Hello guys. I’m actually doing okay. I still lurk here from time to time to read news about the Grammy’s and new releases but I just thought it was best for me to stay away from the drama and the stan fights as it was becoming too much.

I hope you all are doing fine. And also to some posters  my only ask is to stop slandering me in my absence.…[Read more]

I actually just decided to ignore those two users indefinitely. When it reaches the point where actual truth doesn’t matter anymore and people are willing to make up shit about you, no need to waste energy on reading/replying. It’s healthier to just ignore.

I don’t care about what you think of my predictions and whether Dua or Harry is more likely. But just don’t lie about things I NEVER SAID.

It’s not too much to ask for. Next time you’re just gonna get blocked.

Holy shit, I’m surprised by how low you guys are willing to go to score some points against other users, now resorting to lying and putting words in people’s mouths?

Like when I literally say the only way I’d consider ASIB a near-lock is if it stays in the top 10 until July, which didn’t happen, and thus wasn’t a near-lock by the standard I set.…[Read more]

Are you straight up lying? “f ASIB remains in the top10 for three more months. I’ll consider it a near-lock.”

It didn’t happen. Like seriously? How can you blatantly lie when I said IF ASIB remained in the top 10 for three more months (all the way until July) then I would consider it a near lock, which didn’t happen anyway?

Here’s the august thread. Can you please quote from the post where I called people delusional for not predicting Gaga?

In fact I didn’t predict her myself, once again, here’s another old post of my Pop Solo…[Read more]

Did I?

I remember you organized a game, and I was one of the winners actually:

Here’s my post: https://www.goldderby.com/forum/music/2020-grammys-pop-field-predictions-competition/page/2/#post-1203174534

Gaga was no where to be found in my official…[Read more]

Ok how about you two predict DSN and leave people who don’t in peace? We’ll see who’s right come nominations day?

Y’all said TUN was such a lock last year? What happened. So please stop being so sure of your predictions. And again, if a song as impactful as TUN missed, that really speaks for the chances of the rest. Even Circles/Blinding Lights…[Read more]

I don’t know if you’re insinuating that I said ASIB was a lock by “y’all”. But I never said that. I said it was a likely nominee but vulnerable due to Shallow winning the prior year.

If you can’t find the receipts, I suggest that you solicit the services of Miss @Kai. He is a pro at finding my old posts.

Okay I can get behind this. Dua predicted social distancing.

Lmao, imagine thinking that Ariana and Billie weren’t literally ahead of Gaga in virtually every Grammy prediction including mine. Trust me you didn’t invent the wheel by repeating what everyone else thinks.

So please at least when you say something, base it on facts. Because the full history of my last AOTY prediction is available and verifiable.

So many people obsessed with how I rank my nominees. Funny thing I didn’t even put much thought in the order I put them in. In fact it’s very early to do that now. That’s something that I will do when the nomination process comes to an end.

I’m glad I got all this attention though. I must be important for you to go check in my profile how I rank…[Read more]

According to Golderby, my prediction record through the years is strong enough to have me in the All-Star Top 24 list. So please don’t try to lecture me on who I should predict. Worry about your own score.

Lol. Yeah you can keep telling yourself that. Truth Hurts was first undeniable, #1 for six weeks during the nomination process. And second its lyrics were quotable, memorable and a cultural phenomenon.

Can you give me a single memorable lyric from DSN? It’s very very far from being the culture phenomenon that Truth Hurts was (“I just took a DNA…[Read more]

By the way, not even Paul Grein, who has a history of overestimating pop girls, had DSN in his SOTY predictions, despite the fact that the song has already had its full chart run. It’s for a reason.

Don’t Start Now will probably be the TUN of this year, a song that people think will get in based on relative popularity, but won’t. Although I have…[Read more]

In SOTY? Yes. As I said DSN is a much stronger ROTY contender than SOTY.

“Don’t show up, don’t come out
Don’t start caring about me now
Walk away, you know how
Don’t start caring about me now ”

Doesn’t sound like a typical SOTY nominee. And it lacks an out-of-the box message. She’s singing about her ex in lyrics that don’t stand out. That’s…[Read more]

My predictions as of now:

Best Pop Vocal Album: Hollywood’s Bleeding (Upset: Chromatica)

Best Pop Solo Performance: Blinding Lights (Upset: Circles)

Best Pop Duo/GP: Rain On Me

ROM is already a hit, but it needs to be a bigger hit before Chromatica can be frontrunner in Pop Album. I’ll wait a few more weeks. Although Post Malone has a…[Read more]

If Gaga is losing, she’s losing to Post Malone. Dua Lipa is #3rd or #4th depending on whether Harry Styles’ Watermelon Sugar continues to blow up.

Also there are many critically acclaimed albums this year. Even the popular albums (Hollywood’s Bleeding, After Hours and Chromatica) are acclaimed (oh and please don’t tell me that because it’s 1-2 points lower than 81 it’s not acclaimed lol, it’s more about the general reception of the critics).

So I think solely being acclaimed this year…[Read more]

The Grammy’s do nominate a critically-acclaimed album every year. I don’t think that they actually tell themselves “we need to nominate a critically-acclaimed album”, but it just happens. Who knows why..

But I think if it’s solely based on critically-acclaim, they may settle on Dua Lipa as the critics pick, the Lana/Lorde of this year, not…[Read more]