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Isn't that lady starlight?
Nemesis_
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Taylor Swift cancels meet and greet competition when she saw who would win
http://www.nme.com/news/taylor-swift/71616
I'm in two minds about this - if Charles were a real person and he won by appealing to a group of people to vote for him (much like any other person would if they wanted to also meet Ms. Swift) then why not just let them meet her? I mean, yeah, it's obviously a little bit unfair to the kids and stuff but I doubt that the competition stipulates who / what type of person can win.
A competition offering the chance to have a picture taken with Taylor Swift backstage at one of her concerts has been cancelled because online communities 4chan and Reddit conspired to ensure a "fat old guy" named Charles would win.
The 'Taylor Swift's Biggest Fan Contest', was being run by Boston, USA's Kiss 108 FM. The competition was hijacked when a 4chan user appealed to members of the online community to help Charles whom he describes as a friend win the vote.
The anonymous user wrote: "My creepy 39-year-old friend named Charles would like to crush all those girls' dreams (and then sniff Taylor Swift's hair cos he's into that) by winning this instead Help him crush the dreams of these girls and give him a chance to make a complete ass of himself by blatantly just sniffing her hair with the cameras rolling."
As a result of the appeal, Charles shot rapidly up the rankings, reports Gawker. Within hours, he was at the top of the leaderboard, reportedly with the help of spam bots. Though it's not clear if he is even a real person, Charles described his own motivations more innocently: "I'm a 39-year-old man and I love Taylor so much and don't care that both adults and children mock me for it," his profile stated.
Yesterday (July 24), the radio station decided that the competition had been compromised, and terminated it. In a statement, it wrote: "Disappointingly, we have determined that the integrity of the 'Taylor Swift's Biggest Fan' contest has been compromised. In accordance with our contest rules, effective immediately, the contest has been terminated. We apologise to all of our loyal listeners who have participated."
This isn't the first time an online competition involving Taylor Swift has been hijacked by trolls. Last year, a competition offering a school a chance to have Swift come and perform was won by a school for the deaf, thanks to 4chan.
The 'Taylor Swift's Biggest Fan Contest', was being run by Boston, USA's Kiss 108 FM. The competition was hijacked when a 4chan user appealed to members of the online community to help Charles whom he describes as a friend win the vote.
The anonymous user wrote: "My creepy 39-year-old friend named Charles would like to crush all those girls' dreams (and then sniff Taylor Swift's hair cos he's into that) by winning this instead Help him crush the dreams of these girls and give him a chance to make a complete ass of himself by blatantly just sniffing her hair with the cameras rolling."
As a result of the appeal, Charles shot rapidly up the rankings, reports Gawker. Within hours, he was at the top of the leaderboard, reportedly with the help of spam bots. Though it's not clear if he is even a real person, Charles described his own motivations more innocently: "I'm a 39-year-old man and I love Taylor so much and don't care that both adults and children mock me for it," his profile stated.
Yesterday (July 24), the radio station decided that the competition had been compromised, and terminated it. In a statement, it wrote: "Disappointingly, we have determined that the integrity of the 'Taylor Swift's Biggest Fan' contest has been compromised. In accordance with our contest rules, effective immediately, the contest has been terminated. We apologise to all of our loyal listeners who have participated."
This isn't the first time an online competition involving Taylor Swift has been hijacked by trolls. Last year, a competition offering a school a chance to have Swift come and perform was won by a school for the deaf, thanks to 4chan.
http://www.nme.com/news/taylor-swift/71616
I'm in two minds about this - if Charles were a real person and he won by appealing to a group of people to vote for him (much like any other person would if they wanted to also meet Ms. Swift) then why not just let them meet her? I mean, yeah, it's obviously a little bit unfair to the kids and stuff but I doubt that the competition stipulates who / what type of person can win.
Matt_
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I'm pressed that we wont be able to get any gifs of the awkward situation
I wonder if it was Taylor's team that canceled the meet or if it was the radio station. They shouldn't have really canceled it
This made me laugh and now I feel bad
It's actually a really nice thing to do
Why shouldn't they have canceled it? Why give into people who are clearly trying to manipulate you for their own fun? The guy is a creep who wanted to sniff Her hair, come on now. And let's not pretend that he won fairly, I'm pretty sure people used bots and scripts to vote for him.
Also, The Lord ended up donating money to the deaf school, and gave all the students free tickets to one of her nearby concerts.
Also, The Lord ended up donating money to the deaf school, and gave all the students free tickets to one of her nearby concerts.
Sort of a serious post - Madonna was in Dublin yesterday! But for a sad occasion.
