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Perfectly normal question to ask on a Lana forum wherein you seem to post nothing but mundane questions along the lines of 'are you guys werewolves or vampires?' or gifs of drag queens and cast members from the real housewives franchise.

I'm sorry but if you think racism can happen to white people in a first world country then you're mistaken. And sexuality isn't as important as race, you can be made fun of for being gay, but racism will always be more serious than homophobia. There are more black people being murdered for their skin than gays being killed for their sexuality.

I don't think Charli is of Ugandan descent, I think her Indian mother was just from/lived there. There used to be a large Indian population living in Uganda who were fully Indian & did not have any Ugandan blood in them; my mom & her family lived in Uganda and it was just happenstance that their families had chosen to migrate there, as they had no Ugandan ancestry. The large majority (if not all) Indians lived there up until the early 70s when they were all kicked out. So basically, I think Charli is of Indian-Scottish descent, not Scottish-Indian-Ugandan, if her parentage was similar to mine. 
 
It's really important for the plight of POC to be discussed and it saddens me that Charli doesn't really acknowledge her ethnicity. I literally only found out about it because it's mentioned on her Wiki biography - it's unfair that it's just an additional little note instead of something that Charli talks about in her interviews. As someone said before, not recognising her own ethnicity basically amounts to self-hate and internalized racism. 
 
FML Charli is problematic

You don't really get the meaning of us calling her a POC in the first place. It has nothing to do with her actually being white passing, it's much deeper than that. Being a POC myself it's pretty shameful that she doesn't say she is biracial because she would have to work a little harder to sell her brand. And in regards to the bold point - that adds to racial erasure when someone chooses to identify as white when they clearly are something else. Charli is a person of British Ugandan descent, that will always be a fact as long as she lives.
 
And if you're American you know for all intensive purposes she would've been known as mixed race. She is Asian (and depending how many generations behind that, could also be part African - but I don't expect her to claim to be black) and white.

I think it's unfair for you guys to criticize how she identifies ethnically... Just because she's Indian doesn't mean she has to talk about it and embrace it. You don't know her personally, you don't know how she identifies or how much she knows about her heritage. As a POC she can choose to pass for white if she wants to. It's not really her fault if she was raised basically as a white girl. Not knowing she's Indian-Ugandan, no one would be able to tell.
 
She doesn't owe anything to you or anyone else concerning her ethnicity. That's giving her a responsibility she shouldn't have to have. It's up to her to explore her heritage if she wants to. I think it's kind of oppressive to tell POC they must act a certain way about their ethnicity but white people don't have to worry about it at all. She shouldn't be criticized for not being white...

Y'all aren't going to like my review of Sucker. I'm not really a fan of pop music unless it's indie or urban. I'll rate the songs on a scale of 1-10.
 
Sucker - 4
Break the Rules - 2
London Queen - 1
Breaking Up - 2.5
Gold Coins - 4.5
Boom Clap - 5
Doing It - 9
Body of My Own - 6.5
Famous - 7
Hanging Around - 3
Die Tonight - 5.5
Caught in the Middle - 9
Need Ur Luv - 7.5
 
By averaging up the scores, I give the album a 5. It's just very average and uninspired. 
 
In the end, I only purchased Doing It and Caught in the Middle. They both have the 80s r&b groove I like. My overall complaint about Sucker is that a lot of the songs (even the songs I like) really remind me of songs I've heard before, but I can't pinpoint the songs. I can only pinpoint the general sound, which is mostly 80s pop/New Wave/r&b. This tells me that the songs are generic and sound like a little bit of everything I've heard from the 80s. My dog likes Need Ur Luv. Someone can gift it to her for Christmas.  

Loving the viral marketing campaign for this album! "SUCKER" was etched into the window on the bus next to my seat!

She wouldn't know how the video would be edited and most likely wasn't there when the bus scenes were filmed. I do feel bad for Charli, though, because Rose McGowan thinks she's insulting the director when she's really insulting Charli. Charli was so excited to have her in the video and loved the outcome, then her hero later slams it in public. 

