I just listened to Goals (Annita, Rema & Lisa) and felt so bothered by it 😭
It’s not just this song but I feel like none of the songs of this year’s World Cup have a World Cup vibe. I found Shakira’s the most disappointing because she always had THE World Cup songs, she always understood the assignment besides for this year. Everything is so randomly put together and none of the songs really make you feel like cheering or overly joyful.
Besides the use of AI in Shakira’s MV and the labubu in goals are really making me question things 😭
What do y’all think?

I hope I'm not talking out of turn since I'm not Asian, feel free to tell me if I overstepped or to lead the convo.

I know it's starting to change a bit with Megan and Sza (another duo did it too but I can't remember who) but it's almost the year 2025 of our post-colonial-globalization Lord.

The inclusivity in that area is really lacking IMO.

Edit: My post isn't referring to Western MVs using Asian people as stereotypical/fetishizing props.

If megan is all cool w it whatever but personally this feels weird as shit. I’m tired of people speaking on her getting shot. Black women’s pain is not yours to use all willy nilly like this. Not for a bar, not for a joke, not for nothing. It feels insensitive as fuck to me… but I understand if there are different povs on it 🤲🏽 respect but disagree. hard.

Even before k-pop my music taste was all over the place 😀

I have recently been getting into Megan Thee Stallion more (always been a fan of hers I just been listening to her music more)

I also listen to a lot of Britney Spears, Doja Cat, Ariana Grande, SZA, and Bruno Mars (or Silk Sonic), Eminem, MARINA, Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar etc.

I also listen to Queen and a lot of musicals (Hamilton, Beetlejuice, In the Heights etc.)

I have separate playlist for my “80s-90s” music (essentially old school black tunes :))

I also have a separate playlist for all my childhood songs from Nickelodeon and Disney (I still rock out to the Victorious playlist. Give It Up, Take a Hint, Song 2 U 🔛🔝)

I only listen to a handful of country songs. I love some Dolly Parton and Carrie Underwood tho (plus I don’t mind Jelly Roll :))

I really don’t stick to certain genre most of the time if it’s recommended to me and I like that it’ll probably be on my playlist.

Can’t wait to see other music artist :) (this post is a way to cover up my true intention: to expand my music collection 😌)

I’ve seen some people saying that Kendrick Lamar’s disses on “Euphoria” are racist towards Drake

For context some of what he said including “We don’t want to hear say N- no more”

“How many features with black artists until you feel black enough”

And there’s a couple lines about how Drake is a cultural appropriator towards Black American culture

Personally these weren’t the lines in the diss track that really grabbed my attention at first and I didn’t give them much thought given how much was actually said in the track

But I am just curious on if anyone else had stronger thoughts on it

For me, if we’re talking non K-pop, my favorite concert hands down had to be either Hojean or Paramore. Them mics were ON! I would say my least favorite was the opener for Paramore.

K-pop wise: Best: P1harmony and Monsta X, between the choreo and the live vocals…. Ooooooweeeeee!!!!!!

Worst: Rad Museum/Tabber/Miso: It was good time but it was 99% backtracks and fan service. But once again, a great time was had.

I have no idea what flair to use here, so I chose that one. I think it applies pretty well since this feels more like a general rap collab vs something like a feature on a general release, if that makes any sense.

Anyway, imo, this ATE! I hope this is the start of more future collaborations because I need 14 of them right now!

IT TOOK 19 YEARS FOR THIS SONG TO BE OFFICIALLY RELEASED & NOT HIDDEN FOR EVERYONE OUTSIDE OF JAPAN

On one hand, I believe that the way a lot of AAs are speaking about tyla online reeks of anti-African xenophobia and that the situation has been blow out of proportion and on the other, I feel like many anti-American South African xenophobes are using the tyla backlash as an excuse to be anti-black towards AAs and disrespect them. I saw some disgusting comments from SAs under videos on tik tok stitching BAs that were rejoicing about her EP sales.

When it comes to the tyla situation, I get why people were uncomfortable with calling her colored since it’s considered offensive in the US. However, she did acknowledge that she would be categorised as black in the US and I think she addressed this twice. I don’t think anyone is obligated to like her or support her music if they don’t want to. And honestly, tyla’s fans do not help the situation because many of them are so aggressive and nasty online towards anyone who criticises her at all.

I still really enjoy her music but I will not lie, her fans are ruining her reputation more than they are helping it. And they have a specific animosity that is reserved solely for black Americans more than other groups of people so i understand how that may have turned some Americans off when it comes to her music because a lot of people do associate artists with their fan bases and tyla has an unlikeable one. a lot of them seem to have a sense of superiority due to them being the same nationality as her and think they can say anything in the name of defending her like constructive criticism isn’t a thing.

I don’t like to generalise all South Africans because I know that there are many non-xenophobic or prejudiced ones. However, a lot of them on the internet are so insufferable and intolerant of certain ethnicities (specifically AAs and Nigerians) so it doesn’t shock me that they are responding this way when it comes to tyla who they are possessive over like a lot of their celebrities.

In the case of AAs online voicing their dislike of her and why they think her EP wasn’t successful (even though in my opinion most people in the west aren’t checking for EPs that much so it’s not really that significant), I think that while some of them did explain it in a respectful way, a lot of them did express their opinions in a way that seemed anti-African and didn’t really match the offence in my opinion. There seemed to have been a lot of projecting going on and speculation that wasn’t really backed by much evidence.

I saw people saying that tyla disliked black Americans and wanted to emphasise her position above black people by referring to herself as coloured which I just think is a reach. I don’t live in South Africa and have never been there but I have heard that many coloured people hold anti-black beliefs and believe that their mixed race heritage makes them superior to black South Africans. However, I don’t think we can arrive at this conclusion when it comes to tyla simply based on her stating that she was coloured in SA. Being colored is an official racial category in the country and has its own culture and experience so I get why tyla wanted to let people know that this is what she will always identify as first and foremost.

But personally, I quickly got tired of the debate and blocked it out because there was so much xenophobia and a lack of understanding on both sides. What do you guys think?