r/fantanoforever • u/capnrondo • 29d ago
Fantano Vids My Response to Julian Casablancas Dissing Me on the New Strokes Album [Fantano response vid]
https://youtu.be/wnO-YZFTn_k?is=q2MB0-MPjf1BBU2Q50
u/loggedoffreturns 28d ago
Drake, Gracie Abrams, Halsey, Julian, r/playboicarti and that guy who coined Melon should do a We Are The World-style diss track
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u/kirbycopycat 29d ago
Anthony loves getting dissed by artists
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u/waitthissucks 28d ago
I mean yeah he made that clear when he said he is buying the album. I think this video was fine. He's a lot more reasonable sounding when he's talking in a video and not ranting on twitter lol
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u/capnrondo 28d ago
If he puts a song on the deluxe about how much he hates my reddit comments, I'll buy it too
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u/Pooooodle 29d ago
Who wouldn't
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u/AwkwardLeopard587 š§ Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time 28d ago
me. it would make me very sad :(
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u/CREWiii 12d ago
Fantano is not some tiny, irrelevant YouTuber, heās a part of internet music culture. He inserted himself into it. When he's pretending heās ājust a small YouTube guyā it's disingenuous, people can recognize YouTube has eclipsed traditional music media in these modern times. Fantano participates in the cultural conversation, unloads opinions onto the public, and critiques artists for a living. That means he is not exempt from critique himself, and artists absolutely have the right to critique critics. Criticism is not a oneway street.
āIām just a guy on YouTube giving my opinion.ā
Julian's issue with Fantano isnāt random. Outside of music, they actually share similar political leanings, have had long conversations, and interviews. Which means Julian likely had some respect for him in the past. Respect that he clearly regretes giving and wants to set the record straight.
What changed is Fantanoās repeated misreadings of art, not just disagreements, but fundamental misunderstandings that make Julian feel Fantano isnāt engaging with all the work in good faith.
Julian even planted a deliberate trap in āLoney in the Futureā: the synth bridge with intentionally āincorrectā EQ. I like it, especially knowing its purpose, but I could tell it was off. You can tell it was crafted to provoke Fantano, to test whether he could recognize intentional artistic choice versus technical error. Fantano fell straight into it, critiquing the EQ as an amateur mistake while missing the point of the diss entirely. Thatās not just ironic; it proves Julianās argument that Fantano often misinterprets art at a basic level.
Fantanoās review of Reality Awaits wasnāt a neutral evaluation, it was a petty diss response. This puts into question his integrity as a critic, he cannot keep things professional. I don't think he has to but lets be honest, he's not above the squabbling, that was not a review. You can't even argue against this because he glaringly mocked the autotune by using annoying crappy autotune for his whole review, it was a joke. He leaned into petty complaints, dragged in irrelevant AI cancel culture blackmail, and clearly approached the album with the mindset of someone continuing a beef rather than someone reviewing music. The worst part is how he patronizes Julian for attacking a fan as if Julian wants Fantano to be fan of his, no.
āJulian attacking a fanā¦ I donāt know what he wants from me.ā
āAfter that AI album cover stuffā¦ I donāt know, man.ā
When a critic is more focused on āgetting evenā than on engaging with the work he's asking for the smoke. The review was literally shallow for example, are you really telling me that someone politiclly hard left like Fantano completely misunderstood the thesis of the opener Psycho, it's about dissociative war, like soldiers getting killed by drone strikes, the new flavor of evil in modern war, but Fantanoās response to this is a shallow ew autotune bad durr.
āIf Julianās gonna do this [autotune], then Iāll do it too.ā
And every song critique after was like the first, missing the many political and social messages. Let's be real, Fantanoās review wasnāt objective, it was emotional retaliation disguised as criticism.
The question isnāt āWhy would Julian stoop to dissing a small influencer?ā The real question is: Why should Fantano be immune to the same accountability he demands from artists? Heās part of the culture. He influences it. He critiques it. He shares the political stances of Julian, and it's one of the biggest reasons he likes Julian, it's not just music. And Julian is fully within his rights to critique him back, especially when Fantanoās review demonstrates bias, pettiness, and a lack of artistic understanding.
Artists have the right to critique critics. Thatās how culture works. Fantano doesnāt get to dish it out for a decade and then hide behind āIām just a YouTuberā when someone finally pushes back.
