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Bon Iver Wins Best Artist - The Internet goes WHO DA FUQ?

Bonny Bear trends on Twitter after winning Grammy. Has Bonny Bear gone mnstrm?

Last night, indie music made history again when Bon Iver won a Grammy during the mainstream telecast for 'Best New Artist.' However, the Grammys are not just an awards show where indie music fans can say 'indie music has arrived' while watching Nicki Minaj crucify herself on stage, having dry sex with the pope--the Grammys provide us with an opportunity to see 'our two Americas' [via social networks].

While white people often believe that they have created and curated the most authentic, 'connected', and relevant cultural experience, we can always see that there is a 'lower class' of society who aren't just 'poor', but more importantly, not connected to relevant indie buzzbands. Last night, Bonny Bear trended on Twitter. It seems as though the 'lower class' of social network users created an unintentional meme, trying to wrap their heads around Bon Iver, who looked like a lost Midwestern man.

Has Bonny Bear become an important part of society now that he has trended on Twitter?



'Who Be Dat Bonny Bear Ass Fool?' #BlackPplAndTweensWhoMakeThingsTrendOnTwitter


Are 'culturally relevant' ppl 'racist' for making fun of the second class citizens who don't overanalyze indie rock on a daily basis?
Does indie rock only appeal 2 white, affluent ppl?
Do white people think that they are s0oo0o much smarter than poor/black/colored ppl?
Did Bon Iver intentionally dress like a Mr. Holland's Opus-type music teacher who wanted to 'teach lamestream masses' about how they could learn to escape from their sad, sad lives by listening to serene-wave indie music?



Do u <3 the new buzz video by Bonnie Bear?



Source: http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2012/02/bonny-bear-trends-twitter-after-winning-grammy-has-bonny-bear-gone-mnstrm.html

WHO IS BON IVER TUMBLR - http://who-is-bon-iver.tumblr.com/

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brucelynn 14th-Feb-2012 04:58 am (UTC)
Who?
jjj 14th-Feb-2012 04:58 am (UTC)
who was arcade fire
honesttoblog 14th-Feb-2012 04:59 am (UTC)
who is the suburbs?
la_bandida 14th-Feb-2012 02:43 pm (UTC)
LOL. So true!
baboona 14th-Feb-2012 05:00 am (UTC)
arcade fries?
leviicorpus 14th-Feb-2012 05:11 am (UTC)
Who is RK Fire???
kapuki234 14th-Feb-2012 05:23 am (UTC)
why is the arcade on fire
camillesaens 14th-Feb-2012 05:32 am (UTC)
no that's the song, they are called the suburbs
honesttoblog 14th-Feb-2012 04:59 am (UTC)
its Arcade Fire all over again
stebo 14th-Feb-2012 05:55 am (UTC)
*facepalm*
rhapsodeeinblue 14th-Feb-2012 04:59 am (UTC)
lmao @ Bonny Bear
__likeamagazine 14th-Feb-2012 05:04 am (UTC)
Gotta be the cutest misheard name of all time. I'm loving this so much.
dazznorthman 14th-Feb-2012 06:31 am (UTC)
Oh My God, this was making my life on Twitter last night! The look on Tony Bennett's face is like 'who the fuck is this hipster door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman?'

Lolling forever at the wacky shit that trends on Twitter.
hera_bearrra 14th-Feb-2012 05:01 am (UTC)
My friend is so outraged about "Bonny Bear" but I think it's hilarious. And I'm a fan of Bon Iver.
myhipusername 14th-Feb-2012 05:01 am (UTC)
i loved his acceptance speech last night, it was adorable

so happy he won!
stonefox 14th-Feb-2012 05:01 am (UTC)
bahaha
goldengal1193 14th-Feb-2012 05:01 am (UTC)
I've been trying to figure out this whole "Bonny Bear" thing since like.....last night and I JUST GOT IT.




