Perception is reality, trigger. The band continue to explain that while it realizes changing its name is just one step, there is more to be done. Why Is Country Music Putting on Concerts?. You may opt-out by. As musicians, it reminded us of all the music born in the south that influenced usSouthern Rock, Blues, R&B, Gospel and of course Country. It became widely associated with the U.S. Civil War after it was over, and now . But clearly the lawyers working for Anita White believe they have the advantage in the situation because if Lady A the band does anything less than give into their demands, they will be couched as racist in public. At least I respect the F out of Isbell because hes not white woke. Its okay to acknowledge our founding fathers did some really crappy things. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information, Lady Antebellum Changes Their Name, Apologizes for Making Anyone Feel 'Unsafe'. Lady Antebellum, the trio who have topped the US country album charts five times, are to change their name to Lady A due to the slavery connotations held by the word "antebellum". stookyvookyosis The mob came for them after the change was made. July 13, 2020 @ ", LADY A SPEAKS OUT ABOUT BAND FORMERLY KNOWN AS LADY ANTEBELLUM FILING LAWSUIT TO SECURE NAME. Anita White, a 61-year-old . ", Country band Lady Antebellum is in the throes of a lawsuit over the name Lady A, which they now go by after reconsidering their previous name's reference to the pre-abolition South. But it could have just been a negotiating platform. So today, we speak up and make a change. This should be an easy court win for the R&B Lady A. Ill still enjoy their music, realizing that they are just kids caught up in the moment. Army WO Pilot (@Army_WO_Pilot) June 11, 2020, Comfortably _()_/ (@Eyeroll_Shrugs) June 11, 2020, No, THIS is Ludacris. The protests that swept the nation in the aftermath of George Floyds death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers have shaken the nation and sparked deep soul searching by many about the countrys racist past. Or non-binary people. I was thinking the same thing during this whole process. July 9, 2020 @ Her lawyer, again if competent, knows theyre going to lose the dec action and this will bring them into a more realistic negotiation point. Most people would do the EXACT same thing in her shoes.) I agree that the optics are terrible on this, and realistically they probably werent on anyones radar to be cancelled because of their name. And while Americas musical lexicon is getting a millennial makeover, we might wanna renameDire Straits, which could make people feel insecure, andKISS, which may conjure thoughts of sexual harassment. Market data provided by Factset. Lawyer vewy vewy bad. The concern was a murmur at best. You win the comments section. Its questionable if Antebellum was problematic in the first place. The band said the name had not been intended as racist, but that they had had their eyes opened by recent events. From left: Dave Haywood, Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley of Lady A attend the 55th annual Country Music Association awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 10, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox, A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry. production If I were Big Machine I would quickly pay out the $10 Million to prevent Don Lemon making his waves through Music row shaking down the big labels because they arent black enough. 10:37 am, Lady America has a nice, patriotic vibe. What about Darius? And seeing the sheer outrage by peoplemost of whom as Shane McAnally said are simply reacting to a title instead of the nuance of the storyis definitely telling when you balance it with the utter silence on the Highwomen issue. Sports leagues like NASCAR are banning the Confederate flag at its events. appreciated. Country When Country Wasn't Cool I agree with much of what you said.. Its white woke gone wild. if she has the funds to fight, which the new Lady A is likely counting on her not having. This is my life. And if youre the party paying out, your first offer is at least half as much as you think you owe. Lady Antebellum's name-change blunder was easily avoidable, but they made this embarrassing misstep for the same reason they performed under an oppressive stage name for 14 years: a white . People come to a new genre in various indirect ways. In a statement, the members of the country group said that representatives for White demanded a $10m [7.79m] payment. In fact, the Anita White team might have been holding that over the bands head. I do not know. Ill be he could come up with some alternative names for the band formerly known as Lady Antebellum! The Scott Borchetta Zoom Calls at Big Machine I imagine have been a scream this week, jacob hatcher 9:12 pm, Saving Bro Country Music After much personal reflection, band discussion, prayer and many honest conversations with some of our closest Black friends and colleagues, we have decided to drop the word 'antebellum' from our name and move forward as Lady A, the nickname our fans gave us almost from the start. ". On Thursday, Grammy-winning country band Lady Antebellum formally changed its name to Lady A. Its funny seeing him sequel like a white woke pig. Change Your Name "I don't think they were anticipating the aftermath of being called Lady A," he stated. This has nothing to do with PC BS, selfish, entitled and sanctimonious millennials or woke whatever. 