I’m offended. The gays are supposed to have style, right? Then shouldn’t the people in attendance pay homage to that grand stereotype and dress themselves in clothes that don’t give the viewers at home secondhand embarrassment? I feel like everybody said “fuck these fake-ass awards. I’ma just throw on some scraps from JoAnn’s Fabrics and call it a day.”
Once upon a time, I was watching Charmed and before the commercial break they did one of those “Music from tonight’s episode by…” and it was this Aslyn person I’d never heard of. I bought the album the next day and never regretted it because Charmed always knows what’s really good.
I didn’t even know you could get this much life so early in the morning.
Ugh, this ignorant trick with her big mouth, thinking she knows everything. I wish I could hate her but OMG THIS BEAT. I wish I knew how to walk in heels, because I would be on the roof right now in slutty underwear losing my mind.
20. Anita Baker “Lately” The Grand Dame of late-night mumblecore R&B updated one of Tyrese’s early hits and snagged a Grammy nomination for it.
19. Grimes “Genesis” I never know what Claire Boucher is saying. Does it mean anything? Do we even care? Experimental indie pop that remains accessible for normal people is hard to come by.
18. The Vaccines “Teenage Icon” The Vaccines have been bringing 2001 back to indie rock for a couple of albums now, especially with their second single from Come of Age.
17. Madonna “Girl Gone Wild” Easily Madonna’s best single since “Hung Up,” “GGW” proves Madonna is still at the top of the heap for infectious dance music.
16. Fiona Apple “Hot Knife” Fiona Apple gets a little sassy and a little tounge-in-cheek on this bouncy jazz-influenced cut.
Once I read that interview a few months ago where she said she lets her white friends use the n-word, I was like….”This girl is young and dumb. She’s gonna fuck it up big time and soon.”
And she did.
Granted, she was talking to Perez Hilton, so it’s kind of like….eh. But still. She’s a dummy. A 21-year-old dummy who thinks she knows everything already.
I’m slowly coming to terms with the fact that Azealia Banks’ mixtape might be my favorite album of 2012. Either it’s amazing, or music was really flat this year.
At this point, I partly listen to NSYNC as an act of defiance against these horrible boybands out right now with no sense of musicality and no showmanship skills. And also because NYSNC was really good, OK?
There were so many ugly outfits at the New Now Next Awards.
