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NEW: White music fans are flooding to the country music suburbs and are abandoning a new crop of generational Black pop acts that would have been massive in any other era. It’s their latest version of (digital) segregation.
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I woke up to Justin Timberlake and Noah Schnapp stans attacking me in the year of our Universe 2026..Ain’t nobody got time for that.. I’m let y’all have that. Y’all must be down bad af..
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Emmys (Prime), Oscars (YouTube), and Grammys (Hulu/Disney+) are now all on Streaming.
Streaming has officially killed the television star..
The #Emmys are officially moving to streaming via Amazon Prime Video courtesy of a new six-year deal worth around $15 million per year.
Under the new pact, the Emmys will be offered for free on Prime Video.
variety.com/2026/tv/news/emm…
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VILLAIN Magazine retweeted
HITS nowadays don’t always feel like hits anymore. The fact that most people in the general public can look at the Billboard Hot 100 today, and barely recognize any of the singles on there, says a lot. A song can dominate the charts without becoming a genuine part of the broader culture.
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With the spat of new Taylor/Ella Billboard records, it feels like we are watching a generation of Black women be erased from pop history. Janet and Mariah’s records broken for this mess? Ikyfl..
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THREAD: Victoria’s Monét’s album is a miss. Is she even going to make any money off this project? Every song is an an interpolation or sample. Half the publishing is given away from the jump. (01/07)
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Hard to believe the brilliant woman who made “Alright,” one of the most bright and sparkling R&B records of the decade, produced anything on this record. (06/07)
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Tinashe had a picture of a grammy as her lock screen for 7 YEARS.. before removing it.. and letting that dream go.. and now she has a very real chance of earning it with her best work 15 years into her career. Don’t ever give up..
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The 2.1 million people who watched the VMAs should get hazard pay. My gawd. pay me for my mf pain.
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VILLAIN Magazine retweeted
The re-centering of whiteness over the last 6 years has watered down pop culture and made it the most boring moment in pop culture history. These last 6 years, with the exception of a few projects, are very skippable when you step back and look at what came before it.
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