Talent That Should Be More Recognized

I still can't understand why Katy Perry and Taylor Swift are more popular than Anna Nalick. Their music sounds shitty compared to Anna's incredibly soulful voice and powerfully composed lyrics. Neither Katy nor Taylor can sing during a live performance, and yet they're the ones getting nominated for awards. The music industry today is a travesty.

Just look at the lyrical content of the songs featured in these videos:



Yeah, pretty deep stuff, Katy. You must be a ditz if you think that you can get away with coming off as a deep and sincere person who dedicates "Firework" to the victims of anti-gay bullying when you have another song making lesbianism look like a trend and another song that you vindictively dedicated to someone who's rejected you in the past so eloquently entitled as "Ur So Gay." Quite frankly, Katy Perry, you freaking suck.

As for Taylor Swift, she contradicts herself in the lyrics of her own songs. Try comparing and contrasting "You Belong With Me" and "Better Than Revenge." You'll probably find more contrasts, as the following video brilliantly shows.



Here's what thrillout, the user who made and posted the video on Youtube had to say:

"In all her songs, the majority of the women she discusses are portrayed as bitchy, shallow villains. Taylor regards them as little more than obstacles between her and some guy. On her latest album, Speak Now, the song "Better Than Revenge" vilifies a woman for doing the EXACT SAME THING Taylor did in "You Belong With Me." In *that* song, she vilifies the woman she is stealing from, which is the position Taylor has in "Better Than Revenge." In both songs she expresses that she is %100 in the right, not because of what the other woman does (since Taylor's allowed to do those things herself) but because the guy "belongs" with her because she's Taylor freakin Swift and she deserves whatever she wants.

In this video, there are 3 characters: "Boy-Stealing Taylor," "Bad Girlfriend Taylor," and "Douche." Douche is so-named because he plays the two girls against each other and has no apparent redeeming qualities other than blonde hair and blue eyes. "But Taylor's not shallow!" you say, "Only whichever person she is competing with is!" Unfortunately, that's herself this time. Boy-Stealing Taylor finally gets Douche like she does in the original "You Belong With Me" video, but he's still a douche and apparently bored very easily. As soon as he sees Bad Girlfriend Taylor, the one he dumped in the middle of prom in front of everyone the minute someone prettier showed up, talking to another guy he gets jealous and possessive. Boy-Stealing Taylor sees this and is disappointed but sticks with him. After winning the big game and becoming the big stud on campus, Douche breaks up with Boy-Stealing Taylor supposedly because he's "tired of drama" i.e. the feud between the two girls... Also, he has groupies now. Both Taylors, now alone, are left humiliated by their own childishness.

Just FYI, I wasn't trying to portray Bad Girlfriend Taylor as a victim or hero. Both Taylors villainize each other (the lyrics by Bad Girlfriend Taylor are petty and gossipy) and all three characters are self-centered, shallow, and just plain bad people."

I couldn't have deconstructed Swift's lyrics any better myself.

Anna Nalick isn't like Katy or Taylor. Anna has a naturally beautiful voice, and her songs contain more meaning in their lyrical content than Perry or Swift can ever come up with. Anna Nalick exudes sultry and sexy without having to take off a single article of clothing (ahem, Perry) or having to pose as some kind of faux-innocent brat who thinks that because her life is a fairytale, she's entitled to everything she wants (Swift). Anna, on the other hand, does neither of those things, and she's more talented than Katy and Taylor combined.



Here's the official music video to the above song, which is just as powerful and emotionally evocative as Anna's live performance.



You be the judge.