Had no idea one of her best friends was an Irish man - David Collins. He died after being diagnosed with skin cancer just 3 weeks ago.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/irel...ourners-at-funeral-of-david-collins-1.1472661
She went to the lunch afterwards and was one of a number of mourners who gave a speech, recalling how she had met him and how he 'rescued' her when she came to live in London. "What will I do now," she said, "when I need an apple tart or anything?"
On a lighter note, she looked pretty fab.
Had no idea one of her best friends was an Irish man - David Collins. He died after being diagnosed with skin cancer just 3 weeks ago.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/irel...ourners-at-funeral-of-david-collins-1.1472661
She went to the lunch afterwards and was one of a number of mourners who gave a speech, recalling how she had met him and how he 'rescued' her when she came to live in London. "What will I do now," she said, "when I need an apple tart or anything?"
On a lighter note, she looked pretty fab.
Matt_
World's #1 One Direction Fan: Everyone else in the room can see it, everyone else but you~~~
Sort of a serious post - Madonna was in Dublin yesterday! But for a sad occasion.
Had no idea one of her best friends was an Irish man - David Collins. He died after being diagnosed with skin cancer just 3 weeks ago.
She went to the lunch afterwards and was one of a number of mourners who gave a speech, recalling how she had met him and how he 'rescued' her when she came to live in London. "What will I do now," she said, "when I need an apple tart or anything?"
On a lighter note, she looked pretty fab.
Wait, what?
He was diagnosed three weeks ago and died two weeks later?
Jesus Christ how brutal, rip
Nemesis_
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Skin cancer is one of the leading causes of death here in Australia because we've got a lot of exposure to UV radiation and most of us spend a lot of time outside. We're also sufficiently supplied with Vitamin D as a result too, so it's a catch-22.
But yeah, a lot of skin cancers are incredibly malignant. Three weeks isn't too too unreasonable but it of course depends on when he was diagnosed - it may have been in a late stage of the cancer too. Since most people shrug off the signs of skin cancer it's very possible it can go ignore for some time (particularly in Men but this is more of a psychological factor than anything else).
SO YES, ALL OF YOU WITH SUSPICIOUS SPOTS ON YOUR SKIN, GO TO YOUR DOCTOR AND GET IT CHECKED OUT.
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<+)O Robido O(+>
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Why would they?
Wafflecakes
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Looks like Robin has broken Mariah's radio record, making Blurred Lines the biggest radio hit off all time. Though nothing is official until Billboard confirms.
(Realistically it beat it about a week ago, but Urban radio is weighted far less heavily nowadays than in was during WBT.)
(Realistically it beat it about a week ago, but Urban radio is weighted far less heavily nowadays than in was during WBT.)
Wafflecakes
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They reweight them from time to time, and they scaled urban WAY back in their formula a couple years later acknowledging that it was over-represented. EVERY #1 in 2004 was Urban, and almost as many in 2005.
Doesn't really matter though, since BL passed Mariah even without the Urban inflation.
Just look at the top 10 of all time (from a week or so ago):
Top 10 of all time:
Peak Audience, Title, Artist, Peak Date
212.1 million, "We Belong Together," Mariah Carey, July 9, 2005
196.3 million, "Irreplaceable," Beyonce, Jan. 20, 2007
192.5 million, "No One," Alicia Keys, Dec. 22, 2007
189.6 million, "Let Me Love You," Mario, Feb. 5, 2005
179 million, "Blurred Lines," Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell & T.I.
175.6 million, "Gold Digger," Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx, Oct. 22, 2005
172.8 million, "Yeah!," Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris, April 17, 2004
172.3 million, "My Boo," Usher and Alicia Keys, Nov. 20, 2004
171.4 million, "Be Without You," Mary J. Blige, April 1, 2006
170.2 million, "In Da Club," 50 Cent, March 29, 2003
.....ALL from the period or Urban inflation except BL's.
<+)O Robido O(+>
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You can always get under an umbrella tho
I mostly avoid the sun because I don't tan AT ALL. I barely even get freckles any more. I'd be a huge malignant cancerous sore within three days if I ever went to Australia
Even if you like that wretched song you surely have to admit that this is messed up.
Wafflecakes
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Even if you like that wretched song you surely have to admit that this is messed up.
..... a little bit. I am just enjoying watching Mariah stans getting worked up about it.
BL's is ok, but I have yet to feel the urge to purchase it.
"I'm not worried. Good music takes time. I'm sure it was her decision and not her label's."
Messy. So it's not the label forcing her to re-record, she keeps doing it herself.
This fucking SHITS and SLAYS lives.
I would be here for Gaga doing something like this with fARTPOP.
This fucking SHITS and SLAYS lives.
