Charli XCX Tackles Double Standards About Women In Music Industry

[hewontgo]

. @charli_xcx argues: “If I was a man I’d be hailed as some sort of music industry god https://t.co/eO7dXvZ8kS
- ET Canada (@ETCanada) November 28, 2019

Charli XCX, like many women in the music industry, works very hard and she is tired of being underestimated.

i am an artist, a songwriter who’s co written multiple “hits” for myself/other artists,

Comments

[nermal_kat]

Jill of trades, master of none.

[therearewords]

Like many men.

[nermal_kat]

Yes, indeed.

[therearewords]

Why won't ed sheeran go away, kat?

[gorlplz]

[genbu_no_miko24]

I mean I do think in general pop girls never get the respect they deserve because they're all thought as of pretty industry puppets.

They only get some~ respect if they write their own music. I always felt that about someone like Taylor. A good chunk of the reason she gets praise is because she's one of the few hugely successful artists that writes her own songs (yeah I know she has co-writers but overall its Taylor) compared to other girls.I always wondered how the reception might've been had she not written those songs...cause people don't usually praise those types of songs.

[petecarl]

Taylor’s not the only one who writes her songs, but she was smart to make it part of her narrative.

[genbu_no_miko24]

I know but she is one of the few female singers who's gotten hugely successful and very much recognized by it.

[lloyd_llewellyn]

others like mariah, beyonce, madonna, janet "write" their songs but they don't know how to compose them. they'll hum their melodies or submit their lyrics and someone else will transpose or construct a song from that. taylor actually composes her own songs and that's why she is more legitimized and respected as an author.

[genbu_no_miko24]

what she'd say about wokeness? m&gs?

[genbu_no_miko24]

I kinda see where she's coming from about the narratives being pushed by journalists without asking her first on it. Being a celeb it can be a lot to see articles being spun a certain way in which you maybe didn't see that way.

That said I also don't think it's wrong for fans to be grossed out or concerned by someone bringing a dildo for her to sign. Lots of people pass the line and celebs might too polite or frozen in the moment to reply.

[vulcan_rhapsody]

I don't know a lot about her but I assume she's right.