At the moment, it’s uncommon to search out pop stars, and even culty quasi-pop celebrities, who’re keen to pop the fuck off on social media, however Azealia Banks is just not scared. Banks has been an engagingly poisonous on-line presence for over a decade, and he or she’s actually been hitting her stride recently, providing unsolicited profession recommendation and withering problematic shit-talk to just about each different well-known musician on the market on the panorama. Banks has had many targets, and never all of these targets have responded. However the 1975’s Matty Healy is additionally keen to pop the fuck off on social media, and people two are actually going at one another proper now, to the purpose the place Healy briefly threatened precise violence.
Again in 2023, when Matty Healy was courting Taylor Swift, Azealia Banks warned Swift away from him: “Taylor, this man is gonna offer you scabies.” It turned a Web page Six story and the whole lot. As this Reddit thread factors out, Banks has additionally lately had phrases for Healy collaborator Charli XCX: “Lmao u r so rattling phony Charli. U been bending over been bending over for the gays for years they usually all nonetheless assume ur a snoozefest. Cease being such a performative hag. The gays assume ur booooooring sis give it up.” Banks has continued to tweet about Charli, and it hasn’t all been detrimental, however she’s probably not making an attempt to construct any bridges, both. She can be not terribly keen on Lorde.
Her Indian ancestry. I actually do assume residing in LA and hanging out with aimless gays have made her self aware about all of the issues i and the remainder of her true music followers liked about her a lot. I don’t assume she fairly understands the insidious methods during which whiteness as
— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) June 22, 2024
And this entire album roll out has been extra about these different bitches than it has been about her. A technical win – completely, a creative/private win – completely not.
— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) June 22, 2024
I reaaaaaaaly hope this man shes marrying can see in her the issues i see in her and coax them out. And that i pray none of those sizzling breath free booty gays in la get in the best way of that. I would like her to take her man again to the united kingdom and depart la perpetually. La is destroying her
— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) June 22, 2024
No clue why charli is doing charity work. Properly, perhaps Lordes greater ups paid charli to revive their useless funding which is why Lorde is kissing her ass so onerous lmaooooo.
— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) June 22, 2024
Apple is like Johnny Marr ranges of genius. With out all of the screaming on prime its giving literature, poetry, irony… studious music cunt tease. I might have given Apple #1 greatest track of the 2020’s to date. Trigger lorde is a moist towel
— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) October 1, 2024
Azealia Banks is a lot, and he or she says a variety of fucked up stuff, nevertheless it’s additionally fascinating to learn loud and intense takes on the music enterprise from somebody who’s nonetheless ostensibly in that enterprise. Banks, as an example, would love Charli XCX to win a minimum of one main Grammy.
Properly to start out, I believe “Apple” by Charli Xcx is certainly track of the 12 months. “FTCU,” by Nicki Minaj is Greatest Rap Efficiency, however they *may* give that award to Kendrick simply to reamplify hype for his superbowl efficiency.. “Cowboy Carter,” is profitable nation album of the 12 months.… https://t.co/AdORljkfZq
— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) November 8, 2024
Final month, after Charli hosted and carried out on Saturday Evening Reside, Banks blasted Charli’s track “360” for ripping off Ciara’s “1, 2 Step.”
I legit only a caught how this track a lazy artist studio interpolation of Ciara’s 1,2 step
First off, no person even know or cares about aj prepare dinner sufficient her to be driving Ciara’s “This beat is
Outrageous, so contagious, make you crave it
Jazze made it (Ha!)”Bitch stated “one thing… https://t.co/wL3ng09qSo
— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) November 17, 2024
Matty Healy, again on Twitter after a hiatus, responded by quote-tweeting Banks and saying, “Shut up you fucking prat.” (“Prat” is a really British insult, and it’s not fairly as impolite as many different very British insults. It’s schoolyard stuff.)
Shut up you fucking prat https://t.co/1rWlW3jf7I
— Truman Black (@Gooodmorninguys) November 17, 2024
Yesterday, Banks tweeted that Charli XCX “was soooo fairly.” Healy quote-tweeted her, writing, “Azealia you appear to have a blind spot in relation to your ‘reads’. All the ladies you assault appear to be culturally related, enticing, divisive and NICE individuals. I believe this makes you jealous cos you’re so proficient however the whole lot else about you is a failure. Simply rap bro.”
Azealia you appear to have a blind spot in relation to your ‘reads’. All the ladies you assault appear to be culturally related, enticing, divisive and NICE individuals. I believe this makes you jealous cos you’re so proficient however the whole lot else about you is a failure. Simply rap bro https://t.co/xKe9b71UV1
— Truman Black (@Gooodmorninguys) December 3, 2024
In tweets that he’s since deleted, Healy seemingly dared Banks into dissing his fiancée Gabbriette, a former member of the Charli-mentored group Nasty Cherry. Banks obliged: “The bitch appear like Frankenstein to me. You each appear like you share needles. Lmao.”
The bitch appear like Frankenstein to me. You each appear like you share needles. Lmao. https://t.co/XpiAAaUT0Q
— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) December 4, 2024
In tweets that he has since deleted, Healy responded by threatening to slap Azealia Banks: “Discuss to me like that I’m not gonna aspect eye you at an awards present do I’ll fucking slap you so onerous I’ll get a Guinness world report for the very best a rat some bitch calls a wig has ever flown.” Buzzfeed has the screenshots.