CallumDavies

How does she have the energy to keep going? She doesn't have commercial success but she's also not a critics darling. She's an average live performer and has average pull as a touring legacy act. She's has zero fanbase and is the laughing stock of the internet.

Populism is a response to the failure of the ruling political classes. When people are not happy with the social and economic settlement, they start looking for different answers. They don't feel richer or safer under centre left governments, they don't feel richer or safer under centre right governments, so they look for something else. I don't think calling those voters stupid, or saying they've simply been tricked, is helpful. Many feel left behind by a political system that seems skewed towards certain parts of society, especially perceived elites. Whether thats economic elites such as billionaires, or social elites with influence, many voters feel the system works for them rather than for ordinary people. Other parties need a response to that motivation and that need. Obviously, calling them Nazis isn't working, otherwise 44% wouldn't have voted for AfD. Those tactics didn't work in America, and they don't appear to be working in Germany either. The progressive left needs a new playbook, one that takes seriously why people are voting this way rather than simply condemning them. I think another thing people need to realise is that voters don't think in terms of a left-right spectrum. Most people couldn't tell you the difference between socialist and libertarian economic policies, and they happily mix and match ideas from both. What drives many voters is a sense of fairness: whether they think the system works for people like them, whether the rules are applied equally, and whether they're getting a fair deal

The slow jams and ballads on DIL never get the respect they deserve Be With You is absolute classic and in my top 15 B songs EASY I can listen to it on repeat

The smart phone is no longer the apex of technological competition it once was, that's moved to AI. It's a maturing technology. This Apple x Samsung beef is very 2015.

This song is such an earworm

We built sand castles that washed away I made you cry when I walked away Oh, and although I promised that I couldn't stay, baby Every promise don't work out that way, oh, babe Every promise don't work out that way Dishes smashed on my counter from our last encounter Pictures snatched out the frame *****, I scratched out your name and your face What is it about you that I can't erase, baby? When every promise don't work out that way, no, no, babe When every promise don't work out that way And your heart is broken 'cause I walked away Show me your scars and I won't walk away Oh, and I know I promised that I couldn't stay, baby Every promise don't work out that way, no, no, no, no, no Every promise don't work out that way Like girl...

I actually like the melody and production, especially when the harmonies come in. But the lyrics completely kill it. It has zero emotional weight. She just says the same thing over and over again.

Sandcastles has some of her worst lyrics ever. It's so repetitive, and the rhyming scheme is insanely basic.

Original editions including deluxe only: DIL - Daddy B'Day - Welcome to Hollywood 4 - I Was Here ST - Heaven LEM - Sandcastles REN - Summer Ren CC - Jolene

I like Spaghetti until she starts to sing or rap or whatever

It is fundamentally rooted in racism, and misongy. But there are other successful black female artists, and they don't recieve the same amount of constant conspiratorial criticism. What differentiates Beyonce: Her story is too 'boring'. She is so successful, so talented, so beautiful. But her story is essentially: I'm very talented, and pretty but I also worked really hard. People find that hard to process. As a result, they start to look for other answers. She never explains herself, or feeds into her public narrative. I think people find that frustrating. They want ownership over her in some form. They want to break her, control her, and have ownership of her 'comeback'. The media and public do that all the time. She is inaccessible, but present. It annoys people lol.

I actually think releasing a perfume under Cecred makes much more sense than the standalone perfumes (I can't even remember what that brand is called). Cecred is doing well, and she should focus on building that out properly. She should also ditch Sir Davis.

I love the second verse of Videophone so much Brooklyn, Atlanta, Houston, to New Orleans!

The label pulled the plug

20 year old top? Maybe she is struggling. I should buy that empty box