlueTimberwolf

It's not about money this time. They are buttering Saudi Arabia up in hopes that they'll protect Israel if Iran attacks

She needs to bring back Bonnie to write her songs for her. Either she has completely lost her ability to write, or it was never her to being with. Her lyrics have become so silly, simplistic, and on the nose.

That avocado/cursive singing doesn't work in real life

Lol, he wasn't that attractive himself until he lost some weight and could afford a better wardrobe.

The song is a gay karaoke mess, but it's better than 80% of Smile, so I guess that's something. Hopefully the rest of the record actually features some guitars. These dated Cher leftovers records don't fit her voice. In fact Cher did it better.

Not true at all. She's rapping more on her latest album, but on most of her hits she raps one verse (usually the second one) and sings the rest of the song. Even Kesha raps more, b/c usually raps both of her verses.

I think they are trying to reintroduce themselves as current artists who there would be demand for. It's hard, because nobody really sells in the UK anymore outside of a few big names and they have no legacy pop acts outside of boybands. Your usual nostalgia act isn't doing a Boiler Room set like they did. If I were them, I'd try to get in with urban/club crowd to try re-establish their indie cred, with some collabs. The indie press would start buzzing about them and generate some interest in new music. Make it seem organic to young audiences.

Supposedly Tinashe, though it wasn't confirmed. It was an Usher tribute with several artists covering his songs. She did a really good job, better than Normani would have. What's funny is that she barely danced at all, since it was a slow number. Just swag, good vocals, and some chair work. Normani def could have done it, even w/ the sprain.

But you would think an album that sold almost 3 million 1st week would be ubiquitous. That's how it was with 25/Thriller/Purple Rain. Everyone knew the songs even if you didn't buy the record, b/c the music was played everywhere. I only hear Fortnight when I turn on the radio. How someone could have a "lowkey" 11-week #1 album is weird. When has that ever happened?

Even funnier is that her album is full of sleepy midtempos. She's not a dance act, she's an R&B singer. You can't sing anything off your album?

Beyonce could sit on a stool, serving looks and model poses, while the dancers strut around her and be the best performance of the night

I said what I said. Literally no one in female rap outside of Nicki, Megan and a few select others write the majority of their raps nowadays. Nobody really cares about authenticity; Cardi is Exhibit A. Doja is Exhibit B. Coi Leray is Exhibit C. A host of male rappers have said and done worse than that slave line. A lot of people of just didn't like the fact that the industry was pushing this white girl. Had she debuted now, people wouldn't have cared as much b/c black women are thriving now in the space.

Even worse, because Iggy was subject to an online hate campaign that industry professionals behind the scenes needlessly legitimatized before we realized Twitter wasn't real life. People are just unimpressed by Ice.

I doubt Harry or Zayn would be so petty as to stop the others from making some money. They would get massive backlash from their fans.

This is weird because I feel like I see random artists no one has ever heard of, with no hits, on big playlists all the time. At least Meghan has some hits and name recognition.