People Are Having A Big Ol’ Sook Over Beyoncé’s 1st Entry In The Hottest 100

Wrong. You could not be more wrong. The Hottest 100 is actually a mechanism through which people prosecute their baffling musical grievances and create their own gerrymandered definition of what constitutes deserving ‘alternative music’.

Beyoncé – who put out a cracker of an album in Lemonade this year – was destined to make her first appearance on the Hottest 100. She’s likely going to have a couple more entries this arvo, but Hold Up came in at #66.

#66 @Beyonce – ‘Hold Up’ #Hottest100 pic.twitter.com/QyTnSPTELz

— triple j (@triplej) January 26, 2017

Aaaand cue people being mad as hell. This isn’t right! This isn’t real music! Kanye is fine, but Lemonade is not!

@triplej @Beyonce in the #Hottest100 …never would’ve happened 15 years ago

— Amber (@amber_wallace75) January 26, 2017

Kanye & Beyoncé in the #Hottest100 – not good, @triplej… Go sit in the corner, listen to the ’96 count, and think about what you’ve done!

— Jamie Mitchell (@JMitchSport) January 26, 2017

Beyoncé in the #hottest100? Australia, I’m not angry, I’m just disappointed

— JohnGunders (@JohnGunders) January 26, 2017

Since when did triple J play Beyoncé?? That’s so much more worse than Taylor #Hottest100

— RockChick (@sandraboo72) January 26, 2017

Also this bloke who reckons Beyoncé hitting the Hottest 100 is somehow the result of the same chain of events that put Trump into the presidency, which I guess is a take:

#hottest100 #triplejhottest100 Trump voted in now Beyoncé in the 100, the world has truly gone mad! Your votes count people!

— Brillo (@brillo_au) January 26, 2017

Things on Facebook are just as confronting. I repeat: the situation on Facebook has become dangerous and unsustainable.

Y’know guys, Kanye made it to number 13 with Gold Digger back in 2005. That was 12 years ago.

Ahh well. Lets see what the second half brings.