Saweetie roasted over out of breath Jingle Ball performance

[TaylorSwift 161,410]

Saweetie has come under fire after several clips of her performance from the iHeartRadio's Jingle Ball of her being out of breath and forgetting the lyrics went viral
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[weed 78,526]

At least she's singing live! Take this and improve, queen! Dua came back a powerhouse after that dance

[littlepotter 76,531]

Every time a woman gets an ounce of success people scramble to scrutinize her and threaten her with "newer up and coming girls who can eat her up." So misogynistic, so over it. Notice how all of these are f- I mean men.

[FentyGa 14,340]

i mean, she’s known as the queen of pretty privilege

don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad thing, but she isn’t as talented as her peers

[TEANUS 16,138]

Those videos didn’t even look or sound that bad to me 

[tylerjs 6,087]

Lol men love to hate powerful female artists that speak their mind and reciprocate the sh*t behavior put on them by men. Her performance wasn’t even bad, and she’s singing live which many artists do not do. Not everyone can have a perfect vocal while dancing and many won’t. They’ll sit on Twitter all day and talk about saweetie but when drake walks on stage in sweats and a T-shirt, stands in one spot and talks into a microphone it’s crickets all around—he’s a legend, he’s the goat, too talented, etc. Make it make sense 

[nATAH 56,129]

i'm so bored of gay men and their opinions 

[KORG 4,756]

We have been rightly spoiled by an artist with integrity.

[Fish 6,252]

shes so bland. 

[moonsago 7,285]

While I also stand by the argument that twitter is unrealistic with their standards and thay gay men are extremely harsh on women ( to say the least ), this performance was bad and that’s on period. Yes, she was singing live and somewhat... dance? If you call swinging from one side of the stage to another dancing... but that does not explain how bad it was. The reality of the matter is that most of these western artists don’t bother to practice to the extent they should. You have to build up stemina and literally physically train to do a show like this and I am sorry, but besides Beyonce and a few other girls, nobody does it. The men are a MESS also in the west, let’s not even talk about that cause it’s beyond bad. The expectations for women is much higher than for men. But with that being said, as I appreciate the sentiment of pointing out how terrible stan twitter can be, I also do not have to sacrifice the fact that this was bad too. Both things are true in this case. I hope she improves, it’s not the end of the world, it’s just a performance, she doesn’t have to beat herself up for it, and I do hope she doesn’t, she just has to see where she is lacking and struggling and try to adapt and work on those things. It’s gonna be slow but she can do it I am sure. 
 

edit: another idea that came to mind was that maybe she struggles with anxiety and nerves? That could explain her forgetting the lyrics and being so out of breath so easily. If that’s the case then the conversation should be completely different and I hope she finds a way to adapt and make it work in the future, for her own health and peace of mind. 

[Oriane 22,608]

As someone who doesn't know her music at all, there's nothing about these clips that shock me. It seems that she keeps singing the song normally. If an outsider can't tell and can still enjoy the performance, I don't think it's that bad.

And I also still don't understand why we expect these musicians to also be performers, as if it made their musical talents less good and worthy. The music comes first, being able to dance and shake around a stage is bonus.

[HardlyaSaint 727]

“No breath control” 

…We’re still in a pandemic involving a virus that affects/targets mainly the respiratory system (it just re-released its new album “Omicron”). All while she’s throwing it back VICIOUSLY and still trying to keep up with all the other factors of her performance. I know they both don’t DIRECTLY correlate, but I’m just saying…the principles here are all out of place. 

I’m really tired of gay/Stan Twitter tearing down female performers that are HUMAN because they’re not SUPERHUMAN. Y’all over-glorify/worship the idea of women so much that you put them on a pedestal that is almost sometimes impossible for them to maintain because they are HUMAN— just like men. This can be damaging whether people realize it or not. Pop culture fandoms really are the worst part of pop culture sometimes.
 

 Yeah, it’s definitely time for species-reset. I’m getting really sick of us. 

[insight 2,469]

The bar is set so low 

[r4therupbeat 1,587]

I feel bad because she was literally in an ''artist camp'' or whatever you call it this past summer specifically for her breathing control on stage and baby looked anxious af in those clips

[AsleepOnTheCeiling 6,876]

2 hours ago, HardlyaSaint said:

“No breath control” 

…We’re still in a pandemic involving a virus that affects/targets mainly the respiratory system (it just re-released its new album “Omicron”). All while she’s throwing it back VICIOUSLY and still trying to keep up with all the other factors of her performance. I know they both don’t DIRECTLY correlate, but I’m just saying…the principles here are all out of place. 

I’m really tired of gay/Stan Twitter tearing down female performers that are HUMAN because they’re not SUPERHUMAN. Y’all over-glorify/worship the idea of women so much that you put them on a pedestal that is almost sometimes impossible for them to maintain because they are HUMAN— just like men. This can be damaging whether people realize it or not. Pop culture fandoms really are the worst part of pop culture sometimes.
 

 Yeah, it’s definitely time for species-reset. I’m getting really sick of us. 

What all are we gonna use covid as an excuse for? She never announced she had covid and she's been out publicly for the past year. So either she hasn't had it or she's been spreading it knowingly. 

If she can't dance and sing, she shouldn't do both. Most of the time artists don't owe fans anything, but a concert is where they do. There's a direct relationship between the artist and the attendees, and the attendees are going to watch them perform. And a performance is the merging of visual and sound. Even if one is mediocre, the other shouldn't suffer because of it especially sound when people are coming for music.

 

Gay men don't tear down male performers because gay men aren't even interested in male performers for the most part. And even if they are they're torn to shreds for mediocrity. Gay men do fetishise attractive male artists but straight men also fetishise female artists.