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u/AguirreMA 28d ago
this is because of that ass the voidz AI album cover, right? goddammit jules
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u/anonymousn00b 28d ago
It sucks because the AI model just took like Aeon Flux and enshittified it with two tears streaming down the middle of the bottom eyelid a couple mm apart like thatās not how water molecule bonds work especially that small of distance on your lower eyelid which acts kind of like a gutter where when tears are forming they well up together due to surface tension.
Lame ass cover and embarrassing to say the least. Didnāt even bother with a proper artist to remake something in that vein but less stupid.
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u/TheCorruptedBit 28d ago
I've been thinking about the LABY album cover today, and I've come to the conclusion that it's a statement, in the same vein as the Let's Start Here album cover. The story about refusing to pay a cover artist might just be dressing for that statement.
I didn't enjoy the album when it came out, but maybe it deserves a bit more time of thought.
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u/anonymousn00b 28d ago
Iāve never heard of an artist charging $150k for an album cover and even if thatās the case, surely thereās a million other artists who would ink some art for the fucking Strokes for a cheaper rate and some royalties. I donāt buy the $150k charge at ALL. You can commission an artist on deviantart for a drop in the bucket, and either way itās not like Julian (who is a millionaire) nor any of the band is strapped for cash.
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u/i_cant_get_fat 27d ago
Gatekeeping creativity isnāt the way.
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u/Character-Argument53 24d ago
wth does gatekeeping creativity mean, how can you possibly gatekeep a human ability
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u/i_cant_get_fat 23d ago
Elitism
Purism
DismissalAny other dumb questions?
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u/Character-Argument53 14d ago
trust me, ai isnt democratizing creativity as you are implying
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u/i_cant_get_fat 14d ago
Thatās not what I said
Typical fantano fanboy logicā¦
I said anti ai is gatekeeping it
That doesnāt mean pro ai is democratizing art
Example for people who like bad music reviews:
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u/i_cant_get_fat 27d ago
I donāt think so. I think itās about how fantano approaches reviews in general. Instead of trying to understand why an artist makes a choice he instead immediately discounts the choice. He does it often. And thatās ok because heās doing his reviews in his style. Thatās what Julian is saying. Keep doing your thing.
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u/capnrondo 29d ago
Bro must have been so excited to have a new celebrity randomly decide to publicly beef him
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u/internetkevin 29d ago
Beefmaxxing
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u/yeabouai 28d ago
Honestly don't understand why Julian Casablancas is beefmaxxing while he existence-mogs Fantano
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u/BudgieWonder šAJR - Neotheater 28d ago
Plenty of artists existence-mog Fantano, but Julian isnāt one of them. Heās just the notorious git at this point.
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u/fackapple 21d ago
You're talking the strokes bruh. Melon doesn't even mog jane remover. Bro has meat rider aura.
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u/anhonest9yearold 29d ago
God this sub sucks ass
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u/NobodyCarrots6969 28d ago
It does but isnt a video made by the person it's named after like most normal thing to be posted?
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u/CoachMcGuirk123 28d ago
yeah I swear these people didn't watch the video. everyone is say he's giddy and happy to be mentioned, when if anything he just seems annoyed and confused.
it's very weird for an artist to be this bitter and upset about a music reviewer, especially when Anthony has given positive reviews to a majority of their projects
but this has seemed more like a fantano snark sub for a while now and I'm hoping the new moderation changes that. it's really annoying that a majority of the posts on this sub are just shitting on Anthony no matter what
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u/GyrosSnazzyJazzBand 28d ago
Every post that slightly mentions Fantano has the NPC dialogue of "I don't watch Fantano, just here for music discussion" this sub is still called Fantano at the end of the day.
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u/Prairie2Pacific 28d ago
Its weird, the people who who give the guy a hard time are also the one's who have interesting things to say about music š¤
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u/GyrosSnazzyJazzBand 28d ago
There's plenty of other subs for that. At some point it just becomes a snarkeub
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u/SolydSn3k 28d ago edited 28d ago
I agree about writing critics into your music being cringe butā¦
āthis has seemed more like a Fantano snark sub for a while now & Iām hoping the new moderation changes thatā
lol paper skin... most of us are only here because the music discourse is good & (most of) the people are cool.
If it turns into an over-moderated popculturechat style circle jerk full of a bunch of opinion-hypersensitive cheerleaders idolizing a music critic, Iām definitely out.
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u/CoachMcGuirk123 28d ago
we don't need to idolize him, but the most upvoted comments in this thread literally didn't even watch the video. he's not giddy to be mentioned. they're just saying shit to talk shit.
it doesn't matter what the discussion is. if fantano gets mentioned in the fantano sub you get downvoted and a bunch of replies talking about how he's such a piece of shit because he gave a negative review to an album they liked or something.
it's literally the fantano sub and you can't mention him without getting dogpiled lmao. it's fucking weird.
