RÓISÍN MURPHY

Dazed article doesnt hold back:
https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/60683/1/roisin-murphy-publishes-statement-on-anti-trans-controversy-facebook

Dazed hit the nail on the head

Yes, v good.

the right move from Ninja Tune: https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/r-is-n-murphys-record-label-ceases-promotion-of-her-new-record-following-transphobic-social/article_9217e450-3bc1-5995-bd78-2249fe65e90f.html

have no idea who her audience is now, no one on either side is happy with her response/non-apology

i feel like it's not a stretch to say that the transphobe massive were not a "side" of her audience until this happened

Good for Ninja Tune, hate to think how much money they'll likely lose here but hope it's survivable.

perhaps a Glasgow label can snap her up now

“Uhhhhh I’ve always really liked Rusheen Murray” - some mumsnet cunt

I'm really glad to see this. Could you imagine being eg Kae Tempest or Octo Octa or I. JORDAN, and going into your label's offices and fearing the people you were dealing with were happy to support Murphy's career while claiming to support yours at the same time?

It would also be good if designers would stop lending her clothes, that will do her a lot of damage

lol checkmate:

A source familiar with the matter says that Róisín Murphy's "Hit Parade" will still be released, but the label plans to donate all proceeds from the album to organizations dedicated to combating transphobia.https://t.co/Z0QjnKZXXy

— Richie Assaly (@rdassaly) August 30, 2023

That’s incredible.

Go Ninja go

nice

Oof I avoid the cesspool that is twitter, but it’s harsh seeing all her new “fans” defending her in there are vile.

Ninjatune doing the right thing.

Love to see it

I've never seen a musician who had such unassailable good will torpedo their own career so fast. I mean at least Grimes did it in extremely slow motion over the course of a decade.

Morrissey speed run

I'm really glad to see this. Could you imagine being eg Kae Tempest or Octo Octa or I. JORDAN, and going into your label's offices and fearing the people you were dealing with were happy to support Murphy's career while claiming to support yours at the same time

Also Nabihah Iqbal was close friends with Sophie and sang on Lemonade etc, can't imagine she was mad thrilled about sharing a label with RM. If you wanna support NT, go buy her album instead imo

Has Morrissey ever weighed in on this issue?

i don't think anybody cares and they definitely shouldn't

Morrissey only supports white vegan trans people

Again, Morrissey played a very long game at canceling himself. Seemed to ramp up considerably with the For Britain stuff, though

last of the ganglia to die

Murphy has no "Bengali in Platforms" in her catalog.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2yrhiu

perhaps a Glasgow label can snap her up now

why would any label in Glasgow want to snap her up?

The long game of being obviously the same guy forever

I now can’t stop imagining Fred walking up to a tied-up RM and saying “Let’s see who Róisín Murphy really is!” and pulling off a mask as the entire Scooby gang yells “MORRISSEY?!?!????”

The NME piece on this notes that the (ex) banjo guy from Mumford & Sons has defended her words so maybe all is not lost for her

Fred: Let’s see who Róisín Murphy really is!

Scooby Gang: Gasp!MORRISSEY?!?!????

Morrissey: Argh!

Fred: Why did you do it?

Morrissey: We hate it when our friends become successful!

It’d be good to see Jessie Ware take down/re-edit the recent “Freak Me Now” remix video.

The NME piece on this notes that the (ex) banjo guy from Mumford & Sons has defended her words so maybe all is not lost for her

― NickB

Lmao

lol tyvm Alfred

Rigrouth Rikes Again

I now can’t stop imagining Fred walking up to a tied-up RM and saying “Let’s see who Róisín Murphy really is!” and pulling off a mask as the entire Scooby gang yells “MORRISSEY?!?!????”

― the new drip king (DJP), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 20:55 (two hours ago) link

New board description??

I think the US vs UK divide on this comes down to size, basically. The US isn't one country, like the name suggests it's basically 50 countries, and about half of them are governed by theocratic fascists or people who want to be and will be if given half a chance, but the other half aren't. And the US media is a patchwork, too, there's foaming-at-the-mouth right-wing media (mostly online) pushing a just-this-side-of-mob-violence anti-trans message but there's also trans defenders and people pushing back against that right-wing tide, and everyone's kind of siloed, reading and cheering for what they believe and occasionally hate-reading the other side. Whereas England is a little island with like 5 newspapers, all of which seem to have collectively adopted this frankly bizarre "the trans-es, they're coming to get us!" message, like people in a tiny rural village convinced that monsters are coming up the road, except the village is fucking London.

― read-only (unperson), Saturday, 26 August 2023 18:01 (five days ago) bookmarkflaglink

I’m very late but England is not an island. I’d also say the UK is not one country in a more concrete sense than the US because it is made up of four countries. I know it sounds pedantic but I feel like these things matter.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is an island country in Northwestern Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland.

The United Kingdom is not England.

I know, neither is the US “America” but it’s a shorthand that many people utilize.

Sorry, this isn’t what this thread is for but England is not an acceptable shorthand for a country containing Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Those many people are wrong - that’s fine, but it’s not an argument.

We say UK because it’s easier to say than Old England

imo calling the UK a country is fine, but using England to mean UK is not

yeah no problem with calling the UK a country. was just saying that it is a country made up of other countries in relation to the point about the US differing to the UK because of its makeup.

Hope she enjoys her new fans. Good grief. Acted like we didn’t exist when we played before her in a queer space this winter so I figured something was up.

— 🍄 Eris Drew 🍄 (@ErisDrew) August 30, 2023

lol "new fans" remember when Ariel Pink went on Tucker after Jan. 6 and people were saying he's gonna have a bunch of alt-right fanboys now?

I remember he got an iTunes bump and I was delighted to think of Fox News gramps listening to "Butt-House Blondies" for the first time

Indeed, was very disappointed that “The Ballad of Bobby Pyn” didn’t become de facto walk-on music at MAGA rallies.

Not promoting a record but still releasing it (they say they proceeds are being donated), and the artist is already getting free press from all the headlines about this in most major publications. Not the huge win some of you are making it out to be. https://t.co/0YITe9pO8J

— Niko Stratis (@nikostratis) August 30, 2023

I don't know the first thing about running a label but them outright cancelling the release would be catastrophic for themselves, no? esp for what was supposed to be a major release

why would any label in Glasgow want to snap her up?

suspect this was a specific reference to the transphobic current drummer of a formerly-major-label pop/rock act, who has a long-running indie label of his own — not the city’s music scene in general