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      Tantrums of the rich and famous: nine acts that turned on their audience – from Elton to Bieber to Blur

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 16 April - 16:08

    This week, Damon Albarn took umbrage at a Coachella crowd who failed to sing along. But he is far from the worst offender

    When Coachella 2024 comes to be remembered by future generations, the abiding image will be that of Damon Albarn attempting to engage the crowd in a game of call and response, and then failing, and then having a bit of a go at them.

    In fairness to Albarn, it was a weird booking. Blur have always fared poorly in the US. Is this the band’s fault for writing all those songs about how much they dislike America? We may never know. Either way, by berating the crowd for their ambivalence – yelling “You’ll never see us again so you may as well fucking sing it” – Blur have joined the ranks of acts who have turned against their audiences.

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      Kanye’s back – labels might care about his misdeeds, but the public doesn’t seem to | Shaad D'Souza

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 3 April - 14:39

    The rapper seemed to have blown his career up two years ago with a string of offensive comments. But now he has another album at No 1

    Over the course of about a month in late 2022, Kanye West seemingly blew up his career for ever. Weeks of increasingly erratic behaviour culminated in a slip into full-blown reactionary populism with a series of offensive stunts, including but not limited to: wearing a White Lives Matter T-shirt , reviving hoary antisemitic tropes about Jews controlling the media, and threatening on X (then Twitter) to go “death con 3” on Jews .

    Within weeks, West’s record label and publisher – Universal Music Group and Sony Music Publishing, respectively – terminated their contracts with him; he was dropped by his agency, CAA; and Adidas, Balenciaga and Gap canned their continuing collaborations. The vast majority of his $2bn (£1.6bn) net worth evaporated overnight. Kanye Is Never Coming Back From This read the headline of one Rolling Stone article at the time.

    Shaad D’Souza is a freelance culture journalist

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      Taylor Swift lambasts music industry and says Kim Kardashian feud ‘took me down psychologically’

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 6 December - 15:40 · 1 minute

    In a lengthy interview as she is named Time’s person of the year, Swift speaks about toll of high-profile spat, and criticises music industry over treatment of young stars

    Taylor Swift has spoken of the psychological damage of her feud with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, and lambasted the music industry over its treatments of young pop stars, in a new interview with Time, which has named her their person of the year.

    After a year in which she has been at the centre of cultural conversations for her massively lucrative Eras tour, Swift spoke damningly of what she sees as a short-termist approach by record labels to replace, rather than nurture its stars. “By the time an artist is mature enough to psychologically deal with the job, they throw you out at 29, typically,” she says. “In the 90s and 00s, it seems like the music industry just said: ‘OK, let’s take a bunch of teenagers, throw them into a fire, and watch what happens. By the time they’ve accumulated enough wisdom to do their job effectively, we’ll find new teenagers.’” She said her solution was to change style with each new album project: “I realised every record label was actively working to try to replace me. I thought instead, I’d replace myself first with a new me. It’s harder to hit a moving target.”

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      Kanye West revient sur Twitter… en tant qu’entreprise

      news.movim.eu / Numerama · Monday, 31 July, 2023 - 09:26

    Le chanteur polémique est de retour sur X, nouveau nom de Twitter. Il avait été banni pour avoir publié des tweets antisémites — et il revient avec un compte officiel et un badge normalement réservé aux entreprises. [Lire la suite]

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      Après Twitter, Kanye West pourrait être banni de Spotify

      news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Friday, 9 December, 2022 - 14:00

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    Spotify et Apple Music pourraient à leur tour bannir Kanye West après ses déclarations sur les Nazis.

    Après Twitter, Kanye West pourrait être banni de Spotify

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      Parler and Twitter both cut ties with Kanye West as he says, “I like Hitler”

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 2 December, 2022 - 17:11

    Photo illustration shows the Parler social network app on a smartphone screen with a picture of rapper Kanye West in the background.

    Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Chris Delmas)

    Kanye West's deal to buy the self-described "free speech" social network Parler lasted only a month. Parler's owner announced the termination of the deal shortly after West—who now goes by Ye—praised Adolf Hitler and Nazis in an appearance yesterday on Alex Jones' Infowars show.

    Despite Parler making the announcement yesterday, it said the deal was terminated in mid-November. In a statement emailed to Ars and other news organizations Thursday afternoon, Parlement Technologies said it "mutually agreed with Ye to terminate the intent of sale of Parler. This decision was made in the interest of both parties in mid-November. Parler will continue to pursue future opportunities for growth and the evolution of the platform for our vibrant community."

    Parler and Ye had announced a merger agreement on October 17. The deal was struck after Ye made antisemitic posts that got his Twitter account locked, putting it into a read-only mode while leaving it visible to the public.

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      Croix gammée et admiration d’Hitler : Kanye West se fait virer de Twitter

      news.movim.eu / Numerama · Friday, 2 December, 2022 - 09:27

    Quelques heures après avoir échangé publiquement des messages d'amitié avec Elon Musk, Kanye West s'est de nouveau livré à plusieurs sorties antisémites. Le rappeur américain a contraint Elon Musk à modérer Twitter, alors qu'il souhaitait jusque-là autoriser tous les discours. [Lire la suite]

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      Parler : Kanye West s’offre ce réseau social très controversé

      news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Tuesday, 18 October, 2022 - 06:00

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    Le célèbre rappeur américain annonce son intention d’acquérir le réseau social lancé en 2018. Controversé, « Parler » est particulièrement prisé des ultra-conservateurs américains et partisans de Donald Trump.

    Parler : Kanye West s’offre ce réseau social très controversé