Yameena Khatri

when abel shows up on her coachella set and both of them yell FUCK THE GRAMMYS then what 

Im violently ill lowkey

I woke up and .... 
 
I don't think I can even bring myself to watch the main show now in retrospect knowing that she doesn't win anything. 
 
Anyway, I'm feeling really really awful and I need to rant, so, here's my own QFTC
 
I think the "music industry" is scared of Lana, because she's one of the biggest pop stars in the world right now and she doesn't owe them anything. Her success has been through her own hard work over decades of persistence. As much as journalists tried to push the industry plant theories during BTD, deep down they all know that she's there, standing among them, because she sang to crowds of just ten people in bars, she wrote and wrote and wrote and pushed and pushed and pushed and when finally she hit the radios, people listened. And people loved her. 

The fact that Lana is the force she is without having a single Grammy, without getting huge radio play, without pandering to the critics, the zeitgeist, the egos that need stroking .. that's what they're all afraid of. Intimidated by. 

I think she's one of the only huge artists of our time who took the "traditional" struggle route (touring tiny jazz bars and local pubs) and went "viral" (on tumblr). She incapsulates both the old and the new way of gaining success. 

Plus, her music, her looks — they're endless homages to icons of the past. There's countless references to literature, movies, singers, poetry, cultural icons, fashion. And yet despite building so much on our collective nostalgia, Lana is authentically herself. Despite what magazines try to push, no Lana fan wonders who she is under her references. Nobody thinks it feels empty. It's such a feat to be able to effortlessly reference the past while influencing the future generations. It's been said time and time again how Lana is the reason that Billie, Olivia, even Taylor make the music they do today. For someone who is blinded by their own fear and hatred about Lana's struggles in the past, her "bad influence," her "inauthenticity," having an artist who is simultaneously able to exist in the past, present and future is the epitome of power ... power they didn't bestow and power they didn't want her to have  
 
She has built a legacy (and DYKTTATUOB was the cementation of that legacy, whether it won or not) that will surpass 99% of the people in the music industry currently ... 
 
And it's been said time and time again but things that appeal (mostly) to women are derided. Any kind of media. I totally get what Lana was saying in QFTC although it wasn't worded well (and this probably won't be either). Nothing has changed, not really. I know Lana said in the Billboard awards that she's glad people feel they can't express themselves now as it didn't feel that way in 2008, but I don't think anyone, Billie Taylor and Olivia included, is singing about the experience of being a woman like Lana is: Just look at A&W ... we still have some way to go before people (mostly MEN) accept that it's just as worthwhile to sing about the experience of SA, alcoholism, suicide ideation, abusive relationships, and family trauma as it is to sing about being powerful and strong as a woman (and you can be those things while singing about those topics that everyone just wants to ignore). It takes courage to sing about these things when so often nobody in your own personal life wants to listen! But singing to millions of people? The vulnerability? Beautiful. There are millions of women (and men) who see the power in that. 

On the same topic, I absolutely hate that some stupid articles before the Grammy's didn't even mention Lana's name once despite her being nominated in 2 major categories, yet mentioned Jack in relation to Lana's work. As much as I am happy for Jack for his win it feels much the same way that he won in part thanks to her artistry while she is barely mentioned in the media coverage, on the carpet ... anywhere. Except by Jack and Taylor themselves (). This might be controversial but it reeks of sexism to me. I just HATE how she is treated almost as if her name is dirty so they just avoid saying mentioning her as if she doesn't even exist. URGH I AM IN SUCH A BAD MOOD 

Girlmediocre not only winning over Lana but PJ Harvey, Gorillaz and Arctics is…

I don’t even need to read this I just know I feel every.single.word

I think Taylor is overpraised and painfully overexposed, but I believe she had good intentions in that moment and I actually respect her for the love she showed Lana tonight. She dedicated part of her speech to giving Lana her flowers, presumably in front of the voting committee along with the entire audience. If the biggest cash cow for the music industry can't get them to listen to her, then who will? She did as much as she could, short of handing her the award.

bold thing for someone who hasn't released an album in a decade with 0 total grammy noms to say 

nurse she's out again

Love this:  "If I wanted to just sit in the corner quietly, I wouldn't turn up with Taylor fkn Swift."
 
So true. It's a great publicity moment for Lana at least. Let's look at it this way. Even more Taylor groupies might tune into Lana now, and that mean more money for Lana.

Someone here said they had a bad weekend and hoping this would cheer them up. Girl I pray for you 

Wtffff

Lot of winners are first time winners, God let our girl be one too 🥺

Someone here said they had a bad weekend and hoping this would cheer them up. Girl I pray for you 

Can't wait for the thousands of youtube videos and articles calling the Grammys ain't no shit. But seeing her getting snubbed for a whole decade, I can only hope she don't turn bitter like Nicki. Qftc was the first strike. She better not divert her frustrations to anywhere but her music. 

Someone here said they had a bad weekend and hoping this would cheer them up. Girl I pray for you 

Someone here said they had a bad weekend and hoping this would cheer them up. Girl I pray for you 

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Someone here said they had a bad weekend and hoping this would cheer them up. Girl I pray for you