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The only significance EOM has is over old white women who still love sad pity me I’m a victim ballads. Balladele’s EOM has been forgotten months ago while AIW has remained in the TOP 5 for most of its run, the longest solo nos 1 in the BB, longest nos 2 and nos 3. And it is the anthem of the pandemic era which everyone can relate to, not some whiny vomit-inducing song only old I am so dramatic white women enjoy.
And by the way, Balladele has lost her cultural relevance. Taylor is the new Queen of white music.
Buddy, EOM is objectively better, AIW doesn’t stand out in any way (lyrics, instrumental, performance – it’s all mediocre).
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You have to understand that Harry is not on that level. He will not be given an award when there are more significant artistsBLM and the press yelling that the Grammys are racist means no Adele sweep. She also let down many voters by cancelling her residency with 24 hours notice. People had already flown out to Vegas. Adele is way past her best and such a one trick pony. Time to move on.
Adele reads this after her sweep
ReplyCopy URLBLM and the press yelling that the Grammys are racist means no Adele sweep. She also let down many voters by cancelling her residency with 24 hours notice. People had already flown out to Vegas. Adele is way past her best and such a one trick pony. Time to move on.
You do know the voting is anonymous, right? People can vote for Adele despite the things you mentioned and experience zero blowback.
This idea that the only way someone like Beyonce could win is if Adele is forced out due to “fear of backlash” is, quite frankly, offensive to Beyonce and her work and talent. Beyonce deserves to win because of the quality of her music, not because of some “we’re woke” narrative.
ReplyCopy URLYou do know the voting is anonymous, right? People can vote for Adele despite the things you mentioned and experience zero blowback. This idea that the only way someone like Beyonce could win is if Adele is forced out due to “fear of backlash” is, quite frankly, offensive to Beyonce and her work and talent. Beyonce deserves to win because of the quality of her music, not because of some “we’re woke” narrative.
Forget individuals, the Grammys as an institution can’t afford the kind of backlash they’ll get if Adele beats Beyonce again. They are losing clout and viewers year by year.
ReplyCopy URLHoney nobody gives a f*ck about another Balladele ballad which all sounds the same. It’s long forgotten by the voters. All Balladele songs are way below medioccre, no variety, no innovation, nothing new. Same message of whining I am a victim, pity me sh*t, everybody’s bored and so tired of the same Balladele noise it is hurting our ears.
ReplyCopy URLBuddy, EOM is objectively better, AIW doesn’t stand out in any way (lyrics, instrumental, performance – it’s all mediocre). You have to understand that Harry is not on that level. He will not be given an award when there are more significant artists
Honey nobody gives a f*ck about another Balladele ballad which all sounds the same. It’s long forgotten by the voters. All Balladele songs are way below medioccre, no variety, no innovation, nothing new. Same message of whining I am a victim, pity me sh*t, everybody’s bored and so tired of the same Balladele noise it is hurting our ears.
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ReplyCopy URLAs It Was doesn’t deserve to win anything by virtue of the superior Take On Me inspired song being completely passed over 2 years ago. But I wouldn’t put it past the voters to actually award the white man for doing the same thing for which they wouldn’t even nominate the black artist…
I had to think hard for a while to realize you meant Blinding Lights. As It Was and Blinding Lights sound nothing alike, and the only thing either of them have in common with Take On Me is the synth.
As It Was is bigger than Blinding Lights, also. It reached #1 in 35 countries and top 10 in 19 more. AIW charted in 63 countries total (almost every single country that keeps music charts).
Blinding Lights also reached #1 in 35 countries but two of those countries don’t do charts anymore (Estonia and Scotland), and it’s almost guaranteed that AIW would’ve reached #1 there too bc it did so in all the neighboring countries. Blinding Lights did 17 extra countries top 10, so AIW has a slight edge over it on that front. Blinding Lights charted in 59 countries total, including the aforementioned two that don’t do charts anymore, once again, AIW has a slight edge.
AIW was #1 for 15 weeks in America, Blinding Lights for 4. AIW was #1 for 10 weeks in the UK, Blinding Lights for 8. AIW was #1 for 18 weeks in Canada, Blinding Lights for 7. AIW was #1 for 18 weeks in Netherlands (longest charting #1 in history in Netherlands), Blinding Lights for 14.