2023 Cable News Network. There will not be a better comment on this story, period. Lets pray we can say is the same thing about America as well. Getty Images. 12:17 pm, Honestly Summers Eve is as good of a band name as Lady Antebellum, Goey agetter Otherspraised the band for acknowledging and growing from its past mistakes. Dee Manning According to country Lady A, R&B Lady A wanted $10 million to relinquish her claims to the name. Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood (from left to right) of Lady A. I agree. As musicians, it reminded us of all the music born in the south that influenced ussouthern rock, blues, R&B, gospel and of course country, the band said. 10:15 am. @collin June 11, 2020 9:54am. Luckyoldsun Good intentions gone awry. The idea they have $10 million dollars just laying around because theyre a mainstream band is ludicrous. We never even entertained the idea that she shouldnt also be able to use the name Lady A, and never will todays action doesnt change that. Lady Antebellum just dropped Antebellum from their name. It was a stirring in our hearts and reflection on our own blindspots that led us to announce a few weeks ago that we were dropping the word Antebellum from our name and moving forward using only the name so many of our fans already knew us by. All this name change has done has brought negative attention to Lady Antebellum, and country music. Its not just enough to be on the right side of an issue. 1:15 pm. 4:40 pm. Thomas Tuttle *[at fests where their set was before the acts we came to see]. Trust me, this writer is not very sympathetic to Lady Antebellum. My sides hurt its so funny. leaning into supporting and empowering our youth . 9:29 am. They tie things to power dynamics and related historical grievances. 11:10 am, Fuzzy Twoshirts hey trigger. I attempted to upload my single [on independent distribution service DistroKid] and couldnt verify my name, Lady A, for several days. 9:48 pm, And the Grammy collaboration of the year goes to. Sidney Caesar "As a band, we have strived for our music to be a refugeinclusive of all," the band told its fans. I totally agree with this, and I think we agree on this point in general. And I can say that because I lived in the suburbs. July 10, 2020 @ Please sound off in the Comments section below. Lady As change comes as our nation comes to terms with some of the most dramatic and rapid shifts in Americans attitude towards race in the nations history. Get the best of Fox News' entertainment coverage, right in your inbox. April 7, 2021 @ Antebellum is an umbrella term for elements of culture that existed in Southern states after the American Revolution, but before the Civil War. And that might require you to give up something because I am not going to be erased., She said the first contract the band sent regarding the shared use of the name had no substance. However, in their specific use of A in their new name, it still means Antebellum. How about changing it to Person A that way people dont assume her gender? That may be where we disagree. I was simply making different, but adjacent points that if you change your name to perceivably give into the politically correct crowd and you end up in the position Lady Antebellum is now, this will disincentivize bands or anyone else from doing this in the future, while it also seems some entities are spared public ridicule simply because theyre perceived to be on the just side of the political divide. July 9, 2020 @ By Alexander Kacala. And frankly, I think if more details about that event were brought to light, people would be even more outraged.. Market data provided by Factset. Anyone else tired of hyperbole and clickbait yet? 8:31 am. Andrew Brown (@AndrewB66636244) June 11, 2020, So now were all suddenly offended by an ADJECTIVE?? 6. Relevancy in 2020 for The Group Fornerly Known as Lady Antebellum and Now Wanting To Be Known as Lady A is taking the name of an African-American singer because they want to remove the racial injustice connotations of their past name. 1:03 pm, Dont tell me what I would profess, Sparky. 9:25 am. The name Lady A is not well known yet, they should have quit when they found out she was using it and just come up with another A word or something similar. Begging and simultaneously squealing racism. But rebranding a band 14 years in has massive ramifications on things like radio play, tour draw, merch, etc. And does Lady A really think that suing a black woman over trying to change your name from a potentially racially-insensitive term is the way to get on the right side of this issue? July 9, 2020 @ I agree, there was no mob clamoring for a name change from Lady A. Now that action has resulted in them publicly suing a well-respected black member of the music community and receiving a massive backlash for it. As a woman, I feel attacked and vilified. People who dont give a shit about the random celeb arent going to then really change the artists sales, streaming, etc afterwards if they didnt care about them in the first place. It's been two months since Lady A returned to touring with the What A Song Can