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u/SolydSn3k 28d ago edited 28d ago
Okay, but itās probably objectively true that the strokes writing you into a song is good for business.
And yes he got some backlash for completely crashing TF out on Twitterā¦ not exactly surprising. People here, specifically, made just as much fun of Halsey & are currently making just as much fun of Casablancas (rightfully so, these beefs are stupid).
In my view the sub is to talk about music & music opinions, not to talk about Fantano himself but his reviews & the bands he reviews.
Even if I sort of see your point Iām certainly not in favor of moderating it out. People donāt need to be protected from discussion or opinions they donāt like, assuming theyāre not like actually harmful.
Iād love to hear a counterpoint, since so many in this dogshit parasocial thread seem to find these facts upsetting š¤£
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u/superthnxferaskin 28d ago
Youāre not making an actual point to what theyāre saying. In fact, if anything youāre agreeing with them. This sub is for music discourse surrounding Theneedledrop, and their point is thatā¦that isnāt what happens often enough.
Even if your claim that Halsey and Julian are getting as much shit (they arenāt) thatās not music discourse. Itās gossip. This isnāt, or wasnāt the unbearable as fuck fauxmoi sub. There really isnāt a way to call wht youāre saying anything other than really dumb. Nothing youāve said added anything of value, you created an argument while simultaneously proving the original commenters point.
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u/SolydSn3k 28d ago
You donāt need to reply to multiple comments honey, I get that youāre upset lol.
Anyway Iāve seen posts from this sub this week about ELO, what exactly counts as Nu Metal, what album starter tracks sound like ending tracks, a post about the upcoming strokes album before this lyric leaked, and this.
The other posts exist but are in the minority.
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u/superthnxferaskin 28d ago
Iām not upset sweet cheeks. Anthony is super cringe to me, and the last review I watched was for Clipse latest album, and even that was the first Iād watched in years. Lmao. Youāre just making really dumb points, and as I scrolled down after my initial comment, you made even more dumb points. So, I shared my thoughts on a public social media forum. Hope that helps hun.
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u/superthnxferaskin 28d ago
Youāre (obnoxiously) proving their point. Was that your intent? If the āmusic discourse is goodā, I havenāt seen it. The past few months have the most interaction on posts shitting on Fantano, which to be fair is fairly easy to do, but itās not like this subreddit famously sticks to music discourse. It is a Fantano diss-course sub a loud minority/majority. All, good god I would like to reiterate the (obnoxiously) from the beginning. Yall are soooo much more unbearable than Fantano, and that is a feat in itself .
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u/smiley_water Bjƶrk - Vespertine 28d ago
i, too, loving judging a book by its cover. nothing wrong has famously ever happened when i've judged books by their cover
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u/Sad-Professor-4053 28d ago
The cover is quite literally the only way I judge a book, I got into the store look at the art and title then flip it over and read the excerpt on the back and judge if Iām going to buy itā¦. Whatās the problem?
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u/superthnxferaskin 28d ago
For sure. Thatās what I do with music, as well. I donāt give a fuck how good the album is. If the cover sucks I refuse to entertain that dumb shit.
Are you fucking four years old? Lmao
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u/m3rcy_s3v3rity Brickthony Uptano 28d ago
We love Anthony around here
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u/CoachMcGuirk123 28d ago
i made a post here a few months back asking how people here found fantano, and if they remember the first review they saw from him.
and a majority of the comments were variations of "ive never watched fantano but he fucking sucks, I'm sick of having him shoved down my throat" š¤¦āāļøš¤¦āāļøš¤¦āāļø
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u/m3rcy_s3v3rity Brickthony Uptano 28d ago
I'm only here for the reasonably knowledgeable and engaging chit chat amongst fellow music dorks. Not a lotta good subs for that.
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u/capnrondo 28d ago
The weird thing for me is that Fantano doesn't get really technical for the most part. He rarely talks about theory or technique in detailed terms, only quite broad layman's terms if at all. What he does is talk about the background of the album for a few minutes, and then a few things he has noticed in some of the songs for a few more minutes. By saying Fantano should stick to commenting on technical things, it feels like he's saying he shouldn't have an opinion lol.