DYING.
rainfolds 14th-Feb-2012 06:02 pm (UTC)
I just got it like, just now. HAHA
baboona 14th-Feb-2012 05:01 am (UTC)
his music makes me laugh
etoile_amore 14th-Feb-2012 05:01 am (UTC)
bonny bear? dead.
78ml 14th-Feb-2012 05:01 am (UTC)


<3 Bonny Bear
fragileshadow 14th-Feb-2012 05:03 am (UTC)
I was just listening to this!
78ml 14th-Feb-2012 05:04 am (UTC)
masterpiece
yeezy 14th-Feb-2012 05:06 am (UTC)
i love it <3
andbetty 14th-Feb-2012 05:13 am (UTC)
best on the album. i could listen to this all day
bighype 14th-Feb-2012 05:16 am (UTC)
THIS SONG IS LIFE
amethystcitrine 14th-Feb-2012 05:28 am (UTC)
This song is so flawless <3
wits 14th-Feb-2012 05:39 am (UTC)
this song is so fucking flawless
megalixer 14th-Feb-2012 05:46 am (UTC)
flawless masterpiece; perfect creative union between geniuses, etc.
snnat17 14th-Feb-2012 06:02 am (UTC)
this song is flawfree and amazing
praise them both
rockpaperspray 14th-Feb-2012 06:29 am (UTC)
this song gives me so much life and soul <3
nicolesnitchie 14th-Feb-2012 07:01 am (UTC)
love this song. and this is how i found out about bon iver tbh.
aphrodite5239 14th-Feb-2012 08:05 am (UTC)
Bonny Bear is amazing. I got the chills when he performed this with kanye in last year's coachella
troy_macclure 14th-Feb-2012 12:56 pm (UTC)
devoid of imperfection
threeatatimejay 14th-Feb-2012 01:39 pm (UTC)
I feel like anyone who heard Kanye's new album should at least have the remotest idea who this guy is.

Do people just not believe in Google anymore?


iamalreadyinuse 14th-Feb-2012 02:23 pm (UTC)
this song was SO much better when it was just Bon Iver.
lovealwaysliana 14th-Feb-2012 05:02 am (UTC)
apparently they were on SNL. I don't remember cuz I mute like 95% of all musical guests on that show
carbons 14th-Feb-2012 05:04 am (UTC)
hahahahaha
fragileshadow 14th-Feb-2012 05:04 am (UTC)
lol
faithgrowsold 14th-Feb-2012 05:05 am (UTC)
Crying.
jennitarox 14th-Feb-2012 05:06 am (UTC)
haha
the_wolski 14th-Feb-2012 05:06 am (UTC)
omg lol
yeezy 14th-Feb-2012 05:06 am (UTC)
omg
thaliaanto 14th-Feb-2012 05:07 am (UTC)
lmaooo
allhopelost88 14th-Feb-2012 05:08 am (UTC)
lmao
ah_lurre 14th-Feb-2012 05:12 am (UTC)
Perfect!
leviicorpus 14th-Feb-2012 05:14 am (UTC)
lolololol
rainbowtomatoe 14th-Feb-2012 05:14 am (UTC)
LOLOLOL
kapuki234 14th-Feb-2012 05:24 am (UTC)
bonny bearing an arcade on fire in the suburbs
dazznorthman 14th-Feb-2012 06:34 am (UTC)
Nice,lol.
icangoforthat 14th-Feb-2012 05:40 am (UTC)
LMAO
suburban_war 14th-Feb-2012 05:51 am (UTC)
lmao
stokez 14th-Feb-2012 05:59 am (UTC)
LMAO album of the century.
pickledprose 14th-Feb-2012 06:24 am (UTC)
lol
purpleplague 14th-Feb-2012 07:40 am (UTC)
lmao
sorya86 14th-Feb-2012 08:04 am (UTC)
lol
aphrodite5239 14th-Feb-2012 08:05 am (UTC)
LMAO!
bienenkiste 14th-Feb-2012 12:25 pm (UTC)
LMAAAO
threeatatimejay 14th-Feb-2012 01:39 pm (UTC)
LMFAO.
minalskare 14th-Feb-2012 01:41 pm (UTC)
lol irl
allons_y42 14th-Feb-2012 05:02 am (UTC)
I love the band but I for one don't get how Bon Iver is a NEW artist. I've been listeing to For Emma Forever Ago for at least 3 years!

