Angering Taylor Swift fans is never a good idea.
After a huge amount of drama in the music community, fans have unearthed pictures of Sia that they claim is her in blackface.
This whole situation is so complicated.
Angering Taylor Swift fans is never a good idea.
After a huge amount of drama in the music community, fans have unearthed pictures of Sia that they claim is her in blackface.
This whole situation is so complicated.
Unbelievably, this entire situation boils down to what happened between Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun.
Confused? That's totally okay, I'm here to catch you up on the story so far. Buckle up.
She was formerly with Big Machine Records, who she left for Universal Music Group in 2018.
And with it, Taylor's entire music catalog.
According to Taylor, she was entirely unaware that her discography was now in Scooter Braun's hands.
Taylor had actually tried to acquire her own work for years, according to the post.
She wrote:
"For years I asked, pleaded for a chance to own my work. Instead I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and ‘earn’ one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in."
After her many clashes with Kim and Kanye, Taylor alleged Scooter bullied her repeatedly.
Scooter did nothing to stop it.
These include Kanye, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, and Sia.
Taylor's fans were NOT having it.
One fan pulled up this picture of Sia, which is incredibly jarring. For the obvious alleged blackface reason, of course, but also because we so rarely see Sia's actual face.
Fans dug deep and found more pictures of Sia painted in black paint.
Even knowing the reason behind it (which we will in a moment), this image is incredibly uncomfortable, not to mention shocking.
According to Sia, the paint was only a small part of her performance.
In the video, she is only painted the way she is to blend into the background.
I do have to wonder why she couldn't put the white paint in the middle of her face, but what do I know?
Sia said the look was a precursor to the wig, but then the wig was already on.
If anyone can make sense of what any of that means, let me know.
Conspiracy theory hats are on, guys.
According to a few people, even Sia's original tweet of support was Scooter using her account.
And Sia is older and maybe not super up on fandom SLANG, okay?
Apart from Swifties and other stans, regular Sia fans were very unimpressed with her stance on the situation.
For many, the issue is bigger than the blackface. It seems they think that Sia is focusing more on that, rather than on her support of Scooter.
To date, Sia has yet to make a statement about Taylor's claims.
To her credit, both issues were in need of immediate response.
This tweet told a short and sweet story, with a great deal of agreement from over 600 Sia supporters.
Well, maybe not silent just NOT as aggressive.
Alongside #IStandWithTaylorSwift rose #westandwithsia.
Sia has not followed up on the incident since her initial tweet.
What do you think of the allegations?