Eternium

Counting only girls who debuted this century (so Britney is omitted): Beyonce* Lady Gaga Ariana Grande Taylor Swift Lana's alt-pop so she isn't eligible and Beyonce gets an asterisk since she also was in a successful group in the 90s.

Lisa literally just gave us the best solo pop bop of the year. I can't remember the last time I loved an uptempo pop girl track this much

The Ed Sheeran Endings Party happened in 2022, y'all. The party venue you girls show up to is going to be a Spirit Halloween by the time you get there 4 years late.

This is much more impressive for Macklemore. P!nk isn't even doubling the streams of a three-hit wonder from last decade. She's flopping bad

She's always been a "pick me" whose idea of feminism was tearing down women who expressed themselves differently than she did.

The irony here is clearly lost on you. This sounds more like a self-reflection than some kind of read towards SM Stans. SNSD were all capable as dancers, visuals and vocalists which is what caught them attention. But they also got a ton of praise because each member was specialized in a different area on top of being talented. Again, this is common knowledge to anyone that was around during second gen. Their business model was to break-up the members and have them all individually promote in different areas, which clearly worked. And for what it's worth, I don't have anything negative to say about LSFM. People keep criticizing them for vocal talent but it's very clear that HYBE prefers dancing idols and they all excel there. I think Eunchae should definitely take some vocal lessons, but I do think her unique, off-putting tone can really catch your ear on some songs (kinda like TWICE's Momo, though not as dramatic). Honestly, I think this is their strongest overall tour single and I'd say Ningning won this one. Hyper Line was Ningning's Wake Up, Parallel Line was Karina's Up and Winter's Spark and Aexis Line was Tornado. Complaexity is definitely I Love You But I've Got to Let You Go.

Okay, now post SKZ's Brazilian numbers in 2023 when they were at the same point in their careers as Aespa. You always love to start dragging but get so upset when I come in here and post context You have a complete misunderstanding of K-pop, as always. SNSD revolutionized group formation because they created a large group where each member had some kind of specialty focus. Hyoyeon was dance, Taeyeon was vocals, Sunny was variety, Tiffany was speaking English, etc. And they notably did it while other groups were using ghost vocalists to hide their background members or only focusing on their visuals.

The Korean and Japanese dates did poorly comparatively. It's an unfortunate situation because LSF are being used as scapegoats by ARMY for a fight against Aespa because a lot of their fans are jealous of Winter. LSFM is just kinda getting caught in the crossfire when they're doing just fine. Now, Ms. Mama, when I logged in here the other day, you had absolutely started it by trying to drag Aespa's tour numbers. I'm just popping up to remind you that Aespa is still outdoing SKZ's streaming and tour numbers at the same point in their careers. But plz feel free to post SKZ's streaming numbers across all platforms from 2017 through 2023. Then I'll go ahead and post Aespa's from 2020 through 2026.

It's been four days and I'm STILL waiting for a replay from @Pluto6

It's definitely more of a slow-burn song than an instant hit and I'm sure it'll have good recurrent streams in the next 5-10 years.

Last thing I'll say is that I hope I don't see Gaga's kid again unless SHE shares a picture or wants her child to be seen. If we really want to talk about misogyny, it's sad that she didn't get the opportunity of privacy to make her own childbirth announcement.

Surrogacy is typically a more female-lead field, so here's what it actually looks like in the U.S. for a surrogate. It's not a process where some random, disenfranchised woman is held down and forced to give birth for someone else. You literally have to apply, go through a bunch of screenings and mental health resources, prove you can take medications and live a safe lifestyle for a baby, etc. The process is incredibly heavily-regulated because there is a ton of legal footwork. https://www.circlesurrogacy.com/surrogates/surrogate-process ATRL is very gay-male-dominated and somehow I'm still shocked how little we know about female healthcare

It IS and sex work IS valid. Why do you think women are compensated when leaving marriages even when they don't hold jobs? Because we recognize that "domestic" duties like bearing children is actually work and worthy of payment. They literally ******* call it "going into labor" for a reason, sis. Do you believe organ donors, construction workers, military members, etc. shouldn't be paid for selling their physical wellbeing?

There's just nothing else that needs to be said. Beautiful summary

Literally every job has some form of risk and you trade your physical wellbeing for money. Welcome to the world. If a woman would like to act as a surrogate to earn extra money or for whatever reason she chooses, that is HER right. This isn't up for debate.