Do Tour. 12:10 pm. July 9, 2020 @ Lady Antebellum was trying to do the right thing with the name change.. Causing pain was never our hearts intention, but it doesnt change the fact that indeed, it did just that. Once you yield to them, its never enough. But what does that mean? You cant give in to the woke cancel-culture mob. It might have beenas Lady A somewhat alludes to in the lawsuitit was a necessity due to how the Anita White team were negotiating in bad faith, using the give us what we want, or were calling you racist and will smear your reputation card over their heads. After much personal reflection, band discussion, prayer and many honest conversations with some of our closes black friends and colleagues, we have decided to drop the word antebellum from our name and move forward as Lady A, the nickname our fans gave us almost from the start.. Like Ozzy Osbourne said once during the height of the PMRC debacle, whenever I hear of a teenager getting arrested for a horrible crime, I think please dont be wearing an Ozzy tshirt, please dont be wearing an Ozzy tshirt.. ). Why dont they just change their name simply to the Hillary Scot Band or Scott, Kelley & Haywood? The incentive to change things or not to be inclusive is going to come from much larger market and cultural forces. July 9, 2020 @ I predict the State of Washington is going to change its name because of President George Washingtons ownership of slaves. Fueled by social media, everybody wants to point an ugly finger at others for being morally inferior to themselves, often to hide from their own mistakes and shortcomings. enforcers who deny that it exists and call people assholes for objecting to it. The conflict between the country band Lady A, formerly known as Lady Antebellum, and Seattle blues singer Anita White, who also goes by Lady A, has apparently been settled. Find out more about how we use your information in our privacy policy and cookie policy. And frankly, once the Mob succeeds in erasing the word from our lexicon it has essentially erased our past. Antebellum perform onstage during the 2019 CMT Artists of the Year at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on October 16, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. heartfelt message to social media on Thursday (June 11), explaining its realization that Antebellum is a reference to slavery in America. Time for Big Machine to pay out the big bucks or I will personally label them racists. Typical bullshit from your type. At least thats what you and your ilk would profess. In June, the country trio formerly known as Lady Antebellum . Lady Antebellum should change her name to Lady Arrogant! The group is not seeking financial damages from White, nor that she change her stage name, but is instead suing her for recognition of a trademark it claims we have held for many years and to avoid further litigation. I feel like 95% of the people who are now trying to cancel the band dont give a single crap about the genre and would not be able to name a single song of theirs. Hey Arnold Nobody gave a crap about their name other than people who would never be caught dead listening to any Country music. Lady Antebellum announced it had changed its name to Lady A on June 11 as part of its commitment to "examining our individual and collective impact and marking the necessary changes to practice antiracism." Antebellum refers to an era in the American south before the civil war when black people were held as slaves. We start rooting for whose music we like the best, or even who we align with more culturally or politically as opposed to letting the facts and circumstances dictate our opinions, were doing a disservice to both parties. Lady A, formerly known as Lady Antebellum, jumped on social media on June 11, 2020 to explain why the country band changed its name. @ Trigger Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines for August 12, protests and civil unrest around the world, Anita White had been using the name Lady A, filed a lawsuit to secure rights to the name, Popular country music group The Dixie Chicks also changed their name, explaining that they'd wanted to do so for a while, Jussie Smollett files appeal argument in hate crime hoax conviction, Michael B. Jordan apologized to his mom before steamy Calvin Klein underwear ad was released, Kristin Cavallari jokes shes 'heartless' for breaking up with guys over text: 'I know thats horrible', Gisele Bndchen shares tips for when 'life gets challenging': 'Remember that the sun rises everyday', Amy Grant says she leaned on her faith after horrific bike accident: Its helped me not be afraid, Bette Midler confesses to plastic surgery: Time smooths 'everything out'. July 9, 2020 @ 1:51 pm. Our prayer is that if we lead by examplewith humility, love, empathy and actionwe can be better allies to those suffering from spoken and unspoken injustices, while influencing our children and generations to come.. And now Im a fan of a lot of different country artists.). Only 3 directions, North, East, West. But it definitely wont help them get new fans. These were catastrophic, and irresponsible moves, both morally and from a publicity standpoint. The country trio, which came together in 2006, came forward on Twitter on June 11, 2020 to announce that it was "deeply