Whatcha Say: Beyoncé, Justin Bieber & Lana Del Rey Got Our Readers Talking This Week

Carl Williott | September 18, 2015 5:00 pm

After an underwhelming summer spent pretending random garbage like OMI was actual pop goodness, we finally had some real stars dominate the music headlines in recent days, from Beyoncé‘s surprise Naughty Boy collab to Kanye West‘s surprise “Fade” debut to the release of Lana Del Rey‘s Honeymoon and Ellie Goulding‘s stellar new single. We simply could not be more excited to throw our jorts back into storage and put this cruel summer behind us.

And it’s not just us! All these fall developments had our readers especially chatty this week. Read on for some of the hottest of takes from the comment section of our site over the past week.

:: Readers were split on whether Justin Bieber actually shaded Shawn Mendes when he proclaimed he didn’t know who Mendes was (for his part, Bieber threw his support behind Mendes shortly after the internet latched onto the comment in question). macius sean wrote “he seems like he really doesnt know. stop creating drama.” WittyBitch disagreed, saying “Ehh, I don’t think that it was Mariah Carey level shade but it was slightly shady.” But other readers shared Biebs’ initial sentiment, expressing unfamiliarity with the newcomer Mendes.

:: Reacting to Beyoncé’s surprise collab with Naughty Boy, drew speaks for the world when he says “This song is beyond beautiful…but I am secretly, maybe not so secretly, hoping for a Beyoncé-only version. :)”

:: After I called Lana Del Rey’s “Salvatore” a ridiculous song (which it is — she rhymes “limousine” with “soft ice cream” and sings in Olive Garden menu Italian), xwy countered with a very measured response: “You are ridiculous dude. This song is magnificent, obviously you are used to your chart pop trash. Don’t speak again on the subject you have no clue.”

:: latoya gave Asleep At The Gate‘s Ciara remix pretty much the highest praise a remix can get: “Look, I would purchase this mix.”

:: Austin Mahone‘s latest free song didn’t inspire much excitement in the non-Mahomies out there. Jay writes: “So far, with everything he has released, I’m not hearing these next level smashes. And with Bieber back, unfortunately it looks like Mahone isnt gonna happen.”

:: CA_Dreamin is “Laughing till I cry right now” about Leona Lewis selling her new album at a steep discount on Grindr. No comment, since we enjoyed the album.

Have some thoughts about pop to get off your chest? Be sure to chime in with your own two cents in our comments section below. You could end up in next week’s roundup!