While many were enjoying the performance by Lady Gaga and the proud pregnancy news Beyonce shared at the 2011 VMA's, not everyone fully shares that same excitement towards the two divas. At least not China's culture ministry when it comes to certain songs by these ladies. Along with other aspects of life in China, the internet is strongly controlled by the government as far as the content permitted on it. If the government doesn't approve of something online or finds it to be unsuitable, they will remove it quicker than your computer says download completed (with a high speed connection of course).
It appears that Lady Gaga is more of a bugaboo to the Chinese government than Beyonce. Lady Gaga has several songs that are banned compared to only one for Beyonce. The song titles for Lady Gaga include: Americano, Judas and Bloody Mary, Hair, The Edge of Glory, and Marry the Night. The lone Beyonce song is Run the World (Girls). If you look at YouTube alone you would've thought that everyone adored at least one of the two music queens, but that’s not the case. Any music websites in China that hold these songs have been given a deadline to remove these tracks, or potentially face consequences from the government. Why? These songs are detrimental to the natural cultural security says the Chinese government.
I am so over Lady Gaga and her shananigans.
ReplyDeleteLady Gaga tries too hard to be controversial. If I was the leader of China, I'd ban her too.
ReplyDeleteGaga for President!
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