I would be here for Gaga doing something like this with fARTPOP.
Matt_
World's #1 One Direction Fan: Everyone else in the room can see it, everyone else but you~~~
Slay a bit, Annie.
She won't tho. All you get its pretentiousness and fan service aimed just to the Little Monsters.
What is a Beyonce? A miserable pile of scraps.
EDIT: SLAY JESSIE J!!!!
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lol, this is exactly correct.
Messy tho. I wanted a new Bey album to
I don't think there's any truth to that article. It's based on a misquote that Diplo himself clarified.
THR had an additional source.
Anyone with a passing interest in Beyonce's next album could be the "source". It's pretty similar to Roy's musings.
A mess. Rih might shit out three albums in the time it takes Beyonce to release one. And they'll all outsell her last effort.
She just needs to quit at this point.
I think Roy was right when he clocked the tea that she had an album together but the label shut it down after it sounded like a flop mess. They didn't want to get their hands dirty putting marketing dollars down on an album that would fail to sell better than a singles artist's.
A lonely, forgotten, unable-to-sell mess.
Truly appropriate choice of words, particularly fave-aware for a navy member.
In other news, AlunaGeorge tickets are bookedT, and I am perchedT ready to be slain.
Soulscribe
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I knew she wasn't gonna make it out this year.
Here's the thing with Beyonce. She fired her father because she was overworked, tired, and was uncomfortable by the blurred lines between business and family. I totally get that, and I think her dumping Matthew was one of the boldest choices a pop star has had to make at their PEAK. After that she decided to distance herself from Jay-Z's helping hand and even deliberately REFUSED to have him appear on her album so as to not appear dependent on his magic touch. Again, it's a commendable decision to make especially when you've worked with him for SO long in the past.
The problem came around when she decided to become her own boss. For all of her talents (and honestly, wisdom about the industry), she's not CREATIVELY DRIVEN enough to manage her own name. Her own team is at her constant beck and call and while I respect that she runs the show, the gears start getting clogged a bit when you're juggling 20 different balls and you're constantly dropping them one by one.
She overclocked her 2013 schedule to the point where each individual undertaking UNDERMINDED the other. She managed to book SIX high-profile events for the year:
- 2013 Inaugration
- Super Bowl Half-Time Show
- Life Is But A Dream
- Oprah Special on OWN
- Pepsi Sponsorship with High-profile Campaign
- H&M Sponsorship with High-profile Campaign
And she got every single of them off of her name alone, and off of her own managerial ambition. Bitch can get gigs if she wants gigs. However when she gets all these balls in the air she doesn't know what to do with them. She placed one her largest all-time tours smack-dab in the CENTER of the calendar year, cutting her promotional availability and general mainstream access by 75% at least.
That tour was not meant to carry 4. It was meant to carry her fifth album "Mrs. Carter," an album that she couldn't figure out how to brand and position because she's not CREATIVE enough to have a mind of her own in the studio. She's just not. She may be wiser and more referential than someone like Rihanna (not to mention more musically oriented with a better eye for chords and tone), but the difference is that Rihanna has been put in RESPONSIBLE hands. Beyonce's out on her own for no goddamn reason other than her insisting that she's independent enough to take on the creative vision but she's just not. I understand her not wanting to be a voiceless prop for her own team's vision (see Rihanna), but for someone with as large an empire and a voice as hers, she needs someone to help direct it.
She's at her best when she's crafting a concert tour. She's a VISUAL perfectionist and nothing requires more visual expertise than making sure a concert moves and works perfectly. She'd be a great director honestly because she has a great understanding of iconography and hitting every visual and musical queue on stage. That's her CRAFT.
.... But in the studio she doesn't get to use her visual perfectionism, and with nobody at her side helping her hone in on her vision she comes up with songs that don't really hold much water on their own (Standing On the Sun for example). I think with 4 she had enough influences and helping hands (even Jay-Z accompanied her a lot during studio sessions) and that record is honestly a once-in-a-lifetime gem. With Mrs. Carter I think she distanced herself even more from her home base and because of it she got flustered. When you eventually scrap 50+ songs that were auditoning from various high-profile songwriters and producers, it shows that you're having trouble figuring out where you want to go next. No creative direction on her own.
She needs a manager. She can easily comprise a smart, business-savvy team like Rihanna if she wanted to... hell she could just BUY a smart team if she wanted. It's interesting how with all these delays and sabaticals, she hasn't lost any of her social capital or relevance. People really miss her, and she's not taking advantage of that in a smart way.