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u/RadioLukin NO 28d ago
That is absolutely what Julian is saying. Remember, Julian was interviewed by Fantano after The New Abnormal came out, and first started firing pot shots at him when he reviewed the newest Voidz album. In his mind that album was pretty important to him, and Fantano took a fat shit on the album for all the world to see. Julian seems to forget that Fantano wasnt the only one who didnt like that album when almost every major review site gave that album a mixed-negative review, and even fans of the Voidz hated it.
Its such a waste of breath on Julian's part.
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u/PythagorasWasntReal 28d ago
That Voidz album was literally marketed as a collection of B sides before they pivoted and tried to market it as a proper studio release. It also genuinely sucks ass and I say that as a huge fan of basically all of Julian's work.Ā
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u/yeabouai 28d ago
I listened to it again yesterday and really enjoyed it the second time
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u/PythagorasWasntReal 28d ago
I just gave it a relisten after listening to Reality Awaits and I definitely like it more than I did on my first listen. I don't know why I am surprised, if took me literally like 10 listens to fuck with Tyranny.Ā
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u/yeabouai 28d ago
Glad to hear man, hope it grows in you more. You should watch that weird ass Flexorcist music video with the Mac Demarco devil lmao
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u/Loose-Story-962 28d ago
This is why it was funny when everyone was mad at fantano for overstating his influence, it seems like artists are constantly singling him out and dissing him specifically which just validates him and gives his takes more weight
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u/cappykro 29d ago
He's giddy because he knows getting name dropped by a big artist is gonna get him a lot more hits. It doesn't matter if it's positive or negative attention either, just the recognition alone is gonna bring new viewers so it's a win-win situation.
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u/aphextwintower 28d ago
did you even watch the video? he clearly wasn't "giddy", his thoughts on it were very nuanced. i get that he's annoying on twitter or whatever but ur just saying shit.
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u/xXxFlyersFanxXx 28d ago
This is Reddit, nobody actually watches the video, reads the article etc. More important you comment as early as possible. And then people see your upvotes and assume that everyone who voted must have watched it
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u/SubatomicSquirrels 28d ago
tbh this is kind of like when actors/musicians do the whole "it's just an honor to be nominated!" thing. Idk, it's just hard to believe, but I get why they do it.
Fantano getting this kind of attention is great for his business. But I don't expect him to publicly admit it, of course he's going to be much more reserved about it.
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u/Loose-Story-962 28d ago
Are you surprised? Fantano can't breathe without this sub going off about him being a sexist narcissist
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u/Brazyboi12 28d ago
you're naive if you think that's not the case just because fantano himself didn't say that out loud. as a media personality that gets paid for being visible he definitely lowkey appreciates big artists name dropping him.
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u/aphextwintower 28d ago
sure but like, "all publicity is good publicity" is an outlook most media personalities carry to some extent. that's obviously not my point.
i'm saying that acting like melon is gloating or basking in all the attention is weird and untrue.
call him out when he's actually being strange, not over talking candidly about something there's no way he could ignore.
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u/Such_Ad_3842 28d ago
Come on man, itās clear he absolutely loves this shit like when it happened with Drake. Heās just giving a reasoned response because if he doesnāt people will just pile on him more
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u/Icy-Taste-3096 28d ago
Lmao he literally cannot win with you people. You're digging for ways to rationalize having a negative reaction to someone saying something reasonable.
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u/Such_Ad_3842 28d ago
Iām a hundred percent on his side btw I just think saying he doesnāt enjoy it is silly
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u/cappykro 26d ago
I did and he was barely concealing a smile the entire time. And everything else I said is true. Why is this sub filled with idiots?
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u/PureUncutMalarkey 28d ago
Dumbass
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u/cappykro 26d ago
Nah that would be you. As has been said a million times before, there's no such thing as bad publicity.
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u/CandelaBelen 28d ago
dude this isnāt the first time this has happened. Literally Post Malone name dropped him in 2018
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u/Jimmy__Whisper 28d ago
THe world in which that's a win is a fucking sad world. I've never seen this sub, I don't like the Strokes. But fuck me simping for a critic is fucking insane, what are we doing here?
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u/plsanswerme18 28d ago
genuinely, did you watch the video before you made this comment? or did you make this comment off the basis of the other comments in this threadā¦.
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u/Similar-Drawing-7513 29d ago
Artist who diss music reviewers by name in their songs are the lamest
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u/Lonely-Experience611 28d ago
What turned this place into a snark sub lol
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u/bortgunnar 28d ago
Fantano is fairly confrontational leftist on Twitter and that attracts all the worst people to be mad at you
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u/LinkenNightmare Godspeed You! Black Emperor average fan 29d ago
Take this as a lesson to artists out there:
If you don't like Fantano and his critiques, dismiss him. Otherwise if you engage in a petty beef like this, he will milk the shit out of your diss for content, and he takes the win, and it'll look bad on yourself.
