Hello, hello! Welcome to my weekly breakdown for this week! This week I'm talking about Luke Bryan commenting on if Taylor Swift can even be considered a country artist anymore as well as a few One Direction related things like their relationships as well as Liam and Harry raising massive amounts of money for a cancer charity.
Luke Bryan Says Taylor Swift Isn't A Country Artist Anymore
Luke Bryan Says Taylor Swift Isn't A Country Artist Anymore
If you have followed me on Twitter for awhile you probably know my feelings on Taylor Swift and my feelings on if she should be considered a country artist still. This week Luke Bryan, one of the biggest names in country music, was asked if he thinks she's still country to which he replied: "I wouldn't necessarily say she is a country artist," Luke said. "I mean, obviously Taylor Swift started in country, but she morphed into somewhat of a cultural icon, so, who am I to judge what she is?"
I couldn't agree more, honestly, who even considers her a country artist anymore? Her music just screams pop music. She's drifted so far away from country that I don't know how people can even consider her that anymore. It's nice to see someone in country music saying something (sorta). Luke said it in a nice way though. But to be fair, Taylor isn't the only country artist to crossover, but I would say she's the only one that has made a big enough impact in the pop music world that she stayed there and she's not going back.
One Direction Relationships Heat Up
I couldn't agree more, honestly, who even considers her a country artist anymore? Her music just screams pop music. She's drifted so far away from country that I don't know how people can even consider her that anymore. It's nice to see someone in country music saying something (sorta). Luke said it in a nice way though. But to be fair, Taylor isn't the only country artist to crossover, but I would say she's the only one that has made a big enough impact in the pop music world that she stayed there and she's not going back.
One Direction Relationships Heat Up
What's a weekly breakdown without me talking about One Direction? There was SO much drama with One Direction and relationships this week. It's almost exhausting. First off we had rumors of Liam having a new girlfriend, on Monday he confirmed it, and on Tuesday he showed up at the One Direction: This Is Us world premiere in London with her. His new girlfriend's name is Sophia Smith and she's extremely pretty and her and Liam seem happy together, even though it's still a new relationship. From the outside she seems to be a good fit for him because she's from his hometown and they went to school together. Unfortunately, not all fans feel the same way I do and they attacked Liam and her on Twitter causing him to go off on a reasonable rant and soon tweeted a few deleted tweets before tweeting "#done". Liam hasn't returned to Twitter since. Fingers crossed he'll come back soon especially with his birthday coming up on Thursday.
Then we had the shocking Zayn and Perrie Edwards from Little Mix engagement news. The news left the One Direction fandom divided, some happy for them, some sad, and some skeptical because of the timing of the whole thing since the news was hinted at their movie world premiere and their movie is just days from coming out and the way the news was first confirmed. But regardless of how you feel about the whole thing, the two now appear to be engaged and we await the wedding date, which Zayn didn't have much of an answer for when asked about a date on the Today Show. I think we can all agree though, a One Direction wedding would be one of the best weddings ever.
Liam and Harry Help Raise Over $700,000 for Trekstock
Then we had the shocking Zayn and Perrie Edwards from Little Mix engagement news. The news left the One Direction fandom divided, some happy for them, some sad, and some skeptical because of the timing of the whole thing since the news was hinted at their movie world premiere and their movie is just days from coming out and the way the news was first confirmed. But regardless of how you feel about the whole thing, the two now appear to be engaged and we await the wedding date, which Zayn didn't have much of an answer for when asked about a date on the Today Show. I think we can all agree though, a One Direction wedding would be one of the best weddings ever.
Liam and Harry Help Raise Over $700,000 for Trekstock
As I mentioned in last week's breakdown, my goal here at Hit Zone is to bring you different angles on stories you might see elsewhere or bring you the GOOD stories in Hollywood you don't hear about elsewhere. This is one of those stories. Hardly any other media outlet reported on the fact that Liam and Harry helped raise a massive $784,984 for Trekstock, exceeding their original goal of $500,000. I'm proud to have donated to that amount. The extra money will help Trekstock begin a new campaign to raise awareness about skin cancer. You can find out more about the whole thing on my post about it.
That's it for this week. Be sure to check out my review of One Direction: This Is Us. It was one of the first reviews of the movie to hit the web, many other outlets didn't have reviews until about Tuesday because that's when they got to see the movie for the first time.
Thanks for reading and thanks for visiting Hit Zone this week! Spread the word and tell a friend about us!
- JC
That's it for this week. Be sure to check out my review of One Direction: This Is Us. It was one of the first reviews of the movie to hit the web, many other outlets didn't have reviews until about Tuesday because that's when they got to see the movie for the first time.
Thanks for reading and thanks for visiting Hit Zone this week! Spread the word and tell a friend about us!
- JC