sorry" for using a moniker that has its roots in slavery. July 9, 2020 @ Also, when you apply for a trademark, there is an extended waiting period where it is put out in the public domain for anyone to dispute the claim to it. A century and a half after the end of the Civil War and the reunification of the United States, America is perhaps just now, finally, grappling with the unfinished work of bridging and healing a nation divided by race. Ghost of Country Past Again, the lesson many will take from this issue is, Dont change your name at all. Random Notes Carrie America (@carrieksada) June 11, 2020. That number is a joke, and even though Lady Antebellum did this to themselves by virtue signalling and trying to prove how woke they are, they dont deserve to be ruined over this (but likely will be). Lady A apologizes to those who felt 'unsafe' and 'unvalued'. And that the genre is getting awful publicity when it should be gaining new, young, progressively minded and BIPOC fans. I agree with a lot of that you are saying.. actually I agree completely with Lady Antebellum should fire their management team today. Mikey (Hates Veggies AND Fascists) Alexander (@mikeyhatesit) June 11, 2020. This just in, Lady Antebellum is now changing their name to Non-Binary Person A because they also realized that their name was offensive to anyone who is not male or female. We are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused and for anyone who has felt unsafe, unseen or unvalued, the band wrote. However good their music is, it was never a good title. Lady A, (the country band) could join forces with Lady A, (the blues singer) and become. July 9, 2020 @ Thats why they did it. Meanwhile, focusing on names when actual actions that demean and downgrade black performers in country like when The Highwomen disinvited Mickey Guyton from a video shoot last minute go unreported. So I hope you dont mind July 12, 2020 @ They added that with White they had shared our stories, listened to each other, prayed and spent hours on the phone and text writing a song about this experience together. Lady A, Hey Arnold After much personal reflection, band discussion, prayer and many honest conversations with some of our closest black friends and colleagues, we have decided to drop the word antebellum from our name and move forward When we set out together almost 14 years ago, we named our band after the southern antebellum style home where we took our first photos. The band Lady A (formerly Lady Antebellum), left, and singer Anita White, who also performs under the stage name Lady A. before changing their name to shed its slavery-era connotations, Country group the Dixie Chicks announced that they would henceforth be known as the Chicks. Check out what's clicking today in entertainment. The band has also apparently been making good faith efforts to resolve this issue with Anita White in a way that could elevate her music and career moving forward as opposed to overshadowing her. 4:16 pm. Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and Dave Haywood of Lady A are not racists. Thats all Shane McAnally was saying. I have read that even the term master bedroom is now off limits. Lets face it many of these suburban areas have a racial undertone. Wait isnt Good Housekeeping in need of a name change? We are excited to share we are moving forward with positive solutions and common ground. True hypocrites, who do they think theyre fooling? 11:31 am. 10:41 am. A court is being asked to determine the band's right to the name. The trio, more likely their management and publicity team, really screwed up, and this whole thing is going to get uglier. The band said the name . Theyre will to share the trademark with Lady A the artist, who is asking an exorbitant amount of money from them. When Lady A decided to drop Antebellum from their name over the summer, they knew the impact it would have. They were never a big tour draw. I think Lady Anodyne would probably fit them the best because they strive to sound like inoffensive, new age pablum. The country band formerly known as Lady Antebellum which changed its name to Lady A over concerns that the old name was racist has reached a settlement to end a legal dispute with a black Seattle blues singer who said she had long used the shortened name. Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood formed Lady Antebellum in 2006, and say that they faced no opposition, including from White, when they registered Lady A as a trademark in 2010. Youve managed to be politically correct and kneel to your masters there. When you see even half as many fluff catchphrases used in any kind of statementyou can be assured that the statement is the worst kind of bullshit. A copyright is for a written work, a photo, an idea, a song, a movie. We hope you will dig in and join us.. . (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images). July 9, 2020 @ Were disappointed that we wont be able to work together with Anita for that greater purpose. The group originally began their career as 'Lady Antebellum'. I also dont quite agree that they were trying to do the right thing. Jack Hardwood Lady Antebellum announced on Thursday (June 11) that they've made a name change in response to the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement. Lady Antebellum has changed its name to Lady A. (BTW the Chicks, another derogatory and degrading name for other reasons; there is no reclaiming of any offensive epithets). July 11, 2020 @ That A has to stand for something. Just Jimmy The change came duringprotests and civil unrest around the worldsparked by the killing of George Floyd. PBS . They say they took the name from the architectural style, but are now "deeply sorry for the hurt . Photo illustration by Slate. Triple 8 never addressed that part of the event. Sorry, but not being discriminated based on the color of your skin is not a privilege, its a fundamental human right, and no amount of gaslighting by the Robin DiAngelos lunatics will change that. July 13, 2020. 