Corysilk 16 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Right now black girls can only get shine in the industry if they are thotty, edgy, sexy, or consumed with ain't sh!t men. Will Ciara's new light hearted single make record labels take quirky black girls seriously? We need our own Carly Rae, Taylor Swift, Meghan Trainor, Katy Perry...etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintessential 881 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I agree that we need more types of black girl representation but Ciara is past her commercial peak tbh, it won't get that much attention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corysilk 16 Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 I agree that we need more types of black girl representation but Ciara is past her commercial peak tbh, it won't get that much attention True, but maybe she'll get lucky like with Level Up. Anyway I don't think she will be the new quirky black girl, but I hope she can open the door for one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeggoStar 5,695 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I mean I don't necessarily think it was never okay for black girls to be quirky, way back in the early 90s quirky black girls were the biggest thing. e.g- It's just more so on their appeal and marketing by their record company/label who don't know how to promote them, plus ciara in that video is more sexy than quirky, the girl is NAKED in a bath tub lol. If by quirky you mean bubblegum pop/safe/PG pop then it might be difficult to market that to the black audience, plus how many black female acts even attempt that? hm. Ciara is way different from taylor swift, meghan trainor etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra 40,910 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Rihanna is pretty quirky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly21 2,103 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Ciara has never been (not that I´m aware of) quirky, silly or carefree in terms of music or concept. We´ll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNT-LEGGO 6,380 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 OMG! My girls! I love them! Let's not forget Erykah Badu, Missy Elliot, Lauryn Hill and even Nicki Minaj can pretty quirky. The sexy "strong empowerment" thing is rampant among a lot of female artists, some are good at it (Rihanna) others not so much (I miss the old Little Mix) even artists like Janelle Monae and Ellie Goulding are getting a bit more sexy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corysilk 16 Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 Hmm maybe quirky was the wrong word, I more so mean girls who aren't fierce all the time or who can laugh at themselves and look goofy. The Ciara video was still sexy but it had a silly playful element to it that I don't think we see with black girls sadly. I even saw people in the comments saying that she's trying to be white now smh. Young black girls need all types of representation including the happy go lucky kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poetry 1,220 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Quirky is different from silly and carefree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter 5,178 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Can we all just agree that Ciara is so underrated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphine 20,871 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I hope so, black women deserve all kinds of representation, the silly carefree kind included, and it is such a breath of fresh air! Also that song is dope and that MV is cute as hell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonko 131 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I wonder why Ciara did not get as much hype as Cardi Trash Love Ciara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soohye99 15 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I hope Ciara can reach her old fame again but I would like to see younger and dark skinned black women in the media too. Sent from my iPhone using OneHallyu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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