We need to take this moment and ask ourselves what could we have done better and what must we change so we can do better in the future. This is the height of politically correct absurdity. 7:31 am. July 9, 2020 @ All Rights Reserved. July 9, 2020 @ Often such negotiations and legal briefings take months to hammer out, if not longer. Lady Antebellum has changed its name to Lady A. Clueless, innocent, and sheltered maybe They grew up in very white neighborhood. Once you yield to them, its never enough. The name change however will change Anita Whites life and career forever. Hopefully cooler heads will prevail and this will get resolved quickly. The dumb and dumber still do not even know where the stupid Racism Lady A is my brand, I've used it . I think Lady Anodyne would probably fit them the best because they strive to sound like inoffensive, new age pablum. It doesnt hurt the new Lady A at all and the original Lady A gets a little cash and free publicity. Another problem for Lady Antebellum: Lady A is not only a performer, she is a performer with a sense of activism . 1:52 pm. British indie label One Little Indian changed its name to One Little Indie, and electronic label Whities is now AD 93. July 9, 2020 @ 4:40 pm. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. The highest-grossing movie of Tarantino's career, Django Unchained was a refreshing Revisionist Western that explored the horrific racism and atrocities of the Antebellum South without holding . Heres a suggestion How about changing your name to Lady A-hole . Clueless, innocent, and sheltered maybe. I agree with a lot of that you are saying.. actually I agree completely with Lady Antebellum should fire their management team today. Lady Antebellum may no longer exist, but the band will play on with a new name, and perhaps even a new mindset that will make it more welcoming and inclusive than it was before. On Thursday, the Grammy award-winning country group formerly known as Lady Antebellum announced they would be changing their name . And while Americas musical lexicon is getting a millennial makeover, we might wanna renameDire Straits, which could make people feel insecure, andKISS, which may conjure thoughts of sexual harassment. As such, members Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and Dave Haywood have changed their name to Lady A. Perception is reality, trigger. But I do know that when somebody challenges your right to use a nameeven in a private letterit behooves you to go to court quickly to resolve the matter, lest they sue you first and allege that your breach was willful and that youve waived certain defenses. Country band, Lady Antebellum has announced that they have officially changed their name to Lady A. On Thursday, Grammy-winning country band Lady Antebellum formally changed its name to Lady A. Theyve owned the trademark on Lady A for 10 years. Lady A, formerly known as Lady Antebellum, jumped on social media on June 11, 2020 to explain why the country band changed its name. "There's a lot of funny [stuff] about it. But thats OK too. I am not able to name a single song of theirs, and Ive seen them twice in concert! In PC think The Chicks can call themselves whatever they want as long as they are not making fun of somebody with less perceived power. Anita White, a 61-year-old . Trust me, this writer is not very sympathetic to Lady Antebellum. DeAnna Lorraine (@DeAnna4Congress) June 11, 2020. I think in matters like these it is important for everyone to divest themselves in their personal taste in music and see the bigger picture. Carrie America (@carrieksada) June 11, 2020. "I first heard about Lady Antebellum's planned name change after they went public on June 11, 2020, at which point I was shocked and taken aback. I am in no way defending Lady Antebellum. Since then, the band has filed a lawsuit to secure rights to the name, which they claim has been a nickname of theirs throughout their career. July 9, 2020 @ thegentile (As two examples, after Kane Brown appeared on the BET Awards, I saw a lot of positive comments about checking out other Black country artists. July 11, 2020 @ @ Trigger Our next outward step will be a donation to the equal justice initiative through Ladyaid. trevistrat This is a classic example of virtual signaling and wokeness blowing up in their woke faces and Im laughing way too hard at this than I should. 1:15 pm. Lets say the real Lady A loses this case in an all white setting in Nashville. What do you think of the change? I love it when liberal idiots eat their own. Lady A started by changing their name to erase what some considered the racist connotations of "Antebellum" and to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. I think these political arguments are healthy and necessary. P.C. She had been performing under the name for roughly 20 years. And no, this has nothing to do with the Highwomen either. As an actual lawyer, while I dont appreciate the generalizations as we arent all blood-sucking parasites, I do think this Lady Antebellums legal team playing hardball as a reaction to a $10m demand. 