Every week there’s a bunch of music-related stories, links, videos and other internet goodies that are a little on the trashy side, but for whatever reason get everyone in the office talking.
This is what the Tone Deaf Trash Can is all about: it’s our avenue for sharing the funniest, weirdest and downright tackiest music stories of the week to help you keep up to date with the best (and worst) things happening in pop culture. Don’t feel guilty – you’re allowed to enjoy it.
Taylor Swift Won All The Internet’s Respect With Just Three Words On A T-Shirt
Look, I’ll be frank, I’m still a little bit on the fence when it comes to T-Swift, but I’m slowly coming around. Firstly, she carries her cat around leash-less like it’s nothing. Secondly, she’s Lorde’s best friend, and I trust Ella’s taste in pals. And now, thirdly, this:
If you’re unfamiliar, let me give you the context.
A year or so ago on Tumblr, people started spreading the story of “Becky”; a once “happy, popular girl” who died after snorting some devil’s lettuce at a party.
When someone rightfully claimed that Becky was in fact just an old embarrassing photo of Tay Swiz, user dundermilfflin shot them down with three beautiful words that were forever immortalised in the Catacombs of the Internet: “no its becky”.
Which is why old mate Swizzle walking around with t-shirt saying “no its becky” is a lot more important than some people might initially think.
Brilliant. Bravo. Take my brownie points. Take them all.
Kanye And Kim Booed At Fashion Week For Being Too Fashionably Late
There’s a fine line between what’s considered fashionably late, and what’s taking it slightly too far. For future reference, 39 minutes is the cut off, according to the extremely fashionable crowd at Paris Fashion Week,
That’s what Kimye learned this week, anyway. The pair rocked up to the Lanvin show 40 minutes late and were met with screams from the haters, aka Kanye’s theme music.
But as it turns out, they had a pretty good reason for their tardiness: they were too busy casually hanging out backstage at the request of Lanvin creative directer Alber Elbaz, news which probably made the haters in the back row choke on their sugar-free, Kale-infused Haterade when Kanye put them in their place.
You can watch video footage of that confrontation between God and peasants below.
“Alber asked to see us!”: coming to another slogan t-shirt near you. Fuck it, I’ll take the liberty.
Lil Kim Calls Nicki Minaj ‘Obsessed’, Might Not Own A Mirror
Rapper who you only ever see in the headlines when she talks about Nicki Minaj, Lil Kim, has done the thing again, you know, making a headline by talking about Nicki Minaj. And apparently Nicki is the “obsessed” one.
In a recent interview with The Breakfast Club, Lil Kim was asked about Minaj’s verse on Beyoncé’s ‘***Flawless’, which included the lyric, “The queen of rap slaying with Queen Bey/ If you ain’t on the team you playing for team D.”
ICYMI – which many people did – Kim hijacked the remix to make yet another attempt at a Nicki diss, rapping, “Am I tripping or did this hoe just say my name?/Queen of rap, fuck outta here.”
It was a little bit awkward, because I’m pretty sure Nicki was referring to Queen Bey – as in Beyoncé – and not Lil Kim’s nickname from the time she had a career in the 90s. But anyway, Lil Kim saw it a little differently.
“She’s been waiting for so long just to even say the word ‘Queen Bee,’ ’cause that’s how obsessed she is,” the 40-year-old told the radio hosts.
“She’s been waiting to say that… It’s just like, come on, you on a record with Beyoncé. [If] I had a record with Beyoncé — I’m not saying nothing remotely so that this chick can even think I’m talking about her. We all know what it is. Let’s just be real. It’s so deep that when I finish putting together this documentary, everyone will fully understand.”
It all happens from around the 12 and a half minute mark.
Meanwhile, Minaj is yet to respond to the barking Chihuahua that’s been feebly nipping at her ankles to no avail for the past few years. It’s almost like she’s busy, I dunno, promoting her new album, or something.
Katy Perry Shouted An Entire Clurb Pizza, This Is How She Do
Katy Perry – someone who the Tone Deaf office just decided would be pretty fun to have a few cheeky #VodkaRaspberries with on a night out but would probably get a bit annoying after a while – has once again proved why she’d be good quality at the #club up until the moment one too many VRs tips her over the edge and into drunk crying mode.
Perry was out with Diplo in Las Vegas this week when she decided to use her powers of celebrity and extreme wealth for good and not evil, and, like a modern day Mother Theresa, bought an abundance of pizza for all her fellow party-goers.
Filed under: goals, the American Dream, rly want some pizza.
Make note of the relevant Pizzaccessories.
There’s A Crowdfunding Campaign To Bring Darude To Australia
‘Sandstorm’: the most iconic pinger anthem of all time. Darude: the genius who made it.
Now, Australian speed dealer shads-wearing ravers want him to come tour the country.
As In The Mix reported, frequent rap squatter Rei Barker aka Oscar Buckwild has started a Pozible page asking for $200,000 to get Darude to Australia.
“Simply put, ‘Sandstorm’ is the finest song ever created and by extension, Darude is the most influential and important musician alive,” Barker writes on the Pozible page.
“To my knowledge, he has never been to Australia which is a damn shame… I have done some bookings for acts in the past but the idea is more or less to throw a bunch of money at him and froth out… If there’s money left over I’ll give out free pingers at the shows (joking).”
While the Finnish producer actually toured Australia in 2001, pretty much everything else Barker says about Darude is 100 per cent accurate. The man is a godsend. And we need him.
If you’re keen to get onboard with this mighty cause, for a donation of US$1 you “get to be a part of history and bring darude to OZ. Bro,” throwing in US$50 will earn you a free ticket, and for a casual US$1000, Oscar Buckwild will “write you a sick rap and put it on youtube for you with some dance moves added.”
All in all, this guy makes a pretty solid argument. Just watch the promo vid.
#DarudeGate has begun. As it stands there has been $222 donated to the cause. That’s only $199,778 to go. It’s going well.
While the whole of Australia patiently waits for Darude to take notice, let the undying ‘Sandstorm’ memes continue.