At least she's not sitting on her ass eating bon bons like Christina is; she's working hard and she's making serious bank off her tour. She's the hardest working woman in pop right now... she just needs a manager that can position all that hard work in a way that maximizes its effectiveness. There should have been a single in April, massive promo through the spring, a second single in June, an album in July and a Mrs Carter World Tour starting in November.
Here's the thing with Beyonce. She fired her father because she was overworked, tired, and was uncomfortable by the blurred lines between business and family. I totally get that, and I think her dumping Matthew was one of the boldest choices a pop star has had to make at their PEAK. After that she decided to distance herself from Jay-Z's helping hand and even deliberately REFUSED to have him appear on her album so as to not appear dependent on his magic touch. Again, it's a commendable decision to make especially when you've worked with him for SO long in the past.
The problem came around when she decided to become her own boss. For all of her talents (and honestly, wisdom about the industry), she's not CREATIVELY DRIVEN enough to manage her own name. Her own team is at her constant beck and call and while I respect that she runs the show, the gears start getting clogged a bit when you're juggling 20 different balls and you're constantly dropping them one by one.
She overclocked her 2013 schedule to the point where each individual undertaking UNDERMINDED the other. She managed to book SIX high-profile events for the year:
- 2013 Inaugration
- Super Bowl Half-Time Show
- Life Is But A Dream
- Oprah Special on OWN
- Pepsi Sponsorship with High-profile Campaign
- H&M Sponsorship with High-profile Campaign
And she got every single of them off of her name alone, and off of her own managerial ambition. Bitch can get gigs if she wants gigs. However when she gets all these balls in the air she doesn't know what to do with them. She placed one her largest all-time tours smack-dab in the CENTER of the calendar year, cutting her promotional availability and general mainstream access by 75% at least.
That tour was not meant to carry 4. It was meant to carry her fifth album "Mrs. Carter," an album that she couldn't figure out how to brand and position because she's not CREATIVE enough to have a mind of her own in the studio. She's just not. She may be wiser and more referential than someone like Rihanna (not to mention more musically oriented with a better eye for chords and tone), but the difference is that Rihanna has been put in RESPONSIBLE hands. Beyonce's out on her own for no goddamn reason other than her insisting that she's independent enough to take on the creative vision but she's just not. I understand her not wanting to be a voiceless prop for her own team's vision (see Rihanna), but for someone with as large an empire and a voice as hers, she needs someone to help direct it.
She's at her best when she's crafting a concert tour. She's a VISUAL perfectionist and nothing requires more visual expertise than making sure a concert moves and works perfectly. She'd be a great director honestly because she has a great understanding of iconography and hitting every visual and musical queue on stage. That's her CRAFT.
.... But in the studio she doesn't get to use her visual perfectionism, and with nobody at her side helping her hone in on her vision she comes up with songs that don't really hold much water on their own (Standing On the Sun for example). I think with 4 she had enough influences and helping hands (even Jay-Z accompanied her a lot during studio sessions) and that record is honestly a once-in-a-lifetime gem. With Mrs. Carter I think she distanced herself even more from her home base and because of it she got flustered. When you eventually scrap 50+ songs that were auditoning from various high-profile songwriters and producers, it shows that you're having trouble figuring out where you want to go next. No creative direction on her own.
She needs a manager. She can easily comprise a smart, business-savvy team like Rihanna if she wanted to... hell she could just BUY a smart team if she wanted. It's interesting how with all these delays and sabaticals, she hasn't lost any of her social capital or relevance. People really miss her, and she's not taking advantage of that in a smart way.
At least she's not sitting on her ass eating bon bons like Christina is; she's working hard and she's making serious bank off her tour. She's the hardest working woman in pop right now... she just needs a manager that can position all that hard work in a way that maximizes its effectiveness. There should have been a single in April, massive promo through the spring, a second single in June, an album in July and a Mrs Carter World Tour starting in November.
Cosmic Bus
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We're up to five life-alteringly incredible tracks from Annie within the span of four months, and (at least) two more to come.
How is Annie (and Robyn during the Body Talk era) not on top of the entire world when they're so easily DESTROYING the vile, insipid tripe that the big-name gerls put out?
What a perfect post. I was going to say this in a much more succint way. lol
Beyonce simply doesn't have the vision to helm her creative direction. I HATE her team, I liked 4 but everything about it lacked cohesiveness, from the songs to her looks to the videos...it was just a hodgepodge of ideas and I can see the same thing happening with her next album.
I don't have enough cups for all this tea.
These Sia demos are giving me life
Beautiful People Say
Loved Me Back To Life
Too bad Beautiful People Say will never be officially released now :'(
Beautiful People Say
Loved Me Back To Life
Too bad Beautiful People Say will never be officially released now :'(
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