Be it for the nice, dangerous, ugly, or downright stunning, 2022 was stuffed with memorable moments!
Now, because the 12 months attracts to a detailed, That Grape Juice is reflecting on the events that rocked – and to a point perhaps even reshaped – the City and Pop cultural panorama as we all know it.
Subsequent, we’ll revisit how 2022 grew to become Macy Grey‘s most controversial 12 months but.
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Though her 3x Platinum debut studio album, ‘On How Life Is‘ (1999), might have signaled that Macy Grey was set to be a power to be reckoned with on charts, the 9 initiatives that succeeded it over the next 20 years all did not match its vital and business acclaim.
Hoping for a profession ‘reset,’ the 55-year-old aptly christened her first new LP of the last decade, ‘The Reset,’ and was set to launch it in summer time 2022.
This, after kicking off the 12 months with essentially the most press she’d garnered in years in response to a polarizing efficiency of the U.S. nationwide anthem on the 2022 NBA All-Star Sport.
The unconventional NBA displaying courted blended reactions, with some complaining she “sounded drunk” whereas others in contrast it to Fergie‘s epic ‘Star Spangled Banner’ butchering on the identical platform years prior.
Headlines swirled round LeBron James seemingly holding in laughter from listening to Grey’s distinctive tackle the historic tune. He would later make clear it was all a misunderstanding, nonetheless.
As hoopla from the efficiency cooled within the months that adopted, a rebounding Macy appeared poised to capitalize on the heightened press by redirecting consideration to her forthcoming album.
That was, till she took to ‘Piers Morgan’ only one month forward of the challenge’s slated August launch to subject a damning assertion about gender identification.
Macy Grey: ‘Simply As a result of You Go Change Your Elements Doesn’t Make You A Girl’
Revealing she believed being a lady requires being born with “boobs” and a “vagina,” she went on to say, “Simply since you go change your components doesn’t make you a lady.”
The backlash was seismic and led to unceremonious criticism on social media from LGBT organizations, supporters, allies, fellow celebrities, and former followers.
Macy Grey Says Her Transphobic Feedback Had been ‘Grossly Misunderstood’ As Backlash Continues
As soon as the uproar reached a feverish pitch (and even included threats to her security), she defended her preliminary assertion by suggesting it was taken out of context. That did not cease the critics from lambasting the ‘I Attempt’ singer, nonetheless. And whereas some celebrities like J.Ok, Rowling and others tried to come to her help, the harm was carried out.
Grey finally opted to push her ‘Reset’ album to 2023, and issued an apology to the LGBT group.
