Lorde’s Performance at the Grammy’s

Was excellent. It was moving. And a lot of people hated it. Maybe you didn’t like it, well let me try to convince you that it was actually good. Really good. Before we move forward in this discussion, I’d like to have those who haven’t watched the performance have a chance to watch it instead of reading through this blog in a clueless manner (but hey it’s totally cool if you choose to, I’m a bit clueless all the time):  

Okay so what do you think? Good? Bad? Good-Bad? Your opinion. But what is your opinion based off of? Her sound? Her appearance?

If appearance was not what you thought important it was what a lot of the world chose to reflect on. And that statement was proven that night on twitter. If you don’t already know, almost everyone watches the Grammy’s while expressing their thoughts on twitter (well at least us teenagers do). And the thoughts that were expressed after Lorde’s performance were more than rude, they were offending, even to me! People commented on her dark attire and called her a witch. People saw the strange way she moved to the beat and deemed her possessed.  People saw her unique face and called her a troll. They saw that she was different and hated her for challenging the invisible laws of society.

 A small percentage of people saw how beautiful Lorde was. These people saw her strange attire and admired her courage for wearing it (especially knowing the Fashion Police would say something unintelligent about it). These people saw the strange way she moved and saw how captivating and fearless this 17 year-old was. They saw her unique face and admired that it was simply unique. They saw that she was different and admired her for being her true self in a society that wanted to change her.

I’ve realized that the difference in tweets depended on whether people accepted uniqueness with open arms or neglected it by leaving it out in the cold with no food, like an endangered animal. My arms are open to uniqueness, are yours?