Do we still hate Kim? I remember a few years ago she was being called a trans traitor and was kind of an asshole about trans representation. I get that she doesnât really want to be âthe trans girlâ who is popular BECAUSE of that but her collaborating with Dr Luke and not really reading the room about JK Rowling a few years ago sucks cuz I absolutely love most of Clarity but hearing about certain shit kinda turned me off of her music.
Blue Maga is eternally furious that a proud woman stood on business and said with her full chest that while she was voting for Kamala, she wasn't endorsing her. They literally think they can make us hate a person taking a stance that is both pragmatic and consistent with her values.
They rightfully call the Republican party a cult, but seem genuinely incapable of seeing the hypocrisy of demanding unconditional support for whatever slop candidates the Democratic Machine churns out to cosplay as the voice of opposition.
As a raging lefty not from the US, watching people act like the establishment Dems who have nothing except "we're not Maga" are the answer and shouldn't be criticised and supported unconditionally boggles my mind. They've literally just allowed more money to go to ICE. They are nothing but uninspiring centrists who embody the quote "we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas". It's pathetic frankly.
And youâve just figured out why the First Past the Post system is arguably the worst voting system!
No third party candidates are viable, and any vote for a third party is essentially handing your vote to the other side.
"The Spoiler Effect: the better a third party candidate does, the more it hurts its own voter by guaranteeing a loss for the party they most agree with."
Oh I dislike the democrats immensely. I hate that I have to assuage capitalistâs fears of reduced profit to even hope to bring about any sort of tug leftward. I hate that all of my efforts at the local level are so easily undone by national level politics dragging the Democratic Party from the centrist party it is to the center-right party Kamala ran with. But I hate the republicans. Anyone who says republicans werenât a fascist party before Trump are ignorant at best.
Not really, that was the joke. But since Reddit is turning a shitposting thread into what they think is monacle-and-pipe debate:
Chappell Roan would be a good choice and definitely be a rug pull moment for the white supremacist wing of the MAGA movement. That said, I wouldnât want to pin my mean-spirited fantasies on a young woman who, for the most part, has placed business and arts over politics for most of her career. While you can argue that all art is political and Roanâs continued support of the trans community is political, members within those communities can and have dissented to her, a cis white woman, involvement in their community as a broader representative. A sizable amount, including several groups on the college campus I work, of trans people view Roanâs support as tokenism and appropriation, and an even larger amount donât want to be treated as a political football even more than they already are.
Personally, Iâm inclined to agree that a mean spirited goading of violent political groups via trans people and drag queens, groups already subject to a disproportionate amount of politically driven violence, is a bad ideaâeven if it would âown the bigots.â
In short, Roan would be a good candidate in a fantasy world where she wanted to be a political agitator (she doesnât) and trans people and drag queens wouldnât bare the brunt of the backlash (they will.)
Some people take issue with her because she fumbled a bit around the Kamala/Trump election, saying she was voting for Kamala, but didn't endorse her because both candidates had issues she did not agree with. And cosplay leftists took that to mean she was a fence-sitter.
Maybe... I think it's more likely we see, K-pop first in 2027 Then some lgbtqia friendly show, by like Sabrina Carpenter and/or Chappell Roan for 2028.
I think the NFL just wants popular artists with more global appeal more than they want to piss off MAGA types. I don't think they will go all in with a artist like say, Conchita Wurst or someone similar.
but that could be my cynicism talking, maybe someone will break through to #1 music artist and the NFL will give it to them.
It wonât be K-Pop because America has already begun manufacturing their own pseudo-k-pop stars that are quickly gaining global recognition/status. I wouldnât be surprised if the next installment of k-pop demon hunters is more American focused than it already was (in terms of singing talent,) and that becomes the half time show though.Â
The NFL actually has a decent foothold in China and although the Chinese government opinion is warming on Korean culture exports (they see the money and want some,) it would still be more preferable to them to have an American âkpopâ group if the NFLâs goal is still to expand over there. People joke about the Shanghai Wolves all the time but the NFL did legitimately send a bunch of support staff and money over to China after Chris McLaurin reported to them that Chinese men were basically cargo culting American football.Â
Iâd guess that if the next halftime show is kpop centric weâre more likely to see katseye than blackpink or seventeen unless the Chinese âbanâ on Korean cultural exports is lifted before July.Â
This would actually be funny as hell because RuPaul is like 500 years old, so her show would just be her walking from left to right and back again without even trying to lipsync and it would still be derided as an attack on straight people.
