I agree. A lot of my dislike of LG stems from interacting with her fanbase. I don't think the quality of her music warrants such a die-hard reaction. Is some of it cute? Sure. But jimminy christmas! I don't think anyones music would cause me to attack (verbally) old ladies. I get why she's popular, but I don't see that she's doing anything SO dramatically different that warrants this obsession with her every move. She's like... Katy B with a budget. It doesn't appeal to me, but in the end it doesn't have to.
I don't sense the tongue-in-cheekishness that I get from other fanbases when they talk about their fave, it's all so SUPER SERIOUS. I'm utterly baffled that people hate Rihanna. Like... how could you not love Rihanna? As far as this pop shit goes, she's IT for me. I don't get a sense from the NAVY that Rihanna is the BEST singer/dancer/actress/songwriter etc. I think we accept that Rihanna, like Madonna before her, is slaying your faves despite her faults, and you'll just have to bothered by it. There's a certain... haughtiness that exudes from a LG stans post that are equally condescending and wholly unwarranted based on what LG, IMO, has brought to the table so far. By the same token, I understand that now a days, music fans expect a level of interactivity and validation by their stars, and LG scratches that itch. I think there's a way to curate loyalty and maintain a broad appeal. It seems she's gone about it wrong, and hopefully she course corrects.
I think LG is fully capable of making good or at best okay music. (AKA music I like.) Hopefully BTW is not a portent of things to come.
