Taylor mother f*ckin Swift thinks she runs the world and she can put out any song and it will be a smash hit. Taylor’s popularity seems to be drastically going down recently and after this horrific cover, she is racking up so much bad publicity.
Earth, Wind & Fire isn’t just a band and “September” is not just a song. It is a huge part of black culture and black music that marked a shift in cultural influences.
Check out the original song here:
Now check out Taylor Swift’s distasteful cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COMvxYPfFFY
Not only was it bad- it was so bad that it was disrespectful.People actually thought it was a Friday the 13th joke. It wasn’t.
You could say that the criticism was very swift. Covering a popular song is tricky, but why would she even want to go into this territory? When I first heard Taylor’s cover it didn’t even sound like the original, so what was the point to even cover it if you’re not going to stay true to the song’s central theme/idea?
I don’t know why she had to put a sexual moaning voice at the chorus. It seems like she was trying to go for the vibe that Justin Bieber had when he released his cover of “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman.
Check out Justin Bieber’s cover of “Fast Car” here:
The difference is that Justin did it right and only put a small spin on the song.
Monique Judge, a columnist for the black culture magazine the Root stated:
Beyonce was the first black woman to headline Coachella, which is shocking because it is 2018. She made an effort to show her black roots and created a performance that was more than just music- it also revolved around culture.
She was supposed to perform at the 2017 Coachella but due to her pregnancy she had to back out and her performance was replaced with Lady GaGa. Since she had a year to prepare she certainly took all that time to produce one of the best performances of her career and one of the best performances on the Coachella stage.
She managed to pay homage to her roots of the black South while also incorporating her influence in American pop. She performed gracefully and powerfully, displaying black excellence to an audience that has ties to racial ignorance.
The performance almost felt like the SuperBowl with numerous light shows, fireworks and a large number of background dancers. With her dazzling black crown punctuated by pops of gold- she was the queen of the night.
Not only was she able to show her black southern roots, she sang verses of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” also known as the Black National Anthem. In a time of such political corruption, this is really what the crowd needed. She also included references to the big names of the civil rights movement. From Nina Simone to Malcolm X and Chimamanda Adichie- she really turned this performance into a landmark of her career. Malcolm X’s quote, “the most disrespected woman in America is the black woman” was broadcast all throughout the crowd.
Even though she is famous, she is still in touch with her black identity that most singers in her position ignore due to their success- for example, Michael Jackson.
She turned her performance into a show of resilience, black culture and power. She has cemented her name in the industry and has no plan on silencing her voice. This was one of the best performances of all time and one of the most moving performances to happen on the Coachella stage. I wonder how she is going to top this. Her voice will never be silenced and injustice will continue to happen unless powerful people in the industry speak up about it.
The purpose of this video is to make the viewer uncomfortable and it certainly does just that- but not in the way that she was intending. The pants that look like an actual vagina come off as really weird and almost creepy. It makes the video hard to watch. She was taking the angle where she wanted to make men uncomfortable so it is more a feminine space but she even made women uncomfortable. When she first spreads her legs apart to show the full pants I was highly disturbed.
I do like the pink background and theme but the pants just ruin it. Then Janelle goes to sing the first line of her song in a baby voice- that is just creepy. She wanted to take a more creative approach with this record but all I see is someone who is desperately trying to be different.
Her first verse is honestly just odd and sets the tone for this song- one that you really don’t want to listen to it.
She sings,
“Pynk, like the inside of your… baby Pynk behind all of the doors… crazy Pynk, like the tongue that goes down… maybe Pynk, like the paradise found Pynk when you’re blushing inside… baby Pynk is the truth you can’t hide… maybe Pynk, like the folds of your brain… crazy Pynk as we all go insane”
What kind of lyric is “pynk, like the inside of your…. baby.” I really don’t understand why that lyric wasn’t changed. It really doesn’t make sense. I don’t know what she even means by “baby.” Like an actual baby or your p*ssy?
The movements that Janelle does in the video are very awkward. They show her staring directly at the camera with wide eyes, which is pretty concerning. Then it cuts to a girl’s head in between her vagina pants. Why?
Then some girl’s underwear says, “I grab back” which references the president of the United States. Trump was caught saying, “I’ll grab her by the pussy” which caused a huge uproar. But why did this video have to make a political statement? I personally think that’s cheesy.
Grimes is also featured on the track and she is not seen in the entire video, which raises questions because she is one of the best visual performers in the game right now. The director Emma Westenberg should have taken more tips from her.
The song is really slow paced and monotone, paired with lyrics that make no sense. This song is certainly a flop. I get the direction they were going with this song but it doesn’t play out like they might have envisioned.
She says a scheduling conflict prevented Minaj from coming to the video shoot and Nicki Minaj almost never goes to the video shoots because of their busy schedule. Then apparently Cardi said that Nicki changed the verse to make her look bad. Then Nicki tried to apologize, no one backed her up and the press tried to sway the public into thinking that Nicki was being extremely shady. Nicki was just trying to do Cardi a favor and it blew up in her face. Everyone thought that Nicki lied to them.
Nicki then Tweeted out this addressing it publically:
How can you say someone changed their verse & forget to say Quavo TOLD me to remove my singing part (which I loved) & Atlantic told me to remove your name from my verse per your request? So how were those changes gonna happen if I didn’t “change” my verse? 😩🤣 #NickiDay#ChunLi
She is shown tearing up a little in the video, which makes us all feel bad for Nicki. Honestly, I don’t know why Cardi b wouldn’t give Nicki props. Nicki has been dominating the music scene for eight years and yes, so many other people would die to be on a track with Nicki Minaj.
I’m a bigger Nicki fan than a Cardi fan so these two better apologize to each other before it blows up. Could you imagine a world without a Cardi and Nicki collaboration?
What better way to celebrate Friday the 13th other than listening to your most haunting and chilling tracks. Friday the 13th might be full of bad luck but this playlist certainly isn’t.
Feeling like October in April, the chilling energy is in the air. The spirits have finally woken up and demand to be heard. Even though it is the hottest day in the past few months, that isn’t going to stop bad luck from occurring.
In honor of this “holiday” here are my favorite songs that are not afraid to get dark:
