I still think Jesy could have made it if she'd handled it all better and not black-fished. She had a lot of hype and intrigue behind her, she had the financing (mostly from her own pockets, but still), and she had a "narrative" building of who she is and her story. I've actually liked most of the snippets of music she released.
If Bad Boys had been the third single after she was already established, and had been a tribute to a retro classic rather than a black-fishing rip off, it could have actually done well. The original is so catchy and iconic that she really shouldn't have been able to go wrong.
Leigh Anne's problem is that she's terribly mediocre, but her ego can't handle it so she blames it on racism. I suspect she's somebody who can't take criticism, so her non-descript music never improves and she continues thinking that it's great. Hatefully lashing out at her majority white fanbase as "racist" hasn't helped her. I will never root for her for that reason alone. Plus she just seems to be an absolute personality vacuum.
If Bad Boys had been the third single after she was already established, and had been a tribute to a retro classic rather than a black-fishing rip off, it could have actually done well. The original is so catchy and iconic that she really shouldn't have been able to go wrong.
Leigh Anne's problem is that she's terribly mediocre, but her ego can't handle it so she blames it on racism. I suspect she's somebody who can't take criticism, so her non-descript music never improves and she continues thinking that it's great. Hatefully lashing out at her majority white fanbase as "racist" hasn't helped her. I will never root for her for that reason alone. Plus she just seems to be an absolute personality vacuum.