I remember hearing "Britney on GMA" and skipping school cause it was an event. I remember booking off the Billboard and American music awards to see Rihanna and Katy perform. And even before that in the 2000s performances meant something.
Now we sit and watch tv events like its nothing. Do we have high standards or are artists just not exciting anymore?
They're just not exciting. Like where's the big show and the performances we talk about for days after? I'm really hoping Janet comes out of nowhere and whoops some ass with her music and performances because I need SOMETHING.
But anyway. The song is harmless as **** and can really only have a net positive impact on the world so the fumes are totally unjustified. Meanwhile Ed Sheeran sings songs literally ****-shaming girls and Taylor Swift continues to set women back by remaining the musical equivalent of a failed Bechdel Test while being just as derivative and boring as Rachel and yet both get praised to death here so irdc.
There are far more worthy targets here. Go after them.
