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I Love Taylor Swift, But Not Kanye West…

Even though this is not exactly piano related, it’s definitely music related. And it’s been a big topic for the past couple of days or so.

I didn’t watch the MMVAs or MTV Awards or whatever it’s called on Sunday night… but I definitely found out about the whole Kanye shocker with all the Facebook and Twitter and News updates. Finally, I asked my friends about it yesterday, and they explained it all.

Today, I was watching “The View” with my mom and I saw the clip where Taylor Swift gets up on stage and begins her thank you speech, before Kanye jumps up on stage, grabs the mic from her and says something along the lines of “Sorry Taylor, Imma letchyou finish in a minute, but Beyonce had one of the best videos!”

My friends said that when the camera flicked over to Beyonce’s reaction in the audience, she looked embarrassed. I actually don’t think she looked embarrassed, I think she looked flattered and surprised. Anyways, at least she gave Taylor the chance to come back up on stage (when Beyonce won something, I think) and finish her speech to thank her fans. I didn’t see this part, but I heard about it.

So, what do I think about all of this?

I dunno. I’m not so huge on the entertainment and movie star industry, but I definitely love Taylor Swift. She is so young and down to earth, and her music is so original and grow-up. I used to think she was one of those teeny-bopper girly singers who dance around like whores and have no talent whatsoever.

I love her music and she actually plays the guitar really well. She’s accomplished a lot for being so young.

I don’t know what exactly Kanye’s motive was. At first I thought it was because he was married to Beyonce, but then I remembered that Beyonce is married to Jay-Z, not Kanye. They kind of look the same and their rap music sounds similar, so I got confused for a minute.

Taylor Swift was on The View today, and she joked around about the whole thing. The women of The View asked her what was going through her head at the time and she explained her thoughts something like this:

“Wow! I can’t believe I won! This is so awesome!”

“Don’t fall, just keep walking and don’t fall.”

“I’m so excited I get to thank the fans!”

“Oh, Kanye’s here?”

“Wow, cool haircut.”

“Kanye, what are you doing?”

It’s great that she could put some humour into the whole ordeal. I know that I would have been mortified. She even had to perform like, 5 minutes after the whole Kanye thing, so it was amazing that she could just pull herself together like that.

Apparently Kanye West was on Jay Lenno show the other night. I didn’t watch it, but I heard from another friend that Lenno really stumped him when he asked Kanye something like, “What do you think your mother would think about your actions?”

That’s a tough one.

Apparently (according to Taylor on The View today), Kanye has not made the effort to make a phone call or email for a personal apology, but he stated on Lenno’s show that he would like to meet up and make a personal apology. Taylor said (again on The View) that she would be open to meeting up with him.

I think it’s a bunch of crap. The Kanye apology, anyway. Maybe he just said it because he was on the air. If he hasn’t made a personal apology by now, I don’t think he’ll really make the effort unless he realizes that it might help somewhat fix his reputation. He’s probably not so much motivated by any “self guilt” which he probably doesn’t even have about the whole thing…

Elise’s Musical Tip For The Day:

Don’t listen to Kanye’s music! Haha, well, I’m joking. I never really listened to his music in the first place, but now I REALLY don’t want to. I guess it’s sort like a watered-down version of the Chris Brown/Rihanna thing. Oh entertainment news… what would we EVER do without it? (That was a sarcastic comment…)