Rahrahbitchson 23,582 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Lone Ranger, Beyoncé whose country-inspired album Cowboy Carter won both Best Country Album and Album of the Year at the Grammys—has been exposed after a years-old video resurfaced showing her admitting that she had never listened to country music, despite being born and raised in Texas and later claiming that the genre originated with Black people. Thoughts? Then the signal split in two the sound created stars like me and you✨️ 18 1 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachJug 3,162 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 billie should’ve won AOTY for HMHAS 8 1 13 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 118,078 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 OOOP! WBK, any pop artists that doing country always pandering to certain crowds, that they really shouldn't have lmao No people in their right mind will listen to that genre which community filled with bigotry. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ⁱᵐ'ᵐᵃ ʰⁱᵗ ᵈᵉᶠʳᵒˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ʸᵃ, ˡᵉᵗ'ˢ ᵍᵉᵗ ⁱᵗ ᵇˡᵃᶻⁱⁿᵍ﹗ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandWitch 227 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 I don’t think it’s relevant since country made itself a very unsafe space for both Black and LGBTQIA+ people for over a decade, and she’s correct about Black contributions to country music. I’m grateful to Gaga, Beyonce, Orville, and several others for making country more accepting and accessible for people like me over the last ten years, and I’m glad the CMAs have feelings about it. People can seethe all day. Frankly, I’ll still be bopping to Cowboy Carter, folks can keep Blake Shelton and his cohorts lol. 15 1 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandWitch 227 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 4 minutes ago, RAMROD said: No people in their right mind will listen to that genre which community filled with bigotry. Queer country artists deserve better than this statement 3 13 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purrrrrr 18,496 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 idg the issue here Meow 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladle Ghoulash 55,352 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 (edited) Not only is it an old clip, but it also misses the point of the statement “ALWAYS BEEN COUNTRY” as it relates to CC: that “country” as a genre is a construct, given how the album both plays with its roots, it’s current format, and it’s potential future. Not to mention the political exercise of reappropriating country as a black woman as a way of reclaiming a different form of patriotism from the white nationalist far right. Not even a Beyoncé superfan and that has always been fairly obvious to me lol Edited August 18 by Ladle Ghoulash We have forgotten our public MANNERS 11 1 2 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco 28,005 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 2 minutes ago, NewEnglandWitch said: Queer country artists deserve better than this statement And racial minority acts. And tbh the original outlaw acts as well. The gays know how to party 1 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladle Ghoulash 55,352 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 2 minutes ago, NewEnglandWitch said: Queer country artists deserve better than this statement Yeah, there’s so much country music that exists outside of the mainstream far right iteration of country that’s great. Even a straight artist like Sturgill Simpson is so obviously not MAGA, is politically outspoken, and is incredibly talented We have forgotten our public MANNERS Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydrangea 8,259 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 And who can blame her honestly Looking down at my $t loser misery 8 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 174,651 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 16 minutes ago, Rahrahbitchson said: later claiming that the genre originated with Black people. I don't like the way this is phrased 'cause regardless of her personal experience with the genre, the fact that it has its roots in black American culture is absolutely fact Whimsical bitch 17 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladle Ghoulash 55,352 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Just now, PartySick said: I don't like the way this is phrased 'cause regardless of her personal experience with the genre, the fact that it has its roots in black American culture is absolutely fact Yeah, “later claimed something that is literally true” is wild work lmao We have forgotten our public MANNERS 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl 3,584 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Yeah I don't think the "always been country" statement isn't about her as much as a cultural statement. I assume she doesn't listen to much ballroom house music either but she pays homage to the heritage of her culture I guess. Either way both albums slap imo so it's irrelevant. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley 60,455 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 11 minutes ago, RAMROD said: No people in their right mind will listen to that genre which community filled with bigotry. Way too extreme 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandWitch 227 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 2 minutes ago, Bronco said: And racial minority acts. And tbh the original outlaw acts as well. 100%, and we must have real similar libraries 😂 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Featured Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.