The Atlantic: "Beyoncé has a better claim to country than Gaga"

[Mythos 3,199]

I have to say, i just absolutely love Daddy Lessons, is one of my songs of the year. 

 

But who is more country is stupid, both approached it from different direction, you can't even compare them imho.

[flopheart 1,865]

promo is promo

[Starbucks 4,204]

Of course Beyoncé did, cause Joanne isn't country anymore 

[FATCAT 59,992]

Gaga's album has more of a deep-western twang than a "country" aspect.

But it is true, Gaga's not a country girl, and it would feel disingenuous if she tried to go country.

[River 116,207]

his twitter -

https://twitter.com/skornhaber

DESTROY HA!

[PaperIz 7,346]

Why does it have to be a competition of who has more of a claim to a type of music though? That's fking ridiculous and is not what art and music is about. They're both passionate about the mudic they make, why try to discredit that for either of them?

[Deleted4234 388]

I enjoy both

[JevyDuty 2,961]

So in order to give Beyoncé props for her little controversial country thing, they have to come take some from the person who's currently getting the country props by her damn self.

Cute.

Good thing Gaga's music speaks for itself. 

[PaperIz 7,346]

1 minute ago, NeverTypical said:

^^^^^^^^^^ T H I S

I love both of them and pop and country music. I hate seeing people limit an artist exploring different genres. If we don't grow as people, as artists, we die. I've seen country mudic attack bey and it's so dumb. Music is the best thing in my life. I hate seeing people try to control it.

[JevyDuty 2,961]

2 minutes ago, PaperIz said:

I love both of them and pop and country music. I hate seeing people limit an artist exploring different genres. If we don't grow as people, as artists, we die. I've seen country mudic attack bey and it's so dumb. Music is the best thing in my life. I hate seeing people try to control it.

I completely agree. There's more than enough love and talent to go around. I HATE when they knock someone down to elevate another artist as if there's an equilibrium that must be maintained.... it's ridiculous 

[MelbHawker 6,583]

5 hours ago, Lord Temptation said:

I know right. It's a concept album that uses the metaphor of the countryside as our spiritual home, but it's pretty much genre-less. Disco-pop, dance-rock, indie country, soul and folk music are all in it.

 

F*ck me, the media is made up of airheads who aren't informed about what it is they are writing about.

[The Fame Joanne 5,985]

Why coudn't they just say "Bey is capable of making country music"? why drag Gaga into this?

[giskardsb 12,565]

Houston is actually not very much of a country music city.  Assuming that because she's from "the south" she has a better "right" to a music genre is heavy stereotyping and puts Country Music into a particular box.   Critics have an issue with Gaga because she didn't just step out of one box into another, she straddles boxes and makes her own musical Gumbo that they don't know what to do with.  So they just claim she is not authentic for not fully stepping into a box.  It's lazy criticism.

 

 

[Brian Ryan 1,468]

Lady Gaga not even put out a country song though. Daddy Lessons is closer to country than anything on Joanne. Plus, Beyonce' is from the south. It's in her blood. 

[Debaser 50]

I used to really like Beyonce's self titled & Lemonade. Critics made me hate them both. And her. Thx