MyBrainHurts

Her being allied to Trump does not bode well for the regime after Maduro, though

They have to get to the post Maduro stage first.

I think it's like Ukraine, yeah, it'd be better if you didn't have to rely on the States but to whom else can she turn?

If Venezuelans handle it, great and her praising trump costs nothing. If trump helps, there'll be strings but it'll almost certainly be better than Maduro.

I think she's opportunistic and will praise whomever will help get rid of Maduro.

Sadly, US intervention is probably one of Venezuela's best hopes at regime change and trump is childish enoughed to be influenced by petty praise.

To each their own. I definitely used to just listen to my own punk shit and disdain pop but the older I get, the more I see value in something fun with a catchy beat that a lot of people can dance and sing to at once. The classic tunes I dig were also pop once before they became old people tunes.

It's like anything, if all you listen to is pop, that's probably not great but if you refuse to listen to any, you're probably missing out.

which apparently is worth being downvoted for

Yeah, that surprised me. My guess is that your comment came off a little "how can this be popular if I haven't hesrd of it?" Which feels kinda boomery.

Don't know what to tell you, he's been on Canadian news a few times, subject of at least two Economist articles, BBC articles, Guardian articles etc. Maybe you missed the reports? I mean, if you don't know the name of the guy announced to headline the Super Bowl (by definition, fairly goshdarn famous) it's not like you'd be expected to be in touch with who is popular etc.

I mean, if you're haven't really listened to arguably the biggest artist in the world, are you really surprised you don't know about the other big ones?

That moment when we realize we're at the ppint where pop culture is passing us by rather than being targeted at us...

(Honestly, if it weren't for some of the younglings on my soccer team I'd have only learned about Bad Bunny in the Economist, which is a pretty embarrassingly uncool way to learn about pop culture.)

According to number of streams it'd be Taylor Swift or Bad Bunny, but Bunny has a much smaller catalogue and fewer active years. (And I think conservatives would be as annoyed if Taylor played as she was pretty outspoken about trump.)

But yeah, his music has been everywhere. Anecdotally, I think it's been played at 3/3 weddings I was at this summer, which I thought was neat considering none of the couples speaks Spanish.

Does he actually not remember he tried this less than 6 months ago and already had to back down?

Absolutely. Making fun of their hypocrisy almost feels like shooting fish in a gun-sized barrel at this point.

Never seen it, sounds interesting!

Foiled by my own uncultured ignorance!

Yeah, didn't look great for the flame. I thought he came back in the game but turns out I had him confused with someone else.

It's never Lupus!