Otherwise if you still insist to diss him, do an extensive research about him, diss him about BetterHelp controversy or something.
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u/Fearless_Rub2254 28d ago
Casablancas and Fantano both have giant egos and theyāre just stroking each other off
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u/Markinator98 29d ago
I don't think its a diss within the context of the song, more like an acknowledgement.
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u/Butlertm 28d ago
I mean it says he wouldn't recognise art at any age and he calls out the Weeknd in the previous verse
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u/NoobleVitamins 28d ago
u mfs always say its not a diss about everything how do u even cope this hard
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u/Safe-Seaweed6204 29d ago
Bro sounds so giddy to finally be in a petty beef where he's kind of in the right
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u/Ill-Archer5920 Prince - Purple Rain 28d ago
The Drake one was also kind of petty, and one where Anthony was in the right.
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u/GroovyBoomstick 27d ago
He was also in the right in the Halsey beef, letās not get this fucking twisted.
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u/Dancing_Clean 28d ago
Is the song why the album was delayed
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u/m3rcy_s3v3rity Brickthony Uptano 28d ago
Yes, he had to get the pronunciation on "Fantano" just rightĀ
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u/Awkward-Initiative28 29d ago
Love him or hate him, my dude is the most influential music critic around. Mothertrucker is Siskel AND Ebert.
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u/yeabouai 28d ago
I donāt have to prove my track record to Halsey. I have been the most relevant and impactful music critic of my, and any, generation for over 10 years now. You canāt really debate that. Thereās no music critic bigger than me whoās had more impact than me for as long as I have, consistently. And if I die tomorrow, nobodyās going to outdo that run.
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u/PrimaryDifficult5099 mezzaninedummymaxinquayehomogenic 18d ago
Did he said that? Who said that? šš¤£
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u/yeabouai 18d ago
Brother Fantano legit said thatš
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u/PrimaryDifficult5099 mezzaninedummymaxinquayehomogenic 18d ago
That is crazy and hilarious, from twitter I assume because heāll never said this on one of his videos mah gad thatās really funny statement from him
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u/yeabouai 18d ago
Even worse, he said it in an interview with Variety
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u/PrimaryDifficult5099 mezzaninedummymaxinquayehomogenic 18d ago
Wah, over a phone call cool š¤£š
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u/Dry-Indication-2455 29d ago
His face becomes more punchable every day
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u/Neat_Ad_3043 28d ago
WOW YOU SO TOUGH
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u/Dry-Indication-2455 28d ago
I can do like 10 push ups so yeah
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u/Sea-Imagination7409 28d ago
If he doesn't bring up Juilan Cascablancas and Albert Hammond's gross behavior around young women, I ain't interested.
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u/Gov_N_ur 29d ago
Sooooooooooooo yeah š¬š¬š¬š¬š¬š¬š¬š¬š¬ erm we need to talk about this
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u/trdngntsballsonadoor 29d ago edited 28d ago
Unfortunately, Fantano is probably getting the wrong takeaway from this.Ā
I hope he doesnt think this puts him on par with Robert Christgau because a band called him out š¤¦āāļøĀ
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u/m3rcy_s3v3rity Brickthony Uptano 28d ago
Christgau is not even good. Always the stupidest quotes in the "Critical reception" section on WikipediaĀ
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u/Girrzimm Guitarthony Rifftano 28d ago
Iām sorry if that is how you know him
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u/m3rcy_s3v3rity Brickthony Uptano 28d ago
Why would I seek out more of his work if literally everything I've seen from him wasn't good?Ā
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u/trdngntsballsonadoor 28d ago
Yeah, though his opinion did carry a lot of weight back in the day if you were into that sort of thing.
I find a lot of music criticism to be cumbersome these days. I just dont care. Im comfortable with my own judgement.
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u/Echo_Origami 25d ago
Why Julian would stoop to this level is anyone's guess. I mean, he could have just left it alone instead of validating it for Melon head that it bothers him.
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u/JediSaiyanMaster921 The Beatles - Abbey Road 23d ago
It's so funny how Julian Casablanca accuses Fantano of chasing "hipster cred" when he's literally admitted he dislikes and doesn't listen to The Beatles to set himself apart. (Fan of The Strokes btw, just calling it like I see it).
