Elementary

I didn't like this one, it feels generic and flat maybe I expected too much considering the album is a 10/10.

They will give all the Grammys to Olivia Dean. They wouldn't risk alienating young viewers just to honor someone they have snubbed multiple times in the past and who clearly is not bothered about it.

Is anyone really surprised? She's a nepo industry plant if we ever knew of one.

Depends on where and how. The specific archetype of that dreamy special snowflake girl who buries her nose in a book is so annoying and fake and very transparent when someone is trying extra hard to be known for it.

Not people in this thread pushing essays to convince it's "homophobic" and "internalized self hatred" to condemn cruising. It should be shamed in 2026, 2040 and 2100 and that has nothing to do with sexual orientation, it's about not being a degenerated perv.

I wouldn't mind a deceased artist's demos being finished using AI especially if they give their consent when they're still alive. But AI generated lyrics or whole ass albums made with AI from scratch are just tacky. And I would never spend money/streams on any fictional artist.

Like that's something to be proud of.

Before we do a collective AI hate conspiracy-driven jerk circle. Gen Alpha is almost proven to be less skillful than their direct predecesor, the economy being the pits is making people retire at older ages and yes, AI is replacing more jobs than it creates.

As if certain "content creators" were not desperate enough for clicks.

I said this before and I will say this again: if your "relationship" requires to go open to continue then it's already over. And that applies to both hetero and homo couples.

Imagine the level of privilege required for this to be a priority.

It does feel like her career completely stalled after 2017

Can we avoid feeding conspiracy theories? They're all over social media. Someone's relative just passed away. Have some respect.

And we were told it would be completely off the charts 6 weeks ago. That's the case worth investigating (the unhealthy obsession people have with seeing anything of hers fail).

Not gonna lie it makes me chuckle how brain fried Gen Alpha is. Not worried about them taking my job anytime soon (which AI is already threatening anyway).

It was a cute read but why must every other novel/film be about a writer or a person working on a novel or wanting to become a writer? Cliché. Fortunately it's not central to the plot.

The fact that you treat this as transactional and normal. If the relationship gets to a point where it needs to be open to "continue" then it's already over.

AI media in general is begging for a huge global-scale regulation. YouTube/TikTok/Meta/OF etc should be fined if they don't force AI creators to add a visible watermark saying the content is AI generated with no real people on screen. It should also be illegal for dating apps to allow users to use AI generated images as profile pictures

When gays stop being misogynistic and body shaming and bottom shaming each other then we can talk

In the middle of the summer where pop/EDM was at its massive peak? No way, it would have tanked harder than NMT.

Why are we comparing dogs to kids 1-1? Should the constitution be rewritten to include non human species considering some people are so hellbent to make them "morally equal"? Public spaces are for people (kids included, entitled or not), some of them are designed for pets to be included as well. Not all of them.

For the same reason it is so hard for YOU to understand that dogs don't belong in human spaces like stores, indoor restaurants, airplanes ("emotional support" my ass), etc. I've had dogs and I love them like my life but I cannot stand this dog culture gen Z is trying to push, it's borderline psychotic. Take your dog to a park like a normal person. (Guide and police dogs are not included in this conversation of course).

This type of stories is so ill intentioned and harmful. Why isn't anybody talking with the same scrutiny about people who do other types of cosmetic surgeries and later regret it / have long term side effects?

The fact that Madonna of all people is talking about "dreams coming true" at this point in her career and at the level of fame and success she already achieved hits different. Literal Queen.

Y'all always say the same thing every other year when there's a new 1x14+ song. It has become a yearly occurrence at this point and definitely not all of them are as impactful as "all time classics".