AIW is the fastest song in history to reach 100M, 200M, 300M, 400M, 500M, 600M, 700M, 800M, 900M, 1B, 1.1B, 1.2B, 1.3B, 1.4B, 1.5B, 1.6B in Spotify history. It’s literally #2 on Global Spotify 150,000 streams away from #1 NOW. 7 months after being released.
We will see how it fares longevity wise in the long(er) run, but tet-a-tet, so far AIW is bigger than Blinding Lights, especially in America, which is where it matters the most for the Grammys.
That said, Blinding Lights was most likely filtered out from S/ROTY by the committee (which is also what most likely happened to Harry in 2021 as well), and being shut-out in pop didn’t come as a surprise as it was never his strong suit Grammys-wise. I firmly believe Blinding Lights would’ve won both Grammys in a straight-up vote in 2021, and it would’ve been 100% deserved.
I think As It Was deserves the ROTY win, but Harry was unlucky enough to release the biggest song he’ll probably ever release at the same time as Adele released, so he’ll most likely go home empty-handed.
ReplyCopy URLBLM and the press yelling that the Grammys are racist means no Adele sweep. She also let down many voters by cancelling her residency with 24 hours notice. People had already flown out to Vegas. Adele is way past her best and such a one trick pony. Time to move on.
I think it’s really great that the Swifties and Harry Styles fans have discovered BLM in 2022, but this is nothing like 2016 and 2017 where two of the most acclaimed albums by black artists, were beaten by good, but perhaps not amazing albums by white artists. And this came after an almost 10 year gap since the last black AOTY winner in 2008.
In case you missed it, we just had a black man win AOTY in 2022 and people of colour swept the general field.
The Grammy voters aren’t going to feel compelled to award black artists, unless they really liked the music better than the other nominees.
ReplyCopy URLI had to think hard for a while to realize you meant Blinding Lights. As It Was and Blinding Lights sound nothing alike, and the only thing either of them have in common with Take On Me is the synth. As It Was is bigger than Blinding Lights, also. It reached #1 in 35 countries and top 10 in 19 more. AIW charted in 63 countries total (almost every single country that keeps music charts). Blinding Lights also reached #1 in 35 countries but two of those countries don’t do charts anymore (Estonia and Scotland), and it’s almost guaranteed that AIW would’ve reached #1 there too bc it did so in all the neighboring countries. Blinding Lights did 17 extra countries top 10, so AIW has a slight edge over it on that front. Blinding Lights charted in 59 countries total, including the aforementioned two that don’t do charts anymore, once again, AIW has a slight edge. AIW was #1 for 15 weeks in America, Blinding Lights for 4. AIW was #1 for 10 weeks in the UK, Blinding Lights for 8. AIW was #1 for 18 weeks in Canada, Blinding Lights for 7. AIW was #1 for 18 weeks in Netherlands (longest charting #1 in history in Netherlands), Blinding Lights for 14. AIW is the fastest song in history to reach 100M, 200M, 300M, 400M, 500M, 600M, 700M, 800M, 900M, 1B, 1.1B, 1.2B, 1.3B, 1.4B, 1.5B, 1.6B in Spotify history. It’s literally #2 on Global Spotify 150,000 streams away from #1 NOW. 7 months after being released. We will see how it fares longevity wise in the long(er) run, but tet-a-tet, so far AIW is bigger than Blinding Lights, especially in America, which is where it matters the most for the Grammys. That said, Blinding Lights was most likely filtered out from S/ROTY by the committee (which is also what most likely happened to Harry in 2021 as well), and being shut-out in pop didn’t come as a surprise as it was never his strong suit Grammys-wise. I firmly believe Blinding Lights would’ve won both Grammys in a straight-up vote in 2021, and it would’ve been 100% deserved. I think As It Was deserves the ROTY win, but Harry was unlucky enough to release the biggest song he’ll probably ever release at the same time as Adele released, so he’ll most likely go home empty-handed.
Bro, you wrote a whole article about As It Was being bigger than Blinding Lights but you forgot one thing, Blinding Lights is literally the #1 song at all time charts. I don’t care about Netherlands. Harry might win Grammy(s) but don’t wrote a whole article about As It Was being bigger than Blinding Lights.
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