4:13 pm. It doesnt make you too PC. Yes, this is how the media outside country music perceive this situation involving the dulcet and sanguine Lady A. What we can do is acknowledge it, turn from it and take action. A Warner Bros. 1:51 pm. Does anyone really believe these people are racist? [reminds self that goofy Pontoon song belongs to sound-alike band Little Big Town]. My suggestion is Lady Abolition (or is that a white savior connotation?). (Or in the modern parlance, dont gaslight me.) July 9, 2020 @ After much personal reflection, band discussion, prayer and many honest conversations with some of our closest black friends and colleagues, we have decided to drop the word antebellum from our name and move forward When we set out together almost 14 years ago, we named our band after the southern antebellum style home where we took our first photos. In reality, they just want a judge to say they can use the name too. July 9, 2020 @ There will not be a better comment on this story, period. I attempted to upload my single [on independent distribution service DistroKid] and couldnt verify my name, Lady A, for several days. 1:05 pm. Lady Antebellum should change her name to Lady Arrogant! The $10 million demand from Anita White is exorbitant and ludicrous. July 9, 2020 @ So today, we speak up and make a change. The trio, more likely their management and publicity team, really screwed up, and this whole thing is going to get uglier. The idea they have $10 million dollars just laying around because theyre a mainstream band is ludicrous. I hate to laugh at them but LOL. I dont think thats extortion, but it is the kind of bad faith platform that might compel the Lady Antebellum team to make the exceptional move of suing first, so they can set the narrative, choose the venue, etc. We are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused, Lady A say of the term Antebellum.. The answer: Antebellum means "before a war," and the term has been widely associated with the pre-Civil War period in the United States. July 10, 202012:31 PM. Your email address will not be published. WHY IS HE IN THE GROUP? I feel sad but my principles come first. :) They already had the name Lady A trademarked and it was in common parlance. Causing pain was never our hearts intention, but it doesnt change the fact that indeed, it did just that., Lady A also noted that many may wonder why it took them so long, [W]e can make no excuse for our lateness to this realization. We hope you will dig in and join us.", The members ofLady A Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and Dave Haywood pledged to continue educating themselves and to "search the parts of our hearts that need pruning to grow into better humans.". 12:04 pm. When they did it was ,as Rhiannon Giddens put it, cringe inducing. They just never read the room right in the first place. The lesson of this story is that if you choose a new band name make sure nobody else is using it first. This is a BETA experience. We are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused and for anyone who has felt unsafe, unseen or unvalued, the band wrote. In failing to do so, the United States has failed to truly accept responsibility for its long-troubled track record with respect to race. Even though the band are well-off, ten million dollars is ridiculous. Country When Country Wasn't Cool Come on. All they did was shorten their name!! "As a band, we have strived for our music to be a refugeinclusive of all," the band told its fans. I doubt 5% of either group could spell antebellum. 7:40 am, white privilege at its finestdoes not matter who is driving this lawsuitthe band members could shut it down, but again they are white, and from the south, which means not ready to let go of the racist art of stealing from black folks. Way to go Again, the lesson many will take from this issue is, Dont change your name at all. Lady Antebellum has screwed up on numerous points here, including suing Lady A the artist preemptively. "When we set out together almost 14 years ago . Lady A feat. And I can say that because I lived in the suburbs. Theyre will to share the trademark with Lady A the artist, who is asking an exorbitant amount of money from them. After there was no opposition filed by any person or entity, the application was officially registered by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on July 26, 2011. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. July 12, 2020 @ Hey Arnold As for the members of Lady Antebellum, they have the right to call themselves whatever they wish. Dont piss on my leg and tell me its raining. In a motion filed Monday in Nashville federal court, both the country trio and Anita White asked a federal judge to dismiss their dueling lawsuits permanently. 10:10 am. It wasnt even associated with the Civil War or ANYTHING to do with slavery until much later on and had been used for centuries. In this case it caused them a massive legal headache and much larger PR problem. The name itself, albeit stupid, did no real harm. "We've watched and listened more than ever these last few weeks, and our hearts have been stirred with conviction, our eyes opened wide to the injustices, inequality and biases Black women and men have always faced and continue to face everyday. July 9, 2020 @ Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. heartfelt message to social media on Thursday (June 11), explaining its realization that Antebellum is a reference to slavery in America. And frankly, I think if more details about that event were brought to light, people would be even more outraged. But a lot of the anger flowing towards the former Lady Antebellum over this issue is missing the forest for the trees, fueled once again by misleading headlines, and the mob not checking or reading the details. I agree that the optics are terrible on this, and realistically they probably werent on anyones radar to be cancelled because of their name. Fast forward to today, you have this fake white wokeness to mask their racist origins. 