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Smooth Criminal

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Definitely.

 

She is about to reach like 50 million followers in a month or so...with the speed she is going at.

 

I know Katy is loved by the public, infact I like her too. But this is becoming increasingly obvious that they are buying followers.

 

No artist get 200.000+ followers everyday...thats just unnatural.

 

Katy & her team will end up embarrassing themselves.

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The problem with the Twitter followers is tons of Gaga's are fake too. Same with all major people with 30+ million. Just look at their most recent followers, half are egg accounts that follow people with no followers or tweets.

 

So they all do it, but Katy seems to be taking it a bit far, as is Bieber. I'd say why doesn't Gagz do it again, but once she does it becomes a giant deal that everyone will bash her for while ignoring the others... Also with the radio play Applause got I find it hard to believe Roar got twice the views... I think someone's views got screened a tad more heavily when bwerde decided to hypocritically call them out...

 

 

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The problem with the Twitter followers is tons of Gaga's are fake too. Same with all major people with 30+ million. Just look at their most recent followers, half are egg accounts that follow people with no followers or tweets.

 

So they all do it, but Katy seems to be taking it a bit far, as is Bieber. I'd say why doesn't Gagz do it again, but once she does it becomes a giant deal that everyone will bash her for while ignoring the others... Also with the radio play Applause got I find it hard to believe Roar got twice the views... I think someone's views got screened a tad more heavily when bwerde decided to hypocritically call them out...

 

 

:ohwell: 

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The problem with the Twitter followers is tons of Gaga's are fake too. Same with all major people with 30+ million. Just look at their most recent followers, half are egg accounts that follow people with no followers or tweets.

 

So they all do it, but Katy seems to be taking it a bit far, as is Bieber. I'd say why doesn't Gagz do it again, but once she does it becomes a giant deal that everyone will bash her for while ignoring the others... Also with the radio play Applause got I find it hard to believe Roar got twice the views... I think someone's views got screened a tad more heavily when bwerde decided to hypocritically call them out...

 

 

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so the fact that roar sold 3 or 4 times more than applause doesnt mean anything to you

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The problem with the Twitter followers is tons of Gaga's are fake too. Same with all major people with 30+ million. Just look at their most recent followers, half are egg accounts that follow people with no followers or tweets.

 

So they all do it, but Katy seems to be taking it a bit far, as is Bieber. I'd say why doesn't Gagz do it again, but once she does it becomes a giant deal that everyone will bash her for while ignoring the others... Also with the radio play Applause got I find it hard to believe Roar got twice the views... I think someone's views got screened a tad more heavily when bwerde decided to hypocritically call them out...

 

 

:ohwell: 

 

Twitter followers isnt a realistic way of measuring popularity anymore...

 

Also views, even if not bought, its just about which fanbase has more time in their hands to have it on reload -_-

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Wait Katy has how many views for that video............? Okay do people think it's that good of a song? Like, whutt? She has way better song on her album than Roar. 

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Katy Perry's Geisha Act Being Called "Racist

During tonight's American Music Awards, Katy Perry showed up dressed in a Japanese kimono. Or in a Chinese cheongsam. Or both, actually. Some folks online aren't happy about that at all.

 

And because of that, some are calling Perry's performance racist. One Twitter user (via The Huffington Post) said Perry "nailed the traditionally ignorant costume of a white pop singer." Another also asked, "why are you dressed like a geisha katy perry. why. for what. #thisisracist like horribly obviously racist."

Other sites like Twitchy pointed out more individuals who thought the whole thing seemed racistâ€â€while others didn't at all. Psychology Today even had an explainer as to why her performance was, in fact, racist.

What's the fuss? Perry, who is apparently a Japanophile, dressed up for her "Unconditionally" performance, which mixed and matched Japanese and Chinese culture as if it were a Pan-Asian buffet.

For example, Kimonos don't have exposed chests or slits at the sides, and they are hard to dance about in. The collar and the fit of the dress is more cheongsam than kimono. Yet, the print, the sleeves, the bow, and the hair accessories appear Japanese-influenced.

 

Here is a Japanese kimono: (go to the link to see the full article with pictures)

It feels like someone decided to use a cheongsam for a Japanese-themed performance, simply because it was easier to move around in.

This melding of Chinese and Japanese culture as if they were one monolith seems incredibly common in the West, and if you are familiar with the culture differences throughout Asia, it's something you certainly notice. Then, there were some who didn't like that Perry, who is not Asian, dressed up in Asian-inspired garb.

But, as someone who lives in Japan, I see a similar mix and matching with Western culture all the time as well as seemingly endless appropriation of foreign cultures for entertainment purposes. That doesn't make it right or okay, but it shows that this isn't only an American thing or a white thing or whatever.

This is borrowing something lock stock for the way it looks. Some might call this racist. Others might say it's superficial.

But what do people in Japan think? "Everything about that performance was beautiful" wrote one Japanese Twitter user. "So cute," wrote another. "This makes me so happy," chimed in another.

While the majority of the comments on Twitter (and there still aren't that many) seems fairly positive, there were those who were amused or simply disapproved. "Guess this is an Asian mix," wrote one Japanese Twitter user. "I have no idea why she wore a kimono with a China dress," wrote another. "For hairy, white Americans, I guess it doesn't mater which is which."

 

Things could get interesting when Japan's largest online forum, 2ch, which is known to have more conservative leanings, catches wind of how Perry combined Japanese and Chinese imagery and dress.

 

http://kotaku.com/katy-perrys-geisha-act-being-called-racist-1470995646?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow

 

 

on a side note Kotaku is mostly known for reviewing games and posting gaming news, but once in a while they cover big music award events /film award events.

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