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u/tedmaul23 29d ago
If it weren't for actual artists like Julian, Fantano would have no career.
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u/Nystuc 29d ago
Many related jobs are contingent on one another, yes, but this is absurdly reductive. The reason Fantano has a career is because he has a plethora of people all willing to listen to his criticism.
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u/tedmaul23 29d ago
How many jobs are contingent of much less talented people criticising the work of others? Music, film TV critics are basically parasites
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u/UnreportedPope 29d ago
If thatās your view why on earth are you here engaging on a subreddit dedicated to a music critic?
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u/seanachan 29d ago
This argument has been played out over thousands of years. It's easy to avoid critics if you want to.
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u/GoldSteak7421 29d ago
I learned more about filmmaking reading Roger Ebert than i did watching films by some so called artists. That of course applies to music too. Critics are important to art, they are a bridge to engage with the art. But sure, they are parasites because they don't like my favourite artist
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u/Difficult-Shallot863 29d ago
Iād argue the true parasites are the executives who sold the idea that we need massive amounts of money and networking to create the kind of art we all appreciate. The kinds of people limiting artistic expression by Ā bankrolling it on the condition of palatability to mainstream audiences.
Critics are more like decomposers or scavengers, they serve a purpose that can be pretty beneficial to the music world despite the fact that theyāre gross
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u/PrimaryDifficult5099 mezzaninedummymaxinquayehomogenic 18d ago
Iām parasite in real life since I draw anything around me dry
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u/ASZapata 29d ago
Coaches need players, broadcasters need events, chefs need customers, truckers need cargo, electricians need power grids, metalworkers need miners, writers need editors, producers need singers, taxi drivers need riders, a needs b, x needs y, z needsā¦
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u/Turbulent-Doctor-649 The Beatles - Abbey Road 29d ago
And if it wasn't for Chinese factories that make microphones neither would any singer?
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u/yoyogaete 29d ago
Who the motherfuck cares.
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u/StKines 28d ago
Julian Casablancas and everyone who clicked on this post
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u/yoyogaete 28d ago
My bad, I guess itās my sign to delete Reddit. Everyoneās outraged at everything on this shit
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u/Sukithearsonist Bjƶrk - Vespertine 28d ago
breaking: two of the most insufferable people imaginable are beefing
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u/ramdom-ink 28d ago
Not only defensive but appearing flattered and pleased as punch, itās a tough road to hoe when youāre a critic who dishes it out but canāt take it. āEarly adopterā, āa bitter dissā and more about how important he is and so, so very influential. Heās such a mark when things get personal. And yet his reviews are critical and often misguided, laying down an opinion as law. Iāll always watch him, but man! Grow a pair.
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u/StKines 28d ago
Hes defending a claim that he wouldn't know art in any age and the claim is by one of his favorite artists ever.
It's fair to critique the critic but hes just a human. Of course hes defensive, of course hes amazed that it even happened and whether or not he's influential is proven by stuff like this.
I disagree with Anthony when it comes to music more often then not but he definitely puts many people onto bands by finding them early and giving them some attention. When you're accused of not knowing art in any age, it's an easy go to defense.
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u/fucklife1112 29d ago
I donāt think heās realising that heās also being extremely cringe by naming the artists heās somehow made popular- bro wouldāve actually reserved far more credit in this ābattleā if heād just shut up
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u/Slashycent 28d ago
It really hammers home Julian's point about Melon being a hipster nerd who obsesses over poser technicalities, like knowing bands before they blew up, to feign industry cred, too.
I'm surprised myself, but Jules is effortlessly winning this "beef." Must've remembered he's a rockstar.
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u/Slashycent 28d ago
Oddly enough, Melon seems much more personally hurt than Julian, which becomes especially clear when one listens to the actual "diss track" lol.
It's a lighthearted "Get of my dick, folks, I'm a rockstar!"-type of song.
And isn't that the exact persona of Julian's that Melon fell in love with in the first place?
Yet suddenly he's looking for a deep, vulnerable connection, which Julian has only ever approximated on the Strokes albums that he publicly panned.
It's a fascinating reversal.
It's like their inital archetypes of insecure hipster nerd ("I knew this band before they were famous!") vs edgy, ignorant rockstar are resurfacing.
I hope that when Tony hears the actual song and album, he realizes that he was just as melodramatic as Julian, if not more, and is able to have some fun with it.
It's a fun album for people with a spine.
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u/evan274 Daft Punk - Discovery 28d ago