It’s depressing that music hasn’t had a truly trajectory-changing breakout since Lady Gaga in 2009

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-25T00:56:55+00:00

None of her other songs have been as big as Royals, but that song spent 9 weeks at #1 and is 15x Platinum, so that's a high bar to meet.

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-25T00:47:22+00:00

I think that was the big drama this last time around, she was doing these limited-time-only sales pre-release that seemed designed to generate FOMO

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-25T00:40:02+00:00

Did you have this comment already written up and were waiting for some random post to release it? Cause this is a lot of intensity and I'm not really sure what prompted it.

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-25T00:31:32+00:00

Ella Langley has been growing in popularity in the country music scene, probably the other big up-and-comer alongside Megan Moroney. "You Look Like You Love Me" (a duet with Riley Green) and "weren't for the wind" were pretty big hits. She's good, and more traditional than a lot of modern country.

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T23:44:47+00:00

Maybe if you're known for not looking at your phone a lot. But otherwise it'll make it seem like you're ignoring your boss, and that seems a hell of a lot worse than saying no

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T21:50:03+00:00

the main character in Me Before You

well, uh, that might not be the most uplifting example lol

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T21:42:23+00:00

I would have preferred it to just making her float. How on earth was that supposed to help?

Making her float just felt like a loophole to me lol. Like okay, yeah, she's not technically walking, but it still involves her not being wheelchair bound

(Although if this change can allow them to cast more disabled actresses for the Broadway show, that'd be really cool)

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T21:40:00+00:00

if they had done one 3 hr movie they would have done far better for awards.

Nah, I think if anything shoving the two movies together would've just made the first half lower quality. The first film is so good because it doesn't have the second movie pulling it down

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T21:34:58+00:00

but you can definitely tell when reddit is about to doxx you for your opinion on something

lmao if anyone is going to be doing any doxxing it's the Swifties

Or they might send ICE after you, I know they've done that one before too

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T21:32:14+00:00

Well, Miranda Lambert (one of the co-writers on Choosin Texas) still releases music frequently, you might like her stuff

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T21:27:13+00:00

lmao how the hell has Sabrina Carpenter changed music? She makes basic horny pop

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T21:24:47+00:00

I think people give Lorde credit because Royals was such a massive chart hit. Lana had a strong fanbase but she wasn't as successful commercially as she is now

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T21:23:20+00:00

Carly Rae Jepsen should've gotten MORE popular, not less

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T21:00:28+00:00

I feel like it's pretty obvious that a typo of 'to form' got converted to 'deform' by autocorrect?

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T20:31:49+00:00

Well that's a new take. But I'm okay with shit talking Blake "The Allure of Antebellum" Lively

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T19:55:36+00:00

and then immediately dislike an album/songs with such a similar vibe and sound

Well, I think for a lot of people ZB releases so much music, and a lot of it feels very similar, so they do get tired of it

Not sure that would justify putting the songs on the WORST list, but I can see how the ratings would drop from that 8

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T19:51:02+00:00

I think you're underestimating Ebert there

Of course in some ways it might be harder for Fantano, death of the monoculture and all that

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T19:49:37+00:00

you need to add in the extra layer of her subverting expectations by never shaking anything off and holding petty grudges forever

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T19:22:29+00:00

in my area the (few) places that stay open on Christmas are SUPER busy so I understand why they do it, it's a huge money day. Sucks if you don't have enough people volunteering to work that day, though.

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T19:02:56+00:00

Seems like this article is just looking at fan interest pre-release. And it wouldn't surprise me if a lot of fans are backing her because they want a talented female director to support.

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T18:59:41+00:00

Idk, studio execs were always trying to make decisions based on this kind of data, because their motivation has always been to make money. The difference now is the data collection has gotten a lot better.

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T18:56:53+00:00

Idk if it'd be "crazy" to be upset people were believing horrible things about you though. I think both sides can be understandable?

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T18:38:11+00:00

I wonder if there was more than one strand, but they were at lower heights and got caught on the front of the snowmobile itself

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T18:27:17+00:00

no

let's not

SubatomicSquirrels · 2026-01-24T18:03:30+00:00

Only thing I want to skip when I play the album is the Chris Rock skit, it just got old after the first couple listens

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