Aaliyah Jones
Staff Writer
Chloe Bailey’s New Album
The internet is swarming with a vast range of opinions on the release of Chloe Bailey’s new album entitled “In Pieces.”
Many people on Twitter are throwing around words and phrases like “flop” and “it’s giving lackluster.” But those
comments are rivaled by many saying she sang songs from her heart to theirs. No one can deny that Bailey’s sound is very unique to her and encapsulates her natural dramatic and provocative stage personality within it.
A song on the album called “How Does It Feel” has pulled in most of the negative attention because it features Chris Brown, an R&B star also known for his past abusive relationship with Rihanna. The public is criticizing her for working with a man who has a deep history of being in abusive relationships with women.
Despite having artists like Missy Elliott and Future appear on the album, this negative attention is affecting her projected album sales with her first week sales being 10,000 units sold, charting as 119th on Billboard 200, in comparison to her duo project with her sister, Halle, charting at 16th place.
Despite all the negativity, Bailey shows her resilience during her recent performance by coming back on stage to thank her fans for their support and to tell the “online critics and haters” to kiss her backside.
Kate versus Megan: Coronation Invite Canceled
Are the London bridges falling down? It seems the ongoing mild friction between Kate Middleton and Megan Markle is still driving a wedge in royal business.
According to the New York Post, King Charles is scheduled to have his coronation on May 6 and Markle is thought by Tom Bower, to be uninvited by Middleton.
Harry goes into detail about the rift in his recently released memoir, “Spare,” where he goes into some detail about the argument that was started by Middleton days before their wedding, which left Megan in tears. What could possibly be so important? A bridesmaid dress.
Jumping back to the present, it was recently confirmed by Buckingham Palace that Harry will be attending the coronation alone while Markel stays in California.
Candice Owens calls Lizzo’s fans “insane women”
Once again people are trying to bring up Lizzo’s weight because that is supposed to be important these days.
Twitter has been a playground for unsolicited opinions on other people’s personal lives for a while but it is spiking more now than ever. The body positive movement, started by plus-sized and disabled people, was formed so that everyone outside of the societal beauty standard felt accepted.
Candice Owens believes the movement is a “death cult of fat acceptance”” and used Lizzo as the prime example of what that looks like. According to Owens, Lizzo’s comments are full of “insane women calling her beautiful.”
She, in later tweets, tries to pledge that the reason why she is addressing Lizzo is that she “wants attention” despite
the fact that Lizzo has yet to say anything towards or about Owens in response.
Live Action Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch, the childhood classic is being swept up in the live-action remake that Disney has created recently. I can tell you now, no one is against this idea because fans are shaking in anticipation of the final product. The only
damper in the mood for some comes from who Disney announced to play Nani, Lilo’s older sister. Native Hawaiian
Sydney Agudong has been announced to play Nani in the live-action remake of Lilo and Stitch and many are unhappy with this decision.
What’s the issue? Isn’t she Hawaiian? Yes, Sydney is Hawaiian but many would not know that based on her appearance, which is why fans are upset. In the movie, Lilo, Nani, and many other characters are drawn with
deep brown skin and round wide noses. Sydney is a lighter skinned Hawaiian.
Many recognize that accurate representation of Hawaiian culture is important regardless of who’s representing
it, which is fair. But many also think it’s highly important to depict darker-skinned people in live actions as close to
reality as possible for proper representation and contextual understanding.
Lilo and Nani are both dark-skinned native Hawaiian people which already lack wide media representation. If they
were to make Nani a lighter skinned Hawaiian that would mean they’d have to change almost all of the other cast
members to make it look like the community represented in the original depiction.
Darkskin Hawaiian natives already lack representation and it wouldn’t be wise in today’s social climate to try and remove what little representation they already have.
The views expressed in this trending topics column are those of the writer(s) and in no way represent the views of The Blue & White Flash.