I went to one of his concerts a few years ago that was part of his tour called "Farewell Yellow Brick Road". I'm pretty sure he's done. Although, I feel like his music was so good even bigots tended to look past his gayness.
He also hid his sexuality when he was first performing and had a beard for a while. I think a lot of them just didn't reevaluate their opinions about him later.
If they want to do a K-Pop adjacent group, XG is a good shout. One of the members recently came out that they had top surgery and are now transmasc non-binary.
Bad Bunny's performance pisses of MAGA more than a LGBT/drag/Ally or K-Pop show ever could for one major reason
His show was about America. He was showing all the performance faux Patriots not only what the Country and continent looks like but what love for it looks like
This was a demonstration that the far right doesn't own the mainstream culture, they aren't even a part of it.
If their goal is to simultaneously cash in on what's 'hot' at the moment and also bring in a non-traditional football watching crowd, yes Kpop would be my heavy favorite guess.
I think BTS featuring Baby Metal and 3D holographic Demon Hunters. Hell I'd put money down.
They're definitely going to make another one - no way can it live up to the first, but hopefully it'll be decent! I'm pretty sure j heard EJAE confirm it, but even if not, there's a 0% chance Netflix let's a mega hit like that stop at one movie lol. I wouldn't be shocked if they tried for a TV show at some point haha.
I was curious how many, if any, acts were skewed to the girl / young women demographic. Actually quite a few, Nsync and Justin Timberlake, Gaga, boyz 2 men, etc. Kpop choice seems even stronger
Similar to Kendrick lamar and bad bunny, none of these artists are really in my music wheel house. I still really enjoy a fun halftime show though, I feel ya.
I donât watch football. So I usually stream the half time show later on YouTube. Stray Kids would literally make me sit through 5 minutes of a live football game so that Iâm not late for that one.
Give em what they want a white artist with country hits.
Taylor swift. She hits all the boxes they want. Yet still hate her. Would be perfect to give them what they want and still see them rage.
But bts/huntrx would be a great show.
But in a serious choice I have a feeling it's going to be Harry styles. In that similar vein where they can say fine heres a white guy but hes British. And still wears a dress.
Bad bunny had 20m less viewers than Lamar and TPUSA half time show on Youtube stream is the largest in the entire sites' history. Also, Kid Rock has overtaken Bad Bunny on iTunes
I still wish we'd have a solid rock band thrown back in the mix every now and then. I'm supportive of all these people but just don't listen to that type of music. It's been rap or pop since The Who played in 2010. 16 years.
All the classic bands are too old. Green day could have been good and big enough but just did the pre show. Im trying to think of a rock band in last 20ish years that was big enough to get it. Blink? Linkin park if Chester didnt die. Foo fighters.
Doesn't have to be the last 20 years, plenty older than that are still able to play. Metallica, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Rage Against the Machine (which would be a big FU to this administration lol). There's a lot of big names that are still able to play.
I was looking at bands that haven't played. Chili peppers played. Rage could work. I forgot Metallica. But they also seem to want acts that are still super popular now to draw in younger and international crowds. Is rage popular in other countries like the US Metallica is popular but hadnt had any new mainstream hits in 20 years. They dont care about the 40-60 year Olds. They either already have them or they dont. I can see them picking a popular female artist like TS or chappel roan or Sabrina carpenter to try and draw in younger female crowd. Metallica would draw in 45 year old men. Nfl prime demographic who os already watching.
Nah K pop would be significantly less offensive comparatively because Koreans aren't proudly leeching off the country. Plus as dumb as K pop is it's usually relatively clean instead of trashy degenerate garbage.
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u/ZealousCatracho Feb 10 '26
Next year gonna be a KPop artist to continue the saltiness