Anitta and Sam Smith shelved collaboration to be released

[JorgeX 640]

Regardless of how messy and sloppy the gloria era was, it’s disrespectful to Anitta’s work. 

[DrKindnessKunt1999 6,060]

Hopefully she could edit out all the Sam scenes because it would be such a waste to scrap the whole video, especially considering its big budget. 

[NUTELLA 8,037]

1 hour ago, Bronco said:

I do agree that to young queers it may have given them something. My big issue is the word ground breaking.

Its not. Even if it may be something "new" in the eyes of the newer generation. Labelling it groundbreaking discredits the work that Sam Smith followed. And lets face it Sam Smith and their fans have form for ignoring Queers who have achieved before them...

You are absolutely correct. Groundbreaking was poor word choice. I think "eye-opening" would be more appropriate. What is stale to some could be life-changing to others ✨

Not that we 25+ year old queers are jaded... we've just seen a lot by this point 😅 lol

[27monster27 12,936]

3 hours ago, NATAH said:

just because it's queer and sexual doesn't automatically make it good

it was very hard to watch

Stop saying I'm arguing that you have to like it for this reason. I'm not.

3 hours ago, Agunimon said:

Being gay is already stigmatized about being overly sexual. What is there to be proud about when that is an entire image? Not really understanding.

What boundaries are being pushed in sexuality in a world where even gay people don’t attend pride because of the overtly sexual nature of some pride events?

The Gloria brand wasn’t about pushing boundaries. It was about provocation. 

Honestly so what if it was provocation? It's still nice to see it from a queer perspective.

3 hours ago, Bronco said:

Its a problem because by claiming the latest as ground breaking you invalidate who actually broke the ground. 

My entire problem is you are invalidating the activism that gave Sam Smith the platform they have. Sam Smith is not an activist, they rarely speak out through their platform & actively pursued a relationship with a right wing bigot in 2020. 

I don't need to educate myself on how kink has been a part of activism. 1) I was citing examples where fetish has been used for activism by Sam's musical predecessors. Like Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Relax, George Michael's Outside and Scissor Sisters's Filthy Gorgeous & Tits on the Radio as examples. 

2) I've actively researched and presented at academic conferences on the role of **** actors & other sex workers in promoting & creating PrEP educational materials. 

3) I'm an active member of the queer fetish community. 

First and foremost, saying that I am invalidating the activism of others is gaslighting and that won't work on me. Refer to my previous reply about being provocative to see the idea. It's nice to see it from a queer perspective.

 

Honestly a lot of this is hypocrisy on this forum. Lady Gaga got so much of the same hate and this fan base spews it back to others. Ava Max "copying", Lil Nas X "wasting talent on shock value", Sam Smith "just being provacative to be provacative". Why hate other artists for stuff we constantly were hit with before?

[Bronco 10,414]

13 hours ago, JessFletch said:

You are absolutely correct. Groundbreaking was poor word choice. I think "eye-opening" would be more appropriate. What is stale to some could be life-changing to others ✨

Not that we 25+ year old queers are jaded... we've just seen a lot by this point 😅 lol

Not you clocking my age perfectly 😂

[NUTELLA 8,037]

1 hour ago, Bronco said:

Not you clocking my age perfectly 😂

We can never go back, we can only move forward gracefully 👵🏼🍻👵🏼

[Feline 617]

Probably the single and era will be better without them, it’s a win for Anitta 

[Addison Rae 16,492]

i like anitta but her stans always attack other artists for things that happen like this

[27monster27 12,936]

@Bronco

Not you being so weak that you can't even properly reply and just leave an LMAO. 

[Bronco 10,414]

4 hours ago, 27monster27 said:

@Bronco

Not you being so weak that you can't even properly reply and just leave an LMAO. 

Mate I can't be bothered with someone so superior that they start telling people to go do research on communities they've already said they are apart of. Like you got the last word in and still weren't happy. Yet claim you arent trying to force people to agree with you & support Sam. 

You can say all you want you aren't invalidating other people's groundbreaking work - but unless you accept that your language was doing so I am not going to take you seriously. 

I can accept it may not be your intention. But your language does exactly that and if you cared as much as you're performance wants people to suggest you'd recognise that your approach doesn't back up your intention.

[Westerosi 2,067]

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[Levine 23,546]

I'm so sorry for Anitta. I hope she can work with a professionist next time. 

[Teletubby 147,869]

 

[Sneaky Oliver 22,040]

Someone from the label must have held a gun to Sam’s head 

if she’s dropping it as a album track, the MV budget is going to be wasted anyway, I would rather scrap it altogether