This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. Hayley Williams of Paramore in a now-expired Instagram story (that Stereogum transcribed): Something I’ve been thinking about a lot, and why I don’t really love it… Especially in the music world, whether it’s the pop girls or any scene, really, people only give a fuck about numbers now, and stats. And that is so lame. It’s very fun, don’t get me wrong. It’s sick. We’ve had a #1 album and top this and that albums, yes. That shit is great…But I just remember a time when that was not so important, and that also wasn’t a gotcha for a stan-war type of situation. Anyway, I just think it’s really fucking annoying. My side of the internet, which is basically not really the internet, I just get to support all the pop girls. Maybe that’s privilege because I’m not a pop girl, but I just think everyone should cool it and let people make really great music and shit… I’m over it. Yep. Co-signed. more Not all embedded content is displayed here. You can view the original to see embedded videos and other embedded content.
When Hayley says "people", is she referring to fans or people on the business side? As a fan, I don't pay attention to numbers or stats. I listen to what I like. But if she is referring to people on the business side, then absolutely it makes sense they pay attention to numbers. Data is king now.
The stan wars happen on twitter It would be much cooler if they happened on message boards like back in our day