No, you're right, I feel bad about saying anything now. My taste has been shaped by society's superficial standards, as much as I hate to admit it.

I have enough people judging me based on the gender binary in my life; I don't need to be complaining about men who don't comply.

She didn't say it was appropriation by cover. She said it sucked.

I feel the need to clarify my opinion on this cover with the following self-description: I am a middle-aged white goth chick who is a fan of both Janelle Monae and Chvrches and...

That was awful!

I'ma let you finish, but this version of Pony is the best wide-eyed indie cover of all time. Complete with bindi, for extra problematic!

I just can't grok the CHVRCHES love. I like the instrumentation, but the lead vocalist's voice is really thin and ordinary in the recordings and really terrible here live.

This girl singing "Tightrope" is committing ongoing crimes against rhythm. Still not as bad as their cover of Whitney Houston's "It's Not Right but it's Okay". Which I won't link, because no one deserves to have their ears assaulted.

Yeah, I've never heard CHVRCHES before, and this didn't win me over at all. I love Janelle Monae for her energy, and this cover leeched all the joy out of the song.

And your body is very lovely and shapely and it's small in the small parts and big in the big parts and the only thing more glaringly obvious than that terrible Photoshop job is the fact that YOU SQUAT REAL HARD ALL THE TIME. It's fine. We know. You look great. We're proud of you. You don't have to trick us.

I'm sorry but they took a funktastic song and turned into a dirge.

It's a burn on her photoshopping skills. If you're going to be upset by anything, it should be tech-snark.

She's literally saying that if Kim was as skilled with photoshop as she is with making her body look good she'd be golden.

Yeah, I'm a bit skeptical of that trend as well although this one was perfectly lovely and approved so whatevs I guess. I want more slow jam versions of R&B songs, please.

God, Janelle always looks amazing and this video is no exception. Did you see the high necked sparkly number she had on?

Tightrope is my jam and nothing can compare- however- this slowed down cover made me think about the lyrics. So, good on you chvches. And obviously ms. Monae was supportive, so win.

Oh god, another precocious white "indie" band does a watered down and boring cover of an R&B song. Yaaaawwwn.

Yes, thank you! So boring! Not even a personalize version, just a drab, mopey version.

Janelle Monae is the coolest.

These indie bands have no imagination any more. They all sound like this