My sensitivity and concern doesn’t only pertain to Ice Spice. Ice Spice has become a sort of shield for Swift and Minaj fans, something to latch onto to justify their continued defense. ![]() Ice Spice is a grown woman navigating an extremely exploitative industry-something both Minaj and Swift are well aware of and have spoken up against in their own careers. Especially Minaj, since that collab came out of Ice Spice expressing adoration for performing on a stage Minaj recently exited. Before accounting for studio pressure, it probably feels validating to have these high-profile female artists want to work with you. Throughout nearly her entire childhood, Swift and Minaj stayed on the charts and relevant. ![]() I’m struggling to put this all on Ice Spice, who is just 23 years old. (Not saying they couldn’t work, but this doesn’t.) Lastly-and very subjectively-the song and the stagework on the Ice Spice collaboration lacks cohesion. With the control Swift maintains over her work now, that would not fly without her approval. Another song on these Midnights remix albums ( Til Dawn Edition and Late Night Edition) is “Snow on the Beach,” which features more Lana Del Rey because the first remix was criticized for its weak Lana Del Rey feature. Swift is very aware of the temperature of her fandom, making her silence on the subject very loud. ![]() This is the first woman of color Swift has released a song with in her 17-year career. (Even as the Swift-directed video bears an uncanny resemblance to another artist’s recent video.) However, it’s hard to buy for a few reasons. Defenders of the Swift and Ice Spice collab point to the time it takes to organize a music video. Possibly before the February podcast, or the re-emergence of the clips in April, when it was confirmed she and Healy were dating. Sure, it’s within the realm of possibility that this collab was in the works for months. So, when Taylor Swift released a remix of “Karma” featuring Ice Spice in late May, it was beyond suspicious. Possibly most importantly, Swift and her followers have positioned her as a capital “F” feminist despite her very white feminist behavior. Over the years, Swift fostered a parasocial relationship with fans, going so far as inviting them into her home. Not just romantic relationships, but professional ones, like her time with Scooter Braun. The criticism has extended to Swift for a number of reasons, the first of which is, obviously, that her relationships have played a major element in many of her albums. However, just a few weeks later he shrugged off everything he said on the podcast, insisting that people who were offended were either lying about it or “a bit mental for being hurt.” There was no word about the number of other bigoted things he’s said, done, and worn. ![]() In April, Healy gave a “sorry if I’ve offended you” response regarding the Ice Spice comments. Later in the podcast, their nastiness extended to mocking Japanese people, and Healy discussing masturbating to pornography of Black women being racially brutalized. In the now-viral clips (the episode was taken off streaming platforms), they mock Chinese, Hawai’ian, and Inuit people. On a February episode of The Adam Friedland Show (a podcast for the “dirtbag left”), Healy and the hosts made racist comments about Ice Spice and her body. However, what makes this collaboration different from the Minaj situation is that Ice Spice is directly involved. Only sticking to the last few years, we’ve barely touched the surface on Healey’s rap sheet of bigotry. I’m talking, of course, about Taylor Swift and The 1975 frontman Matty Healy.
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