Charli's bad influence is real

If evil's reading it's because his heterophobia senses are tingling

BYE I sincerely doubt she'd have a better reaction to you objectifying her (which she is so outspokenly against like tf!) than our obsessive appreciation of her craft.
 
Dedicated ass reading our whole thread and keeping a catalog of our behavior to try to throw back at us though who's creepy?

not only did Sky tweet "Pretty Dull" today but she also changed her avatar from a drawing to an ancient photo of her. old photo + old song = old era = demos = b-sides part 2 confirmed 

not only did Sky tweet "Pretty Dull" today but she also changed her avatar from a drawing to an ancient photo of her. old photo + old song = old era = demos = b-sides part 2 confirmed 

let her do what she wants and stop trying to belittle her or psychoanalyze her because you disagree with her decisions
 
I swear you play god or make clearly biased judgements in every post you make in this thread
 
Next you'll hate her because she drinks and isn't a virgin

Charli is likely experiencing cognitive dissonance. She knows her new music is garbage. That's why she feels the need to defend it so forcefully. 

Repent before my second coming sluts!

This is hilarious whether you understood my reference or not
 
Anyway I agree with pretty much all you've said regarding BTR & Charli's shitty message to teens. Though you're not gonna get far with your opinion here sadly. I mean it IS a fun party song guys, but come on. It is a bit extremely ridiculous that Charli says she's making music geared towards 14 year olds and then releases a single about doing drugs and skipping school to go to the club. Like come on.
 
Edit: also someone on the last page said something about Charli & female empowerment?? Lmao there's no female empowerment in BTR what
(I'm on mobile so I can't go back and see who said it or exactly what context but i think it was in defense of BTR)
 
ALSO @ y'all saying 782anon keeps coming in here with negative shit when a member posted his YouTube comment & y'all started complaining about it like ??? He posted that elsewhere and you guys dragged it in here so stop acting like he keeps posting shit HERE to antagonize you when that is clearly not the case lol
 
Can we just hug it out tho this is tiring

I just watched to video.
 
Good: Charli needs a tan, but she looked hot. She definitely looked hotter than she did on Boom Clap with the puffy eyes and bloated face. The video doesn't look too cheap like almost all of her other videos.
 
Bad: I didn't like the video's concept. It got kind of stupid at the end. Charli has her mouth open 75% of the time just like in her Instagram photos. I'm sure she's caught many flies.
 
I still don't like the song. If I watch the video again, it'll be on mute.

I'm agnostic and have a bottle of whisky in my house, but it's probably going to sit there for years. I'm just a person who has seen too many people ruin their lives over something as unnecessary as drugs. It's a scientific fact that alcohol is a poison; it has nothing to do with religion. If people knew anything about how alcohol acts in the body, they would know it's a poison; but, they don't. 

As far as Charli trying to be "cool" or "punk," I am talking more than just about drug references. The whole drinking and getting high thing with Tinashe was just an example of another artist trying too hard to be "hard" or "edgy" kind of like Drake being a studio gangster rapper. I already knew that Charli liked to fry her brain and it seems to be affecting her song writing. Like I said, I like True Romance, so my opinion of her music has little to do with drug references. I mostly listen to hip hop. If I avoided songs with references to drugs and liquid poison (alcohol), I wouldn't have anything to listen to. 

"Break the Rules" blows. I can't even imagine it being a radio hit, but mainstream music isn't at its best right now, so who knows. If she's going to be morally bankrupt promoting substance abuse over education to 14 year old girls, she could at least make the music sound good. I don't think I'll be buying this album. I'd rather listen to Avril Lavigne. 

Pop with live instruments and a punk edge is a better description than colors. I don't even know what purple and red are supposed to sound like. It's different for everyone. In one interview, she said that True Romance was gold and something else, so she can't even decide. 

My dreams have come true. I'm glad the faux punk album was scrapped. That shit was terrible. It's not that I can't get into punk music; she's just not a punk artist. I hope all of those songs get lost in a digital black hole. 

It's ironic you're saying that in the Charli thread though because the same could be said for her until maybe the last few weeks.