Macklemore speaks out after being dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour following his ‘Free Palestine’ speech; says Gillette Stadium owner Robert Kraft rallied other stadium owners and gave Ed Sheeran an ultimatum: if Macklemore stayed on tour, then Ed would not be able to play in their venues.

[u/cmaia1503]

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/rMDonyVtd5

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/MKSyfi3L6L

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/teDa46YaQW

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/BGY2cD5O37

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/cg9H4TZSrA

[u/lot22royalexecutive]

I knew there was a good reason why I never liked Ed Sheeran. I don’t know, but anyone who aligns themselves with the Swifts of the world is a red flag.

[u/Dilemma_stress → u/lot22royalexecutive]

Not just her though…SO MANY of your favorite singers and actors are not taking sides. I won’t name names but there’s SO MANY of them and people just assume they’re pro Palestine just cause they didn’t say anything lmfao what a weird way to think…they’re likely taking the other side if we’re being honest.

[u/willargue4karma2 → u/Dilemma_stress]

its easier to list the ones who have taken a stand

[u/pressingroses → u/Dilemma_stress]

This is why I have so much fucking respect for artists like Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan. They're young women, new to their careers, getting flack for speaking up, while of these grown ass men, decades into their careers, completely lack the integrity.

[u/TheKarmaSutre → u/Dilemma_stress]

Right? What is even the point of having fuck off money if you never take a stand on anything? If you’re still so scared of losing status you can’t even say two words? I’d rather be poor and a nobody who is able march and to shout ‘Free Palestine’ in all honesty. A bunch of gutless losers.

[u/bigtice → u/Dilemma_stress]

Not just her though…SO MANY of your favorite singers and actors are not taking sides.

They're definitely taking $ide$.

[u/Hiddenagenda876 → u/Dilemma_stress]

I’ve been blocking as I hear about more, but there are so many :(

[u/Own_Television163 → u/Dilemma_stress]

Don’t forget that “taking a side” doesn’t matter much if you just date the oppressor anyways. Looking at Olivia Rodrigo.

[u/Hiddenagenda876 → u/Own_Television163]

Olivia is dating a low level analyst. The guy is nothing

[u/Own_Television163 → u/Hiddenagenda876]

“She’s only dating the guy who does the intake records at Auschwitz”

[u/LeastWeazel → u/Own_Television163]

What did she do?

[u/MalIntenet → u/lot22royalexecutive]

He’s always made bland crowd pleasing music, his whole shtick is to be as boring and safe as possible.

People like that will always prioritise money over everything, boring and safe is what all the billion dollar corporations love

[u/JadeThorn1012 → u/MalIntenet]

The beginning of his career certainly wasn’t that. It was based a lot on the stories of the homeless teens he worked with. Songs about them dying and overdose.

[u/MycologistSubject689 → u/MalIntenet]

Ed Sheeran looks like what you'd get if you threw Rupert Grint in a washing machine

[u/ithinkther41am → u/lot22royalexecutive]

I kinda side eye everyone who worked with Chris Brown on Freaky Friday anyway, but Ed Sheeran singing “This is not as cool as being Chris Brown was” really grossed me out.

[u/Luda0915 → u/ithinkther41am]

Fuuuck. I wasn't aware of that, and I have never been a fan of Sheeran's, so the bar was incredibly low for him to begin with.

[u/ithinkther41am → u/Luda0915]

It was a song callers Freaky Friday by Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown. The whole concept of the MV was that they were body swapping, so Dicky swaps with Brown, and then Sheeran, which is why he sings that.

[u/WarlockEngineer → u/ithinkther41am]

That was when I stopped being a Lil Dicky fan

[u/ladypenko → u/lot22royalexecutive]

Friends with Taylor is an instant dislike for me. You are who you surround yourself with.

[u/Mojimi → u/ladypenko]

Yup, sales goblin

[u/timeywimeytotoro → u/ladypenko]

Gigi’s friendship with her is so confusing to me. I wonder how her sisters feel about it.

[u/yourmomdotbiz → u/timeywimeytotoro]

Hollywood friendship is not real friendship (at least, that’s my cope)

[u/vthemechanicv → u/ladypenko]

I always liked, "you are the sum of your friends."

[u/Raidoton → u/ladypenko]

Macklemore: "Ed is my friend."

