1. ticketmaster/livenation monopoly
2. live shows are the only way artists make money now since streaming killed album residuals
3. commercial rent has decimated smaller venues
Everyone is quick to forget one of the factors that led to the enshitification of the internet was everything slowly getting moved behind paywalls, you're out of your mind if you think paying a subscription for a search engine is reasonable
ngl the conversations around jaafar’s identity lowkey irritates me bc once again ppl are partaking in black american erasure. He’s not Afro Latino. He’s black american & latino. for him to be Afro Latino his mother would need to be African descent. his mother is not black.
I've always loved the MYSTIQUE behind Sade, Janet, Aaliyah, Beyonce, Foxy Brown. Those type of celebrities are way more intriguing. That's a quintessential trait of an "it girl". We don't need to know everything about you.
newjeans members cant even bake their fans cookies as a thank you on their birthday without their own company having a fit and immediately sending out its media play warriors like a temper tantrum 😒
i understand (some) elf are still soft on kangin (me included, i think he really fucked up and i'm not wishing for him to be back but i don't think he's evil and wish him the best) and still talk abt him but sungmin seems a no go these days? why is that or is it just my circle?
what i really want to say is hybe never cared about music or their artists. they were money hungry from the start and relentless in acquiring small to mid sized companies in an attempt to monopolize the industry
Copaganda is truly effective and niggas genuinely be watching too much tv cuz a concerning number of adults fr think that defense attorneys are evil when their job is to make sure the state can’t just railroad whoever they want and that the prosecution actually does their jobs 💀
This romanticization of Shakira being Lebanese when she hasn’t mentioned one word about Lebanon is SO CORNY. It’s like the people who have a Lebanese flag in their bio for decoration
Everyone keeps bringing up Aa’liyah. She was a victim who was groomed and the entire industry knew that so they tried to have their turn. Beyonce was in a girl group managed by her father. He didn’t try, none of them did, because of Mathew. These niggas are lying.
We may never again experience the genuine meltdown on here by Big 3 groups over their charting/wins. No engagement baiting, authentic raging and tears at scale, lmfao.
y q cuando eran dominados por mujeres las ridiculizaban y humillaban a ellas y los despreciaban a ellos enfrente de la gente mientras los escuchaban en secreto.
manon doesn’t gain anything from returning to katseye. she knows it, management knows it, the company knows it and so does the fans of the group who hate her… that’s why even now with the endless signs they refuse to let her go