Cypher

Bless. I hope she quickly gets this last album out and never has to deal with those people again.

I guess technically "Oh, What a World 2.0" came out this year, but nah, I just love all her albums.

Kacey Musgraves won my top pick for the second year in a row! Other notable artists that were in my top are: Lady Gaga Phoebe Ryan Ava Max Zara Larsson Songs: Freya Ridings - Castles Meghan Trainor - Workin' On It Kylie Minogue - Say So Parachute - Meant to Be Ariana Grande - Don't Call Me Angel I don't think Spotify is a great measurement for me because I also have local files, so I tend to use my default music player on my phone. From that list, the top songs were: Ally Brooke - No Good Dua Lipa - Hallucinate Little Mix - Gloves Up Clean Bandit - Tick Tock Mabel - Don't Call Me Up All in all, I think it's been a great year in pop music! Lots of artists, lots of options, lots of great moments with these songs and albums.

One thing I was thinking about was, so many artists ended up releasing albums this year (probably to help record labels from hemorrhaging money). What's going to happen next year? Are these artists and singer/songwriters going to come back with a quick follow-up and do a double feature tour? On top of this, if any of the albums that came out this year were rush albums, I wonder how many artists are almost done with their contracts. Thinking in line with Kesha's situation. I think she only has one more album that she needs to release under RCA/Kemosabe before she can finally be free.

lmfao first it's dbree and now it's genius. I love the internet.

I stream, I buy CDs, I buy vinyls, I download, I'm a hoarder.

no joke, I sometimes search for stuff on dbree cause larger hub sites like iTop sometimes host on there. This way I can bypass all the ads and pop-ups.

With the way the world is, is the Super Bowl even still happening?

tbh, let's give it to Blackpink.

Pass

I noticed that Jesy was missing from some of the promo and signatures! But I also heard she's been sick, which is why she hasn't been at any events.

Where's Jesus going?! Is he paying Satan a visit?

Can't argue with talent! But tbh, I do hope Little Mix gets it next week!

Can I vote for Kylie to hit #1 this week and then Little Mix next week? ?

Trump can finally go eff off.

Disco sweat! ?

Ava? Is that really you?

I will never be a vegan. If eating meat kills me, it was nice knowing y'all!

I don't think my parents were actually that strict. I held extremely high standards for myself growing up, so if anything, I have self-induced pressure towards success. But I guess that's why I don't relate to Paris' story. As a kid, I always used logic to explain my stance or dreams. I would have long-term plans drawn out so my parents couldn't disagree with my ideas.

I don't necessarily agree with all the treatment she received, especially the parts with grown men is too much and wildly unchecked. The part that's self-induced is her behaviour prior. On a personal level, I didn't act out the way she did, so my parents never considered sending me to boarding school or any other type of correctional facility. I do know someone close to me that did. She was sent to a therapeutic boot camp in the desert where she had to go through some pretty physically strenuous activity. Luckily she didn't have to deal with any questionable behaviour by staff. After, she said it was one of the toughest times of her life, feeling isolated and alone, but she also speaks of emerging grown and now has a better understanding of how to reach kids in today's society who are going through a similar mindset to her when she was a kid. She now teaches parents how to be better equipped to deal with their kids so that these new parents don't have to resort to boarding school. Point of my logic: There's blame to be placed on both sides, but the perspective of the outcome is where my respect lies. To me, this whole documentary is trying to build sympathy, but in my friend's case, she builds respect from her experiences. That's why I wish she went more into how those experience drove her to chase and achieve her dream. From what I can understand, she chased her dream simply because she likes to earn money. I think it's explicitly stated at least twice.

All right, I finally got to the "kidnap/boarding school" bit. Let's be honest, if her parents told her she was being sent to boarding school, do you really think she would've stayed home and have gone willingly? Because of her entitled behaviour, she really didn't give her parents too many options. That being said, her parents also weren't very well equipped with dealing with Paris' entitlement, which may have stemmed from the parents themselves. As for the treatment in the boarding school, yeah solitary confinement sucks, but she also put herself in there based on her actions. She keeps playing the victim when in fact, she got herself into this situation. I really don't get how I'm supposed to sympathize with her when it was her own decisions and actions that led to this consequence. Just because you're white and rich, doesn't mean you're above society rules and standards, but it seems some people don't get that. And before any hardknocks me at Paris being a woman, my opinion stands true for men as well. If a man acted the same way she did and went through the same thing, I still wouldn't sympathize with him because it's the actions of one's self that drives these consequences. By the end of the documentary, I still think she's a great business woman and knows how to work the media, but I don't feel sympathy for anything she went through. The melodrama isn't document worthy and the "exposé" of her time at boarding school is just her playing the victim, which was largely self-induced. I would have much rather watched a documentary about how she built her empire because then we would get a chance to see her working hard to earn what she's achieved, which is how the documentary starts. Why tf is she famous? I still don't know why tf she's famous.

I'll have to give it another shot from that point tomorrow! I can only take so much in one day.

Hah, no. The part that irks me is the "I can outgay this guy right now." But I've never been a fan of him, so this just cements my general apathy towards him.

I finally caved and watched it. First of all, thank god she has a normal, non-pitched up voice. I thought she genuinely talked at that pitch and it's always bugged the crap out of me. I'm going to Spoiler my thoughts because it's quite numerous, but it all bubbles down to my annoyance of her and her lack of recognizing privilege. I do believe that Paris is an extraordinary business woman who has been able to work the image the public cemented her to be. I don't think she's a slouch when it comes to understanding the market and exercising her image. Thank you hard work and privilege.