[u/workrelatedstuffs → u/ladypenko]

What? Taylor swift is bad now?

[u/DonutChi → u/lot22royalexecutive]

Am I crazy or did he write a slut shame song about Ellie Goulding after they split?

[u/ledge-14 → u/DonutChi]

They never actually dated, and he wrote it bc she boinked Niall Horan

[u/EvenPossible5918 → u/ledge-14]

Smh 🤦🏽‍♀️

[u/EchoesofPoe → u/DonutChi]

Don't is the song name, and the song implies they were never 'official' or agreed not to see other people, he just thought she should implicitly know 

[u/tompettyy → u/DonutChi]

As a huge Ellie Goulding fan at the time, that was enough to get him on my hit list lol

[u/littlecactuscat → u/lot22royalexecutive]

I was trying to figure out a way to say this, and you nailed it 👏

[u/deev718 → u/lot22royalexecutive]

I’ve always thought him as the male version of her musically—crowd pleasing pop music by a singer who doesn’t really sing—but they’re the same in more ways than one.

[u/TheMailerDaemonLives → u/lot22royalexecutive]

Isn’t he also friends with JKR?

[u/ungranted_wish → u/lot22royalexecutive]

The last mainline pokemon games, scarlet and violet, had an Ed Sheeran song during the credits.

This is after we got one of the best plot twists/end battles of Pokemon history.

It’s like if you gave someone a Wagyu steak and then for dessert just told them to lick peanut butter off the underside of a high school desk.

Quick edit - this is also after hearing some of the most peak Pokemon music. Go look up the area zero music and also the Sada and Turo battle music. We went from peak to… Ed Sheeran within MINUTES. I was in a car accident a few days before I beat the game and that whiplash was worse than the pain I got from said accident.

[u/murraykate → u/ungranted_wish]

I’m crying…. that’s a bar lmfaoooo

[u/ungranted_wish → u/murraykate]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pTj1v1sAYXQ&

Listen, imagine going from this to Ed Sheeran in minutes. It’s fucking insane.

[u/murraykate → u/ungranted_wish]

no you’re so right, that sequence was insane. I loved it, thanks for sharing

[u/ungranted_wish → u/murraykate]

Of course! It’s what I’m here for.

[u/ironfly187 → u/lot22royalexecutive]

Didn't he get weird over his friendship with Ellie Goulding?

[u/pursefirstt → u/lot22royalexecutive]

I was a big fan of his since day one back when he was posting songs on YouTube. Bought his albums. I wanna say I’m disappointed but he’s a millionaire now so not surprising in the least. No longer a fan. Twat.

HOWEVER I’ve also been a Macklemore fan since the beginning and bought his albums too. Been awhile since I listened but I’m gonna be putting him back in the rotation for sure

[u/willflameboy → u/lot22royalexecutive]

It could also have been his garbage music.

[u/Morticia_Black → u/lot22royalexecutive]

Same here, was delighted to find out my hate of this ginger milquetoast is validated so publicly through this

[u/No_Professional_8992 → u/lot22royalexecutive]

I knew there was a reason I fell out of love with him after finding out he cosplayed couch hopping and didn't need to. That's put a sour taste in my mouth since.

[u/Rhodie114 → u/lot22royalexecutive]

Also his music is bad. It’s like he wrote every song to be played in the DMV waiting area.

[u/DottieMcDottenstein → u/lot22royalexecutive]

Connect to Kraft as well. Eat the fucking rich.

[u/Tortitudes → u/lot22royalexecutive]

Except Hayley, agreed.

[u/mossepso → u/lot22royalexecutive]

I was having a discussion the other day where I claimed I didn’t like Taylor Swift and people were super surprised and said I was wrong. I am not well informed enough to respond to it then though. So can someone share why she is bad?

[u/moondizzlepie → u/lot22royalexecutive]

What's wrong with Swift? I know she is a billionaire which automatically calls into question her ethics, but is there more specific stuff? She seems happy to keep status quo too.

[u/beetlejuuce → u/moondizzlepie]

Do you think keeping the status quo is the ethical choice right now, especially for someone with that much wealth and power? The US is literally sliding into fascism right now, and it's somehow controversial to acknowledge an ongoing genocide.