I guess I'm just more of a music hipster than I thought I was :/
sasandwich 14th-Feb-2012 05:04 am (UTC)
Yeah, it's like new to who? There always seems to be at least one nominee every year that has been around for ages.
eachtoeach 14th-Feb-2012 05:06 am (UTC)
yeah idgi either. he's been around for like 5+ years. "For Emma, Forever Ago" was released in '08.
con_clase 14th-Feb-2012 05:07 am (UTC)
THIS. I really don't understand how that happened but Lady Gaga wasn't eligible for that category in 2010 or w/e
guccipostagurl 14th-Feb-2012 08:02 am (UTC)
right?! their rules are so weird...
scotprincess 14th-Feb-2012 08:33 am (UTC)
Lady Gaga had been nominated for a grammy the year before thats why she wasn't eligible
fragileshadow 14th-Feb-2012 05:08 am (UTC)
Yeah, I don't understand how they were placed in that category.
__likeamagazine 14th-Feb-2012 05:09 am (UTC)
"New" has always been used crazy loosely in that category. I remember learning this in like 2000 when Kid Rock was nominated after having been a musician for 10 years or something like that.

I'm guessing it means new to mainstream success.
microminiscrew 14th-Feb-2012 05:10 am (UTC)
best new artist always has one or two that aren't actually new and not just at the grammys.
best new artist = we started paying attention to you this year, regardless of when you actually started
andbetty 14th-Feb-2012 05:14 am (UTC)
the new artist category always makes me laugh. i mean arcade fire were around since like 2002 right
distant_lines 14th-Feb-2012 05:15 am (UTC)
Thank you! That's what I've been saying this whole time.
intrinsicwords 14th-Feb-2012 05:16 am (UTC)
mte.
jeugd1 14th-Feb-2012 05:19 am (UTC)
yep, No Doubt hit mainstream in 1995 but they were nominated for best new artist in 1997 at the Grammys

Edited at 2012-02-14 05:19 am (UTC)
sonnie_skies 14th-Feb-2012 05:26 am (UTC)
One of my many issues with award shows: wonky category parameters.
quizblorg 14th-Feb-2012 05:26 am (UTC)
I didn't even realize that his new album was "bigger" than his debut. It feels like I heard more about the debut at the time than I heard about this one.
idle_nights 14th-Feb-2012 05:39 am (UTC)
Same here. It makes no sense.
megalixer 14th-Feb-2012 05:48 am (UTC)
mainstream success = 'new'
aka we don't gaf until you are somewhat famous
suburban_war 14th-Feb-2012 05:51 am (UTC)
definitely not a new artist
passions_voice 14th-Feb-2012 06:30 am (UTC)
I thought that, too. I love Bon Iver, but he is nowhere near a new artist. I said the same thing last year because they kept talking about how she performed at Obama's inauguration. Does anyone know how they define "new artist"?
psychoticstory 14th-Feb-2012 06:43 am (UTC)
I was confused by that too.
colorzplosion 14th-Feb-2012 06:43 am (UTC)
lol ikr? I don't understand when they start considering someone "new"
normalchick 14th-Feb-2012 07:33 am (UTC)
Grammys do that shit a lot with best new artist winners. Shelby Lynne won the award in 2001 but she had been around since 1989.
roseofjuly 14th-Feb-2012 07:40 am (UTC)
"For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist." Note that this is not necessarily the first album released by an artist.
starchain 14th-Feb-2012 10:07 am (UTC)
Esperanza Spalding had already published three albums before being nominated, I really don't understand this category.
bienenkiste 14th-Feb-2012 12:26 pm (UTC)
IKR
minalskare 14th-Feb-2012 01:42 pm (UTC)
yup
gangsterdorothy 14th-Feb-2012 02:11 pm (UTC)
me too. I played the shit out of For Emma Forever Ago for so long
sasandwich 14th-Feb-2012 05:02 am (UTC)
His acceptance speech was hilarious. He was so awkward and seemed like he didn't even want to be up there, but they ended up having to play the 'hurry the fuck up' music.
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