Accountability in Music • Page 735

All I can think about when I see the shitbird from Attila’s name is how he was on MTV Made like 15 years ago wanting to become a model. The fact that he is apparently a millionaire now is a little defeating..lol

 

If he’s on Twitter railing against cancel culture and bragging about his money, at least we can sleep soundly knowing he’s not happy.

 

Posting anything Fronz related is doing exactly what he wants you to do. First person I ever blocked on Twitter.

 

he's right that twitter shit isn't real life but he's also a scumbag

 

I have a "what would you do?" question for you guys...

There was supposed to be a festival happening right before When We Were Young last year, a 2 day festival in Vegas called When We Were Hungry. Me and 2 friends had tickets. As predicted by many, it was cancelled a few weeks prior.

I didn't get my refund for the event, neither did my 2 friends and from the looks of it, bands that paid to play didn't get it either. I don't think anyone really got anything. I tried getting it through Paypal, they said that the WWWH account was flagged as a scammer account (lol) and that I need to talk to my band who won't help.

Anyway... I am going to see a band in 3 weeks and I noticed that on Facebook and Instagram they are tagging the lady who promoted that cancelled festival. Looks like she is managing the band now.

Assuming she will be joining them for the tour, what would you have done? Would you look for her in the venue (it's a tiny venue, shouldn't be a problem to locate her there) and give her a piece of your mind? Maybe get answers? Or an actual refund? Would you just send a DM to the band to let them know that they are working with a scammer? Would they even care?

I already accepted that I will probably not see those $150 back but I feel like it's too good of a situation to let it go to waste and maybe get some justice (hopefully without getting the police called on me).

 

Personally, I would go this route first.

 

I’d send the DM first, but it’s probably pretty likely they won’t respond to it. If they don’t, I’d absolutely speak up at the show in question

 

There's a 0% chance the face to face goes well.

 

Yeah lol

 

Please don’t approach and yell at a stranger

Sounds like a small band so who knows, but in my experience managers usually aren’t going on the road with bands. That’s what tour managers do

 

few things to note here. country music doesn’t care, obviously. his crossover appeal is massive. he’s gotten support from poc so a lot of folks have moved on with them.

i saw that tyler oakley make a tweet about this same thing you shared, and it reminded me of when jimmie allen (a black country artist) said he thinks white folks are using this for their own interests to get clicks, attention, etc.

 

Yeah it's probably not worth it. Plus I will probably not even be able to get myself to do that, I'm not assertive enough.

 

They don't call her a "queen" for nothing

 

I appreciate the message I guess but uhhhh no thanks to that song

 

Holy shit at Hopeless putting out a song with those lyrics

 

just listened and it's mostly not for me but I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a thing for the nu-metal parts lol

 

Playing both sides like a real business

 

I think i listened to 45 seconds total but not consecutively

 

I am all in favor of Scene Queen tearing this whole genre down and bringing her label with it.

 

So I'm conflicted by that song. I don't want to tear down women in music, and I certainly want to see more women in the metal/hardcore-adjacent scene. But while the intent and the message of the song is good, it almost comes off as a parody in a way. Like, if I were a woman in music who wanted people to be aware of the misogyny and allegations that have plagued it for years, I would want to be taken seriously.

The way that the song and the video come across make me not want to take Scene Queen seriously, or to bring more attention to the problems that people have been screaming about for the longest time.

 

This is definitely a case of “I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was.” Just because the song is brash and snotty and fun, doesn’t mean that it’s a parody. I can see the teens fucking with it. She has vids with a million+ views and close to a million, so she’s doing something right.

 

I think what that user is getting at is that some of the word choices in the lyrics make the song feel like a parody (the rhymes get kinda corny). That being said, I would rather see this platformed than pretty much anyone else signed to Hopeless Records, and I have an immense respect for her courage in taking a stand with this song.