Views : 45,796
Genre: Music
Date of upload: Feb 16, 2024 ^^
Rating : 4.774 (162/2,702 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2024-05-06T04:40:42.428721Z
See in json
Top Comments of this video!! :3
Here's the truth:
Some good musicians put out bad works sometimes
Some mediocre musicians put out stellar work at times
And even worse than all that, there are great music from a technical standpoint that just don't connect with you in particular.
And all of those are okay. Just vibe and move on. This whole ESPNisation of music is good for no one.
373 |
Calling out mediocre songs/albums doesnât make you sexist. Fantano has came hard for other male artists for mediocre albums. I donât agree with Fantano sometimes. Itâs his opinion. People online act like you canât call out songs by female artists that were made for TikTok, Spotify playlist, and the radio without being sexist. Theyâre blind to the albums by women Fantano liked/scored high.
32 |
As a woman, you got my like on this vid the moment you said âwe donât need to prop up mediocre artists just bc theyâre womenâ (rough paraphrase bc I canât remember things I watched minutes ago alas) because YES THANK YOU. Women donât deserve accolades just for being women doing things! Especially when there are so many women deserving of accolades that get no attention.
Anyway, I may not always agree with your musical takes, but I always appreciate your perspective, and especially so in this video.
93 |
I also feel like Ariana Grande is worth including in this conversation because the two main things people know her for is the drama of her personal life and her big hits you hear at Target or the mall (and now "yes, and?" which has stirred up controversy and is now a TikTok meme). I'd argue she only has two albums that are phenomenal from front to back but I feel like her deep cuts often go unnoticed by the general public because they hear her hits like Into You and Problem and thank u, next and think that's all she has to offer. It's actually insane how good some of her deep cuts are. Highly recommend "Break Your Heart Right Back," "Step On Up," "better off," "Only 1," "Safety Net," "Quit" with Cashmere Cat and also "Cadillac Song" which isn't on streaming.
39 |
Iâm a huge Taylor swift fan but I kinda agree with you. When she released folklore and evermore my entire taste in music shifted. I was always someone who was more into lyrics (thatâs why I love Taylor in the first place) but with those albums it became amplified. To me midnights was a setback lyrically, though it does have its moments. youâre on your own kid and midnight rain are stand outs to me personally. I think when her focus veers into having a pop hit or a #1 thatâs when it gets bad. In the fandom itâs a known thing that Taylor picks the worst singles. She goes for catchy instead of lyrical to get that radio hit. So the general public that doesnât go out of their way to listen to anything other than her singles donât think her lyrics are anything special. And maybe thatâs her fault to some extent. But I hope her new album goes back to focusing on lyrics and she leaves the pop star thing behind for a while and just focuses on being an artist.
89 |
i honestly agree with everything you said. i'll just add that even when some female artists don't make the greatest music they still put on a show a thousand times better than most male artists out there. i actually can't name a lot of great current male performers besides Bruno Mars, BTS, Tyler the Creator, and.... yeah, that's it. Brockhampton used to be awesome too
38 |
People donât talk enough about how wilfully ignorant a lot of pop stans can be just because a song is âcatchyâ, yeah but so is chlamydia
I appreciate Fantano for speaking his mind and not being afraid to give something a negative review, I feel like a lot of mainstream outlets are afraid to say anything negative for fear of exactly this bs
66 |
Idk if anyone will care but i have my recommendations:
Björk, caroline polachek, fka twigs, arca, sophie, eartheater, rina sawayama, newjeans (yes i will be including kpop groups), poppy, marina, slayyyter, azealia banks, loona, charli xcx, pinkpantheress, shygirl, kate bush, hikaru utada
They are all icons
27 |
Happy you made this video, a couple points:
1) I don't think it's unfair to say Taylor Swift is like Drake. She's better and more consistent than Drake, can make some genuinely great music, and produces hits just by putting her name on it. And they appeared in an Apple commercial together so for me, that seals it.
2) Does no one else find it EXTREMELY SUS that Tate McCrae went from sad girl Gen Zer to hyper sexual pop star in like...a minute? She's a legitimate example of an industry plant and everything with her feels so calculated. That being said, sure, I like a song here and there, but man...to defend her to the death is an indicator you're NPC, I'm sorry.
46 |
@zionreid2537
2 months ago
So when Sexxy Red gets an 8, he doesn't know music but when Tate gets a negative review he's a misogynistic? It's like he can't win
638 |