CTate McRae fans are rewriting the pop star rulebook, and the Sabrina Carpenter contingent is not having it.
LOh, I saw this one. Some account called Sad Poets updated their 'anti-list' and Tate McRae just shot to the top.
CAn anti-list. For people you root against. As a hobby.
LIt's ranking who they dislike most, week by week. Tate's number one, Ariana Grande's second, Taylor Swift moved up to third.
CAnd Sabrina Carpenter got cut entirely. Just... out.
LI kind of respect the commitment. You need a spreadsheet to hate this efficiently.
CI need to know what Tate McRae did to deserve a 'NEW' tag with no explanation. She releases 'Housewife,' it's doing fine.
LThat's... not a flop, by any measure. Why is she being booed by this one person?
CBecause the list isn't about music, it's about stan politics. Someone's favorite got compared to her, and now she's the enemy.
LAnd that's exactly what the other post is complaining about. Some account named Erica James asked why certain artists only get compared to Black artists, never to Sabrina or Tate or Taylor.
CThat's a real question, and it's one that comes up a lot. The comparisons are never random. They follow a pattern.
LRight. A Black woman puts out a new album, and suddenly she's up against Beyoncé, or another Black artist, like that's the only lane.
CMeanwhile a white artist doing the same numbers gets compared to... herself, basically. Or the last white artist.
LIt's lazy criticism. But it's also how some fans see the pop landscape: everyone in their own box.
CBut that's not the artists' doing! Tate McRae didn't draw the box. The critics and the fan armies did.
LAnd the fan armies are the ones making anti-lists instead of listening to the music. It's all just... us versus them.
CHere's my problem with the whole thing. An anti-list with Beyoncé and Ariana and Taylor and Tate and Gaga? These are not the same tier.
LOh, come on, it's not about tiers, it's about vibes. It's who bugs you right now.
CWhich changes week to week! That's not a list, that's a mood board with extra steps.
LA hate mood board. That I would actually subscribe to.
CSpeaking of strange career moves, Leslie Bibb just joined the cast of 'Upgraded 2' with Camila Mendes, per Deadline.
LI genuinely liked the first 'Upgraded.' Art world intern, ambition, a little romance. Solid.
CBibb's a really smart booking. She brings a completely different energy, and the Logan Roy daughter heat from 'The White Lotus.'
LWait, are we getting her as a mentor figure or a villain? Because the Deadline piece says story details are under wraps.
CMy money's on a steely gallery owner who hires Ana and then makes her life extremely complicated.
LOr she's the friendly boss who teaches her about art forgery. You don't know.
CYou think 'Upgraded 2' is going deep on forgery? Becca Gleason directed a rom-com, not a thriller.
LThen Bibb plays the ex-wife of the love interest. The one who still has his couch. That's the role.
CYou've written the movie already. Call Amazon.
LMeanwhile, Casey Bloys just revealed his new Skydance content team, and it is basically the old HBO Max team with name tags.
CFrancesca Orsi, Sarah Aubrey, Amy Gravitt... all the people who greenlit the shows we actually watch.
LSo it's less a new regime and more a corporate reshuffle with the same taste buds.
CI'm not complaining. If the people who made 'The White Lotus' and 'Succession' keep their jobs, we're fine.
LAnd if the union has anything to say about AI, those jobs won't be replaced by a prompt. IATSE just appointed its first tech intelligence officer, Jillian Arnold.
CFirst ever. The stagehands, the grips, the people who actually build the sets — they're mapping AI now.
LSmart. You can't protect the craft if you don't understand the machine.
CAnd finally, this one's on the line between fun and exhausting: a post says yes, they listen to Kanye, Taylor, Olivia, Sabrina, Camila, Kendrick AND Drake.
LAll caps, like it's a confession. As if the pop police are going to come to their house.
CThat's how it feels online now. You mention two artists from different fan camps and suddenly you're a double agent.
LThe bar is so low that listening to both Kendrick and Drake is considered a character flaw.
CClock my top ten: I've got Stevie Wonder, Bad Bunny, H.E.R., Frank Ocean...
LNobody asks for mine, but I'm open. I contain multitudes, and maybe a little Creedence.
CYou just outed yourself as a double agent. Good luck on the anti-list.