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She better not fall asleep with Jigglypuff behind her or else...

I think this song dog whistles pro-whiteness. and I think people who say that’s a bad take….should consider how smart Taylor is…and how weird it is to write a song about this in that way. Let’s be very clear. because I know people will come for me….but even if “Opalite” wasn’t written with intentional racism, it is still deeply ignorant, and that matters even more when you are someone with the power, wealth, platform, and self-proclaimed “mastermind” status of Taylor Swift. Context matters. This is a song about a man whose dating history was primarily women of color. Then he dates Taylor. Suddenly his life becomes “opalite,” a white, translucent, glowing gemstone associated with purity and light. That framing is not neutral. The narrative becomes: he dates Black and brown women, then he dates Taylor, and now his world is luminous, rare, elevated, purified. You do not get to write that and pretend it exists in a vacuum. This is classic aestheticized whiteness. Not overt racism. Not slurs. But symbolic hierarchy. Whiteness as restoration. Whiteness as upgrade. Whiteness as glow. And before anyone says “she didn’t mean it like that,” here’s the thing: Taylor wants credit as a high-brow lyricist. She markets herself as hyper-intentional. She dissects metaphors. She plants easter eggs. She controls narrative. She literally calls herself a mastermind. A real high-brow lyricist thinks about cultural context. A real high-brow lyricist asks how this reads in the real world, what it implies, and what it reinforces, especially when you are a white billionaire writing about a man’s romantic past with women of color. She could have chosen literally any metaphor. She chose a white gemstone. That is not accidental in outcome, even if it was accidental in intent. And intent does not erase impact. What makes this worse is the privilege baked into it. Taylor lives in a bubble where she gets to romanticize her own desirability without ever having to sit with how that story lands for Black women. The song centers her elevation while implicitly downgrading the women who came before. That is textbook white feminism. It is also why people are right to side-eye who she’s aligning herself with this era. When your art starts leaning into purity imagery, hierarchy narratives, and romanticized superiority, people are allowed to ask questions. Especially in a political climate where MAGA aesthetics thrive on coded language rather than explicit statements. Dog whistles do not announce themselves. They arrive wrapped in poetry. So no, this is not about calling Taylor a cartoon villain or pretending she is wearing a hood. It is about acknowledging that she used imagery that reinforces a racialized hierarchy, failed to interrogate it, and released it anyway. If you want the praise of being a serious lyricist, you also inherit the responsibility. She missed that responsibility here, and that deserves to be called out.

Is the world starting to heal?

https://www.jmail.world/thread/EFTA02577411?view=inbox Allegedly, I've seen people say that around 2012, Epstein was constantly trying to meet Gaga during her most vulnerable time. Jeffrey emailed her team relentlessly trying to meet up. Especially around the time she broke her hip and couldn't walk.

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Her stans always tout her ability to hide things in her lyrics until the hidden thing is potentially racist, then we're digging too deep

Can she not

But there's no indication of this. Sure, it's an interpretation you can make I guess, but the onyx/opalite metaphor follows up from earlier metaphors of night/day pretty explicitly: "Sleepless in the onyx night / But now the sky is opalite" says the chorus after it's implied she didn't know love or how to love/be loved. The song is a run of the mill pop song about the ups and downs of love, like the ones Taylor always makes. Nothing in the song says anything of what you wrote.

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So I'm aware that Scheiße is largely a female empowerment driven song and that it is about being strong and a rejection of societal authority and control but when I first heard the song back in 2011 and listened to it frequently I always interpreted the lyrics as being about the subject of the songs own insecurity and dependence on other people. Lines like "I wish that I could be strong without somebody there" and "I wish that I could dance on a single prayer" read as wanting to know ones own self worth without feeling the need to depend on others for validation all the time and a longing for self security. Also the verses "I'll take you out tonight say whatever you like", "Put on a show tonight do whatever you like" read as the subject of the song (whether it is Gaga or just a random female) doing whatever the guy in the relationship wants because of issues with codependency and relying on him for validation due to a lack of self worth. Even the line "If you're a strong female you don't need permission" seems like the message is be self confident and resilient without needing to rely on others. I'm aware that this is not contradictory to the overall female empowerment message of the song but I just thought it added an extra layer and added some context/specifics through a broader lens. There are so many Gaga songs like this that have these double and even triple layers of meaning (So Happy I Could Die, Government Hooker, Judas, Black Jesus + Amen Fashion, Dance In the Dark) especially from the earlier years of her career that show how amazing of a songwriter she is and how skilled she is at her craft with the use of metaphors.

