Realistically a lot of people really fucking enjoy it when a celebrity has an unfiltered social media presence and unapologetically expresses their personal brand. It balances out the bullshit PR-fuelled circle jerks to which we have become accustomed across ‘the media.’
This can be seen with the prevalence and popularity of the ‘twitter beef’ subgenre of shitty pop culture articles. Welcome, by the way.
Since her set at Splendour in the Grass this past weekend, Azealia Banks who has previously described ‘STRAYA as “notoriously racist” and implied that “gay men get a special pass to say misogynistic things simply because they like dick,” has hit the headlines by responding to a tweet by self-professed “shock jock” Paul ‘Browny’ Brown:
Hey everyone let’s say Congratulations to @AZEALIABANKS for completing her First Ever Full Australian Concert at @SITG.
Spewin I missed it.
— Browny (@brownypaul) July 27, 2015
What possible motivation could someone have for writing antagonistic tweets @AZEALIABANKS? It’s almost as if they expect her to respond angrily?
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@brownypaul @SITG because in all actuality. You guys are terrible crowds to play for. You’re violent and belligerent and I simply
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 27, 2015
@brownypaul @SITG will not put my safety at risk. I would’ve walked off stage had someone thrown something .
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 27, 2015
@brownypaul @SITG plus you guys are too far away and honestly, the show guarantees are never really worth the trip.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 27, 2015
@brownypaul @SITG but I love my fans and will do anything to make them happy. Sincerely, AB.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 27, 2015
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Man, @azealiabanks going the fuck in. You killed it but with that attitude don’t bother doing another show thanks. pic.twitter.com/CvFEsX6NXS
— NIC #wild KELLY (@nicwkelly) July 27, 2015
Idk but like don’t bite the hand that feeds you @AZEALIABANKS. Especially so aggressively.
— NIC #wild KELLY (@nicwkelly) July 27, 2015
Exactly @freakystyIey, I think @AZEALIABANKS thinks tacking a generic “love my fanz” on the end of a spree of vitriol is like a disclaimer
— NIC #wild KELLY (@nicwkelly) July 27, 2015
@nicwkelly do you get on stage or do anything beside blog about people who do?
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 27, 2015
NK vs Azealia is my new favourite Twitter beef of all time
— NIC #wild KELLY (@nicwkelly) July 27, 2015
@nicwkelly as if ur anyone who’s opinion I shld be worried about. Do u even have Money to pay Azealias fees? Are u a show promoter?
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 27, 2015
@nicwkelly these are big girl problems. Stay in your place.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 27, 2015
Do u even have Money to pay Azealias fees? Are u a show promoter?
— NIC #wild KELLY (@nicwkelly) July 27, 2015
@nicwkelly ugh. Fucking twinks. U make me sick.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 28, 2015
Azealia…breh.
@brownypaul y’all think you guys are so clever when you all have roommates and smell like dick cheese .
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 28, 2015
@brownypaul kiss my black ass.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 28, 2015
@bek_plats bitch, I have money. I can go to OZ whenever the fuck I want. Try again.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 28, 2015
@sitg plus I saw that shitty blurb u wrote about me in the artist book. It was obviously written by some divisive white person.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 28, 2015
@SITG all the things you could’ve written about me you chose that. … I don’t think I want to work with you all anymore.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 28, 2015
@SITG truly a waste of my fucking time. I don’t need to travel 24hrs to be disrespected.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 28, 2015
@brownypaul this is how Australian men turn up dead. Keep fucking around bitch. . .
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 28, 2015
If only the people involved had subsequent radio appearances promoting themselves and the ‘feud’ to which we could look for answers 
Dear Australia, I think I may be responsible for @AZEALIABANKS never coming back to our country.
You’re welcome!
#NotAHipster #SorryNotSorry
— Browny (@brownypaul) July 28, 2015
bitches are carving their entire careers out of these imaginary “feuds” with u @AZEALIABANKS ????????
— LOTTEY ROSE (@LotteyRoseLDN) July 28, 2015
Have you heard about this MASSIVE feud @AZEALIABANKS is having with her Aussie fans?
@nicwkelly is caught in the middle & talks next! ??
— 101.3 SeaFM (@SeaFM) July 28, 2015
So #AzealiaGate wasn’t the first viral story I’ve been involved in, @Kalm80 highlighted some of my best @the_bully http://t.co/yXQrPx3532
— Browny (@brownypaul) July 29, 2015
People will try to make me look bad by over-exaggerating everything I do but it doesn’t matter because I have gyoza and they are without.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 28, 2015
On whether Azealia had a point about the Splendour crowd, though:
I don’t know why anyone is complaining about @AZEALIABANKS‘ tweets about Aussie audiences. They are feral. She’s just being honest.
— Luke (@lukeyook) July 28, 2015
@AZEALIABANKS : you are violent and belligerent.
Australians: why say this we did nothing to you…
https://t.co/8IEFtMJtvn
— O–N (@scales_o) July 28, 2015
Banks has previously been pelted with bottles whilst on an Australian stage and, for anyone sadly not pinging their brains off at her Splendour gig, you will have seen that multiple water bottles were actually thrown in her direction throughout the course of the set. This time around she was obviously prepped and, whilst looking bloody ropeable for multiple seconds, she kept on going.
There is no side to take here, Azealia Banks is routinely offensive and no, Australian crowds are not ‘the worst in the world‘ but we certainly do not want to be known as the molls who can’t handle their piss and become absolute pests en masse so we probably need to take several seats and listen when people say that’s what we are.
