RIDING THE STORM, BECAUSE IT’S ALL WE CAN DO
Illustrated by Giovanni Uche
in, Sam–emerging into a crumbling musical economy. “Stay With Me” plagued the radio, and somehow you managed to stick around. Fast forward eight years, and you continue to serve up… ahem, infectious little ditties. I will commend you for your ability to identify an opportunity, as evidenced by your recent depraved TikTok psyop. Sam, babes, kudos to your ability to run out into the rain despite how look when drenched. Ryan Murphy (STARmeter: 636) I’m ambivalent to say that you’re enduring any sort of storm, when it’s increasingly more evident that you are the storm your- self. Nip/Tuck , Glee , American Horror Story , you had the hits. But the hits kept hitting, like hail on the roof of my car. AHS kept coming, striking again and again for the last 11 years.We saw the clouds break for a moment with Pose , all until you signed a deal
One foot in front of the other. In order to stay afloat, we mustn’t forget what truly ignites what exists within us. In order to survive we must remember what it means to live, and hold close the aspects in life worth living for. Gone are the days of celebrity spectacle. No longer do we deify these Earth-bound, haunted spirits. Here, we commend the souls who have continued to fight for their place and remember those whose storms were too treacherous to weather. Godspeed to you all. Sam Smith (STARmeter: 24,305) 7 2014’s musical landscape was…confused. Lady Gaga had departed from pop to sing jazz with Tony Bennett. Nicki Minaj had just released her last great work, The Pinkprint , and Beyoncé had unleashed her opus onto the world.This is where you come
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