Ariel Pink Dissed By Grimes, Dismissed By Madonna
Ariel Pink has been agitating people lately, between his trolly comments on misogyny and the Westboro Baptist Church and his whole “maced by a feminist” story. Just yesterday, Pink said in an interview that he had been asked to work with Madonna and gave a harsh assessment of the pop star’s body of work, saying that she had been on a “downward slide” since her debut album. Grimes wasn’t happy about that — here’s what she had to say:
Ariel pinks delusional misogyny is emblematic of the kind of bullshit everyone woman in this industry faces daily
— Grimes (@Grimezsz) October 14, 2014
Also ray of light is a masterpiece
— Grimes (@Grimezsz) October 14, 2014
@danielmoonking haha I know! Me too! I'm shocked that anyone is humoring him I hate talking shit but damn
— Grimes (@Grimezsz) October 14, 2014
And here’s Grimes affiliate James Brooks, aka Default Genders:
UGHHHH ariel pink is the fucking WORST
— james brooks (@elite_gz) October 14, 2014
Even the Black Lips chimed in (notice the misspelling of “misogyny”).
@Grimezsz how was that mysogonitic? He just said he didn't like much of her music after the first album?
— Black Lips (@TheBlackLips) October 14, 2014
And Waxahatchee:
@Grimezsz couldn't have said it better
— waxahatchee (@k_crutchfield) October 14, 2014
@elite_gz have held this opinion forever, wtf is this world we live in that a person like that can be so revered ?
— waxahatchee (@k_crutchfield) October 14, 2014
Manufactured Twitter drama aside, this whole thing is especially funny because Madonna’s camp is denying even knowing who Pink is. Here’s what Madonna’s manager Guy O’Seary said:
.@madonnarebel @madonna and I have never heard of @arielxpink. The label may have reached out but M has no interest in working with mermaids
— Guy Oseary (@guyoseary) October 14, 2014
Granted, Pink did specify in the interview that Interscope was the one who contacted him.
Pink has responded as well:
I haven't heard from Madge in the past 24hrs. Was it something I said? #thankyou #bigmouth #nexttime
— Ariel Pink (@arielxpink) October 13, 2014
Ariel pink who? indeed. Shame on you people. #Streisandeffect
— Ariel Pink (@arielxpink) October 14, 2014
He’s also been retweeting disparaging comments from Madge fans. Stuff like “u are delusional my friend. i guess u wont hear from her again loser” and “Pull @arielxpink from the project and fire him immediately! This is embarrassing…” He also reached out to Grimes via Twitter:
@Grimezsz I prefer Live to Tell. Also immaculate <3
— Ariel Pink (@arielxpink) October 14, 2014
[Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty.]