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Gossip scourge Perez Hilton’s foray into the music business is continuing full-speed ahead; over the weekend the Technicolor-haired argument against the Internet announced that he’d be putting on a branded tour called Perez Hilton Presents, which is taking place this fall and which will apparently include “the hottest acts on the planet—from all over the world!” (To be fair, some of Perez’s readers might not be all that sure what the word “planet” means.) Today Perez announced that one of the acts on the tour would be none other than the Idolator-beloved Norewgian singer Ida Maria. Which is kind of a bummer, for a lot of reasons!
Not only is attaching one’s brand to a wagon dragged along by Perez Freakin’ Hilton dubious for any performer, and even moreso for a performer who’s a bad-ass woman, it also can possibly result in blowback. Like the fact that the anonymous hordes who comment on the site are pretty much turning fully against Perezzers at this point, and are ready to pounce on anything that he throws his recently reduced weight behind. Like this bit of “critisism” from “Rarara”:
Awfulllll. If you want to do well in the music industry you have to slow down and really think about your decisions. I would never listen to this music, let alone buy any of it. So, its agreed. You will probably be paying people to go to your shows. Constructive critisism?
And another reaction, from the subtly named abullet4perez:
WOW! What COMPLETE garbage ! She SUX!
Meanwhile, there were other commenters who took the opportunity to trash both the band and the brand, like Wilisfitinyamouth:
WOW! Fucking terrible, like your site lately.
My reaction? It’s pretty much summed up by another anonymous commenter, xxNxx:
Ida Maria is great…..didn’t think she was this desperate tho
Yeah, for real. I mean, I know it’s hard to break in the States, especially for a woman who performs rock and roll, but attaching yourself to Perez Hilton at this point in time—post will.i.am slur, post-outing of his ghostwriters, post-maybe people realizing that he’s just a horrible person who needs to slither back into F-list obscurity ASAP–just seems like a bad idea. Ida Maria, you deserve so much better!
Perez Hilton Presents… [Perez Hilton]
Ida Maria [MySpace]
She’s grown on me quite a bit since I first heard her. But maybe she needs better management decisions?
She’ll be in Providence soon, and I’d consider going, except that she’s opening up for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones for whatever the hell reason.
Ida comes across very samey to me – but then we did have almost a year long campaign in the UK seemingly based on the Naked single which must have been re-released at least twice.
On the general point, Perez is as pleasant as a dose of plague. All the artists would be advised to avoid at all costs. Wonder how many of his showbiz friends deign to make an appearance (The Veronicas, Lady GaGa, Katy Perry, Mika)?
This kind of makes my heart hurt. Mostly because she was just here in LA, and I opted to not see her because she was opening for Glasvegas. Didn’t care about Glasvegas, and I didn’t want to see her do a 25 minute set to an indifferent audience. I’ll catch her the next time around, I thought.
What an epically bad call on my part. Boo.
Well, good luck to her…she will certainly get more “known” if that’s the objective. And while I’d love to see this venture of his fail miserably, but I am afraid his reach and influence will outweigh the long, long list of bad things about him, just purely by the fact that people read and repeat the crap that he prints like crazy.
@joshservo: I was at that show, after almost passing for the same reason. She played for a little under an hour, doing pretty much all the songs on her album, and was great despite being obviously drunk. I’d say that the audience was pretty into it too, much more so than for most opening acts. In fact, I heard a few people say they were leaving after her set, as they’d just come to see her.
@How do I say this…Throwdini!?!: Well, great. Now I feel much better about my decision.
While Perez generates a lot of awful bile in my throat (that is simply his function in this bastard world), if there is even the slightest chance that more people will listen to Ida because of this, more power to her.
Admittedly, I tend to engage selective memory when it comes to artists I like making possibly-bad decisions. A few months down the road, a conversation like this may transpire:
“Hey, Ida Maria’s doing that Perez Hilton tour.”
“What? You mean her album is still incredibly listenable and rocking one whole year after the fact? You’re damn right.”
Considering I heard “I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked” on Sirius/XM Hits 1 while perusing the other day, I’m not entirely surprised.
@joshservo: Ha, sorry about that. Not my intention.
@How do I say this…Throwdini!?!: I’m actually delighted to hear she kills live. I’ll see her on this next tour for sure, Perez be damned.
Is this sad? Absofuckinglutely. In fact, it’s theoretically possible that I wouldn’t see this show, regardless of price and other acts, simply because of his name being attached. (”Hey Mike, where ya going next week?” “The Perez Hilton Concert Xperience, natch!”) But with that said… Ida Maria is still god. I will be seeing her for the third time in ‘09 this week, and if I have a chance at a fourth concert, I’ll probably take it.
More:
“YOU OFFICALLY FUCKED HER CAREER I REALLY LIKED HER FOR AWHILE WHY DON’T YOU GET TALENTLESS PEOPLE LIKE LADY CACA LEAVE THE TALENTED PEOPLE ALONE CABRON PUTO.”
Well this blog sure as hell isn’t breaking her, what’s wrong with someone else trying?
@Weezy F Baby: u_u
Seriously though, I’m just wondering if the blowback/backlash will actually hurt her in the long run.
It looks like this tour also includes Ladyhawke. I really can’t miss Ida Maria and Ladyhawke together, but I’m not sure how I can justify either giving any money or publicity to a tour with Perez Hilton’s name attached to it.
Breaking news: Sleazy jerk with industry connections is a concert promoter. Musicians trying to make a living/start a career pretend to like him.