am i allowed to talk about the met gala?
+ Macklemore just dropped a song in support of the student protesters for Gaza 𓆩♡𓆪
First of all what the HELL did I say yesterday to make you all be so cute to me???
It’s like you knew I needed some red-hot validation (I really do - I always do) so please, keep it coming xxx
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Am I allowed to talk about the Met Gala?
You may have seen some of my posts on Instagram yesterday before the Met Gala, because I just knew there was NO getting past the trolls if I wanted to even ACKNOWLEDGE that it was going on. I woke up feeling brave, so I posted this:
I also got BERATED for saying this:
Anyway, you don’t open up this newsy to hear me rant, so I won’t (I have people in my real life to talk me off the ledge) but I will say I was VERY disappointed in the Met Gala looks this year. I think my faves were:
Zendaya, who serves on and off the tennis court (and had TWO LOOKS):
Taylor Russel who was wearing WOOD and is the cutest person alive:
Emma Chamberlain because she’s my girl:
Alia Bhatt was one of my fave looks from the whole night:
Andrew Scott just because hot priest vibes:
Also, Katy Perry’s mum fell for an AI-generated image of her:
That’s all for another year xxxx
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Macklemore just dropped a song about the college protests and is going to donate all proceeds to Gaza
Macklemore has entered the diss track game, except he’s not taking shots at other rappers (ok maybe a line or two) he’s taking shots at the system. His new song ‘HIND’S HALL’ was inspired by the student protesters at Columbia University, who occupied the campus’s Hamilton Hall last week and renamed it “Hind’s Hall,” and acts as tribute to six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was recently killed by the Israeli military in Gaza.
While it’s not yet available on streaming platforms, Macklemore said that the song’s proceeds will all be donated to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency once it is.
Here are the lyrics so you don’t have to click off and go find them yourself (don’t say I never do anything for ya):
Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Woo
Yeah, the people, they won't leave
What is threatenin’ about divesting and wantin' peace?
The problem isn't the protests, it’s what they're protestin'
It goes against what our country is fundin' (Hey)
Block the barricade until Palestine is free (Hey)
Block the barricade until Palestine is free
When I was seven, I learned a lesson from Cube and Eazy-E
What was it again? Oh yeah, fuck the police (Woo)
[Verse 2]
Actors in badges protecting property
And a system that was designed by white supremacy (Brrt)
But the people are in the streets
You can pay off Meta, you can't pay off me
Politicians who serve by any means
AIPAC, CUFI, and all the companies
You see, we sell fear around the land of the free
But this generation here is about to cut the strings
You can ban TikTok, take us out the algorithm
But it's too late, we've seen the truth, we bear witness
Seen the rubble, the buildings, the mothers and the children
And all the men that you murdered and then we see how you spin it
Who gets the right to defend and who gets the right of resistance
Has always been about dollars and the color of your pigment, but
White supremacy is finally on blast
Screamin' "Free Palestine" ’til they’re home at last (Woo)
[Verse 3]
We see the lies in them, claimin' it’s antisemitic to be anti-Zionist
I've seen Jewish brothers and sisters out there and ridin' in
Solidarity and screamin' "Free Palestine" with them
Organizin’, unlearnin' and finally cuttin' ties with
A state that's gotta rely on an apartheid system to uphold an occupyin' violent
History been repeating for the last seventy-five
The Nakba never ended, the colonizer lied (Woo)
If students in tents posted on the lawn
Occupyin' the quad is really against the law
And a reason to call in the police and their squad
Where does genocide land in your definition, huh? (Hey; hey)
Destroyin' every college in Gaza and every mosque
Pushin' everyone into Rafah and droppin' bombs
The blood is on your hands, Biden, we can see it all
And fuck no, I'm not voting for you in the fall (Woo)
Undecided, you can't twist the truth, the people out here united
Never be defeated when freedom's on the horizon
Yet the music industry's quiet, complicit in their platform of silence (Hey, woo)
[Verse 4]
What happened to the artist? What do you got to say?
If I was on a label, you could drop me today
I'd be fine with it 'cause the heart fed my page
I want a ceasefire, fuck a response from Drake (Woo)
What you willin' to risk? What you willin' to give?
What if you were in Gaza? What if those were your kids?
If the West was pretendin' that you didn't exist
You'd want the world to stand up and the students finally did, let's get it (Woo)
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You can write and talk about whatever you want to Luce it’s your newsy! I always love the content y’all work so hard to put out. I’ve been trying to slowly cut out sm to protect my mental health. I’m glad you have a support system!!
You spend so much time talking about and consuming the awful things happening in the world to help inform us you are ABSOLUTELY allowed to talk about the met gala if it brings you joy. You can care about more than one thing and once and can have a little bit of fun. Hope you're taking care of yourself Luce!