Of all of the fanbases I straight up never would want to cross, the Swifties rank right near the top.
This dude is in for a rough couple of months lol
This dude is in for a rough couple of months lol
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Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) Claims Taylor Swift Doesn't Write Her Own Songs, Gets Called Out By Swift, Blames Clickbait
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Ugh the last thing that Gorillaz needs is Damon acting stupid now that they had to get their fans back slowly after the whole NFT incident.
Exactly. Like hey, no one's perfect, some people don't like Taylor Swift's work, whatever.
Saying she doesn't do the work she does, saying she's fraudulently claiming to write her own lyrics.. that's a whole other thing entirely.
Idk how Damon's PR didn't ask the Times to skip that quote lol. They apparently didn't take it seriously themselves.
I doubt he gave it much thought, i doubt he will going forward either besides not repeating it.
He was wrong, got called out, and apologized.
The bit about click bait is weird, but this all seems pretty okay? Kind of like most of the music Damon and Taylor are putting out these days zinggg
The bit about click bait is weird, but this all seems pretty okay? Kind of like most of the music Damon and Taylor are putting out these days zinggg
I like Gorillaz more than Taylor's music all day every day but that is such a bad thing to say, at least know if what you're saying is true before saying it
At least he didn't come out and just say "I meant that what she writes can't be considered songs" or something like that.
They'll probably end up releasing a co-produced song in a couple years.
That probably would've been better.
Wait, I was always under the impression that the Max/Shellback duo wrote and produced a lot of the most famous Taylor Swift hits of the last decade.
Is the argument that Taylor swift wrote the basis and lyrics for the songs and Max/Shellback just helped make it into a "pop song"?
I'm trying to google this but I'm not finding many sources. Someone clarify for me the songwriting process here.
Is the argument that Taylor swift wrote the basis and lyrics for the songs and Max/Shellback just helped make it into a "pop song"?
I'm trying to google this but I'm not finding many sources. Someone clarify for me the songwriting process here.
I don't think so. Not liking her music is far less offensive than trying to strip her of artistry and her skills.
That doesn't count I know what co-writing is co-writing is very different to writing I'm not hating on anybody I'm just saying there's a big difference between a songwriter and a songwriter who co-writes
Parklife!
Doesn't mean that the outcome can't be really great and some of the greatest singers I mean Ella Fitzgerald never wrote a song in her life when I sing I have to close my eyes and just be in there
Parklife!
I suppose I'm a traditionalist in that sense a really interesting songwriter is Billie Eilish and her brother I'm more attracted to that than to Taylor Swift it's just darker less endlessly upbeat way more minor and odd I think she's exceptional
Parklife!
Parklife!
Doesn't mean that the outcome can't be really great and some of the greatest singers I mean Ella Fitzgerald never wrote a song in her life when I sing I have to close my eyes and just be in there
Parklife!
I suppose I'm a traditionalist in that sense a really interesting songwriter is Billie Eilish and her brother I'm more attracted to that than to Taylor Swift it's just darker less endlessly upbeat way more minor and odd I think she's exceptional
Parklife!
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I think what he's trying to get across is that co-writing (like Eilish and her brother) can yield great results, but he's being pedantic about wording.
Regardless it did not come through well at all. Dude is about to feel the Swifties
I didn't know she wrote all her own music aside from her early stuff, I know she has a super fervent fan base, I guess that's why because it seems pretty rare for huge pop acts to do that
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He never once apologized for being wrong
He apologized for the LA Times clickbaiting his supposed nuanced point and just pretended he never said Swift wasn't a song writer
He should be fine, he's out of the USA after today, and aren't her fans a bit old for that kind of nonsense anyway?
The Swifties rival the Beyhive at this point.
RIP to that man's socials.
RIP to that man's socials.
Given how songwriting credits work and how much leverage a star as big as Taylor Swift has, it's almost impossible to really know the extent she did or didn't have input on the songwriting imo
"I apologise unreservedly and unconditionally" sure sounds like an apology to me.
The Swifties rival the Beyhive at this point.
RIP to that man's socials.
He seems like a bit of a boring and obscure target to me for fans of a huge pop star, but i have no idea what Swifties get up to on people's socials,
He didn't apologize. Saying you're sorry about those lies someone else published doesn't exactly come of genuine.
I'm not a huge Taylor Swift fan but I love that she stood up and just called it like it is: "That's pretty fucked up."
But he apologized. That should be the end of it. We don't need to dox this guy just for being an ass about music. If we started doing that all of Pitchfork would be in witness protection :)
But he apologized. That should be the end of it. We don't need to dox this guy just for being an ass about music. If we started doing that all of Pitchfork would be in witness protection :)
The writing credits for her songs? Not many of her songs have Taylor listed as the writer with nobody else.
I'm more interested in knowing what that bum-heart is about. "Watch three" what, chefbags?
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If I call you an asshole in the newspaper and then apologise unreservedly and unconditionally for the newspaper clickbaiting me and my nuanced discussion on assholes, because I never intended to imply you're an asshole... am I actually apologizing for calling you an asshole
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Gorillaz are on thin ice right now. Is Damon gonna keep breaking the ice? 🤔
Lol whoops, that's a porn site tab.
For a sec I was like, three what? Then I saw haha.
If you look at Blur's writing credits its the same thing. The whole band shares credits on song writing, she shares credits with her producers.
I mean... he's made quite a few things that have standed the test of time, both he and Taylor are really talented. I don't think you can call him sexist, he's helped prop up many artists, specially in the African community. What we can call him is a huge idiot for what he said, and also incredibly out of touch with modern pop-music. I reckon he'd say the same thing about any popular modern pop act.
what he said is stupid and he should properly apologize, but saying none of his music will stand the test of time is factually wrong.
I dunno, maybe in his home country people respect his trash ass music, but he's a tryhard joke where I'm from. I dunno how liking African music makes you not sexist, but 🤷♀️
While all this is straight bullshit on Damon's part IMO, Taylor thrives on people hating on her and is probably hard at work writing new songs about this incident, so I can't be mad.
With that said, this will probably culminate in a Gorillaz f. Taylor track somewhere down the line.
With that said, this will probably culminate in a Gorillaz f. Taylor track somewhere down the line.
I don't think he blamed clickbait as much as it he's saying it became clickbait, which yes because he said a stupid thing? He apologized so I feel like there's not much here
I want an article calling out Vectorman for shitting on Iceland saying it is a cultural backwater where no one could hear the latest Taylor Swift songs
Lol look it's a really stupid thing to say and he apologized. And yes Swift will ultimately be bigger than him career wise, but uhhh cmon on not having anything stand the test of time.
Song 2 is played by metal stations across the world (I know weird) and Alt, and Gorillaz have a number of songs that have stood the test of time for almost 2 decades
coffee & TV and Girls & Boys are absolute jams. It's a stupid thing he said and he rectified it. Like Taylor's music for him, his music doesn't have to be good to you and it will still stand the test of time with millions.
He's should've had the foresight to expect the grief he gets for saying something like that. Should've known better, Damon.
Whoa there. Do you know Taylor personally or something?
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I heard that DanGo is a pedophile.
I'm going to post it on Twitter shortly. Don't write back to this, okay?
I actually take it as 2 separate points:
1) I'm unreservedly and unconditionally sorry for shit talking your song writing
2) damn click bait titles made me look worse
The twitter character limits and mashing the two issues into one doesn't help his cause here, but an unreserved and unconditional apology for... Click bait titles? Doesn't make much sense.
"You haven't made a single thing that will stand the test of time."
Looks at Feel Good Inc. and Clint Eastwood
Looks at Feel Good Inc. and Clint Eastwood