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Kanye West, Taylor Swift, VMAs
So. This is the talk of the VMAs this morning when I woke up.
Kanye West went up to the stage while Taylor Swift was awarded for Female Video at the 2009 VMAs, he took Taylor Swift’s mic, and said “Yo, Taylor, I’m really happy for you and Imma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. Of all time!”
Okay, first of all, Taylor Swift did deserve the award. In my opinion anyway. Beyonce’s video consisted of a stupid dance (sorry, Beyonce, I love you just not this particular video) while Swift’s You Belong With Me was funny, clever and quite interesting as it had some kind of story. Plus, there’s the additional fact that that 19 year old girl writes and composes her own song is enough to say that she definitely deserves being awarded for her hard work. Yes, both songs are very good, they were talking about the video after all and both deserved an award. It just so happened that Taylor’s video had more meat than Beyonce’s did (Oh, okay, so I’m biased, but I’m betting millions agree with me – and I bet they’re biased too). Still however biased we are, the fact still remains that there was something in that video that made it win over Single Ladies, right? Kanye had no jurisdiction over whether she deserved it or not – or whether Beyonce deserved it more than Taylor did.
Secondly, Kanye did NOT have to say that in front of a million people. Okay, so he thinks she doesn’t deserve it. He wants to be real, wants to be true and all that bull. I’m betting a few hundred people do too (what?? Are you kidding?) but I doubt they need to go in front of a crowd, in front of the winner herself and announce their opinion (based on Hennessy). If he wanted to be real, he could have used other ways to say his opinions. Or if he wanted to tell Taylor Swift that herself, he could have talked to her himself, out of the camera and said flat out that Beyonce deserved it. What, is respect phased out too? Oh – right, he was drunk. That doesn’t make up for anything. Stupidity.
And then, later, he apologizes to Taylor Swift. How TACKY could this classless guy be? First you downsize a young, talented girl half your age, then you don’t give her credit for her hardwork, then you embarrass her in front of a million people, then you leave with a bottle of Hennessy and you HAVE the guts to face her AND her mother and you apologize with an unapologetic statement saying you appreciate pop culture and bull. He even sounded more like he was mocking her.
Wake up and smell the potion (Casper meets Wendy), Kanye West, the VMAs isn’t about you anymore and Taylor Swift’s songs are more than cheerleading and bleachers. (And duh, we know you’re not crazy. You’re just drunk, and high and low-life and too full of yourself to notice that other people may actually be more talented than you are)
FYI, this isn’t the POP CULTURE music awards, bobo, this is the VMAs.
He couldn’t even save himself some face – oh right, he doesn’t have that.
So I say, people were right when they booed him. People were right when they said “Kanye West, you’re a fucked up piece of shit, scumbag low-life, classless dude,”
I say Taylor Swift deserved that award because she works for herself, her songs and is truly one inspiring young, talented girl who definitely deserves to be credited and awarded for her voice, skills, talent and her song-writing abilities.
You go Taylor Swift, we love you and we’re proud of you.
Tell Taylor Swift how you feel through her twitter.
And tell me how you feel about this event.