2:31 pm. The change, the group said in a statement, comes after realizing the words association to slavery. How many careers have been ruined because someone apologized when they should have said Fuck off, or not said anything at all? Im not saying TAFKALA isnt within their rights. Lady Antebellum changed its name to Lady A on Thursday in an effort to dissociate itself from the racist history of the pre-Civil War era. Whats irritating about being expected to consider other peoples feelings and not be an insensitive asshole? Actually sounds pretty awesome!!! Sereng3ti 4:13 pm. Somebody screwed it up. Some criticized the decision, accusing the trioof "pandering" and "apologizing" unnecessarily. But perhaps most dramatically, the old symbols of the Confederacy, the group of states that seceded from the United States and sparked Americas Civil War, are finally being seen for the racist and incendiary associations they represent to Black Americans. Period. Im not saying the group is fake but Im not lying when say that theyve always come across to me as something sort of phony. Introducing, Lady A. The biggest issue I have with this is that country Lady A seemed to rush into this and not think at all about their name change, which is the exact OPPOSITE of why they said they were changing their name in the first place. To be fair, George Washington ripped out his living slaves teeth to make his dentures. Lady A feat. Haha I love this! We are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused, Lady A say of the term Antebellum.. Culture. So much for good faith. It began with the radical JEW Leon Trotsky in late 1800s as a device We are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused and for anyone who has felt unsafe, unseen or unvalued. In an appearance on PEOPLE (the TV Show! 1:06 pm. And if they did, she could have claimed and proven use of the name well before the trademark application. Lady A officially changed their name on June 11th. July 9, 2020 @ You may opt-out by. loudmouth soup The lawyer is correct. Or what used to be considered adult contemporary before Lizzo was considered adult contemporary. A trademark is for a business name, a band name, and emblem, a slogan. id rather have money than the opportunity to collaborate on some shitty song about the experience too. The term wasnt under fire until the band decided to make an issue of it. In fact, it's a black woman in Seattle, who's gone by Lady A for more than two decades. The country trio has promised to donate to the Equal Justice Initiative and to be better allies to those suffering from injustice. We need to take this moment and ask ourselves what could we have done better and what must we change so we can do better in the future. But what I do think Shane said best was that most everyone on Twitter was reacting to a headline, which is exactly what we see with controversy after controversy these days, whether its big artists taking PPP money that is actually going to their workers, Chase Rice playing a Normal show to an enormous and a full audience of 4,000 people when it was less than 1/4 of that, or saying that Country music kicked Lil Nas X out of the genre when it was simply Billboard removing him from their charts with no input from the country community who ended up giving him a CMA Award. This is a classic example of virtual signaling and wokeness blowing up in their woke faces and Im laughing way too hard at this than I should. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Musiccityman Trigger, your comments on trademark law arent entirely accurate. John R Baker They can all quickly get high stakes, messy, and in some cases, personal. I live in PC HELL and deal with this shortsightedness all the time. As many others have pointed out, erasing Antebellum but leaving the A is a little disingenuous since everyone knows what it stands for. True. Lady Antebellum's name has been criticized more than once since it comes from the Antebellum period that came right before the Civil War, when slavery was still legal and the country had not yet been divided along the lines that would seek to tear it apart. Changing their name before vetting it and clearing it with anyone else who may be using it was irresponsible, and so is suing Lady A preemptively. But I do know that when somebody challenges your right to use a nameeven in a private letterit behooves you to go to court quickly to resolve the matter, lest they sue you first and allege that your breach was willful and that youve waived certain defenses. 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