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My guess is those sick c*nts knew what happened to her and assumed she was going to be weak and think they can take advantage of her.

They already ditched YouTube as the music video platform since views don't count anymore.

Surely there's strict regulations about this kind of stuff on TV? Just because a twitter post doesn't show a warning doesn't mean the actual ad won't.

It's literally her best album from start to finish?

She gets engaged with a bear and then becomes a Pokémon poster girl, typical…

No, Billie is potentially even more overrated than Taylor, and also way more boring. I really cant stand this woman. So the world is not healing.

I know people think it’s to do with him being a p*do but the fact of the matter was, Gaga was coming off of 3 very successful eras before ARTPOP was released, yeah she had critics but the mass hate train for the album didn’t happen until the album itself was out. He was friends with Koons and probably wanted to benefit monetarily from Gaga and her team. I’m glad Troy was gone by this time because could you imagine him pushing for Gaga to associate with Epstein just because he AHS money?

we been knew sis

I just feel the USA will never be fully on board with Gaga. They find her too polarising and demonic, for some reason.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRDsjyBJ/ That's so cute

This is wild. The pro-wrestling demo in general is one that definitely skews more conservative and seeing this in that space shows that what folks are seeing unfolding in MN and across the country is absolutely moving the needle, pissing people off, and changing minds. Glad so many seem to finally be coming to.

I don’t get all the HMHAS hype tbh, the album is so inferior to her previous work imo

Listening to Gaga discography now, especially through TF-TFM, has made me realize that she was never a copy of Madonna and she always owned her own music style, the fashion and the persona. She's more of the female Freddie Mercury mixed with Janis Joplin seasoned with a little bit of Bowie, Prince, Jagger and Debbie Harry. If we go back to TFM with JD, PF and Paparazzi.. they are not at all similar to anything Madonna did in the past. Especially with the use of the Synth.. Madonna used it as one of the background instruments, while Gaga used it as one the primary instruments. and this is a huge difference. Even the imaginary is pretty different, Madonna is more sexual but not sensual, Gaga is more about bringing a character through the outfits, through the fashion, and the sexuality is more subtle, less in your face. At the end, the only similarity is.. the blond.

Can you post more often? 11 minutes passed and it is on youtube

@PartySick Ban this person

Imagine the triple threat promo End of Feb: Pokemon song Late April: Prada 2 track Early June: World Cup (Gaga x Weeknd)

"potentially even more overrated than Taylor" meanwhile she writes better lyrics and has better production, can actually sing very well live and sounds actually great, has much more interesting visuals and artistic concepts, and is actually politically engaged and outspoken Not sure how any of this makes her overrated, let alone more overrated than fuckass taylor swift

Which doesnt say much since even Katy Perrys music is more enjoyable

Why did it take 20 years is the real question

US Billboard 200 Albums #119 (-15) MAYHEM - 47 weeks In 2 weeks it's going to tie with Joanne with 49 weeks. Total album sales in SPS units according to ChartMasters Harlequin - 166,000 MAYHEM - 7,207,000

She is lowkey saving the art of music videos from dying... Now that streams on YouTube don't count anymore on Billboard do you really think labels will put out there efforts to keep MV a thing? I don't like her music but I'm glad she's looking up for new ideas to maintain music videos alive

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I always say this, Gaga was on her own lane and she had a really strong individual image up until Alejandro music video. That music video changed her career trajection in a bad way. Not only did she collabarated with Madonna's long time collabarator/friend, she also heavily referenced Madonna's music videos (sexual catholic imagery was a cherry on the top). This sparked the Madonna conversation and Born This Way/Express Yourself was a nail on the coffin. I remember Twitter that day, the comparisons gain attraction naturally the day the song was released. Nevertheless, she worked so hard afterwards to steer away from this image. You can see this struggle in her music journey.

She's now like this cool mom/aunt at the weddings This is what Madonna was supposed to do honestly but she didn't and it's sucks.

Oh no worries at all! And understandable, since WWE, the number one pro-wrestling company in the world, is deeply in bed with the Trump administration. Grateful AEW exists as a high level alternative these days :') Plus the boys there are hot 🥵

finally a product endorsement I can get behind

As someone who had epilepsy as a kid (though a different kind, but still), I do agree that this needs to be called out. Stuff like this is very dangerous.

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Well she’s had good material for SOTY, ROTY and AOTY, but never all at the same time. Either way, she has more than enough GRAMMYs Gaga though… She could and should’ve won the three awards back in 2011 for The Fame Monster and Bad Romance.

Everyone wants to be with Gaga, she is the celebrity amongst the celebrities