4:50 am. White said: It said that we would coexist and that they would use their best efforts to assist me on social media platforms, Amazon, iTunes, all that. July 9, 2020 @ Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox, A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry. Your email address will not be published. But what does that mean? Also, this matter is much bigger than the music, with implications of how this current racial reconciliation will continue to unfold. All rights reserved. Only 3 directions, North, East, West. Do they honestly believe theyve created a valid remedy by simply shortening it? 12:17 pm, Honestly Summers Eve is as good of a band name as Lady Antebellum, Goey agetter June 11, 2020, 10:28 AM PDT / Source: TODAY. Get the best of Fox News' entertainment coverage, right in your inbox. July 9, 2020 @ July 10, 2020 @ I hope the end game of the BLM movement is not intended to be black people cant ever get sued. Because to me the optics of altering ones behavior based on race/color is what we are fighting for in the first place. The dictionary definition of antebellum literally means "before the war," coming from the Latin phrase, ante bellum. The Grammy-winning vocal group filed the lawsuit Wednesday in federal court after negotiations with Anita White broke down in recent weeks. Big Machine has no interest in doing so. How many careers have been ruined because someone apologized when they should have said Fuck off, or not said anything at all? culture is p.c. Did you encounter any technical issues? This may feel unfair to Lady A the artist, but that is what these mechanisms are for, to protect artists from this very scenario. Can we just put an asterisk next to all band names created pre-2020 and move on with our day? Published Youre spot-on in calling out those fluff catchphrases. Theyre so cringey. Arthur :Lee Ivester For them, that could easily be their share of money or more from a tour after everyone else gets paid. Ill put it plain and simple Lady Antebellum was just a dopey name to begin with; there are more effective ways of conveying modern Southern sensibilities with deeply rooted music traditions. According to country Lady A, R&B Lady A wanted $10 million to relinquish her claims to the name. 1:49. July 9, 2020 @ June 16, 2020 / 7:20 PM / CBS News. Lady Antebellum decided to change their name in June after the death of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests (the word antebellum is used to refer to the period and architecture in the US . We hope you will dig in and join us.. Somebody, somewhere screwed up. Click Manage settings for more information and to manage your choices. Want to know what everyone in the music business is talking about. Problem solved. Billboard is a part of Penske Media Corporation. @collin But, ultimately, this is becoming another case of people not letting facts and logic get in the way of a good Tweet. Anything short of that, and they are equal to slave owners. Required fields are marked *, Notify me of follow-up comments via e-mail. The band continue to explain that while it realizes changing its name is just one step, there is more to be done. We are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused and for anyone who has felt unsafe, unseen or unvalued. Weve only taken the first small steps and will prioritize racial equality as a key pillar of the work of LadyAID, specifically leaning into supporting and empowering our youth. July 11, 2020 @ They should have changed their name to Lady Avacado. Yeah, you can always find a red rose on Twitter with an anime avatar whos Internet Mad because the term wristwatch is ableist or some other 14-year-old Tumblr BS, but come on. You Americans have the most dysfunctional and disgusting way of dealing with racism any country has. Dee Manning Or, when you give into the mob and still lose money, you might be a bleeding heart irrational pop country band. Were still committed to educating ourselves, our children and doing our part to fight for the racial justice so desperately needed in our country and around the world. I hear Alabama (the band) is considering changing its name to avoid any unintended association with Alabama (the state). You have to actively use your trademark, and you must issue cease and desist actions on others who are infringing on your trademark. This whole scenario is a spectacular example how of empty virtue signalling and phony wokeness does far more harm than good. 3:12 pm. In this rush to make things right, intuitive and creative thinking goes out the window and then you get this mess. 10:37 am, Lady America has a nice, patriotic vibe. 9:29 am. So today, we speak up and make a change. July 9, 2020 @ 11:31 am. Her loss. Wait, so the band who copied a song (without credit) from The Alan Parsons Project now wants to protect something of theirs? As I say explicitly in the article, Lady Antebellum should have checked to make sure there would have been no conflicts by changing to the name Lady A before they did so, and resolved any disputes before making the name public, especially since there was no major pressure to make the change at that time. Its like if NWA decides from henceforth that stood for Ns With Attitudes. July 9, 2020 @ I was excited to go to your show this year and now youve lost a fan for life. PBS . Internet and social media searches for Lady A, which had readily returned results for her music, were now dominated by references to Lady Antebellum. The cancel culture must not be fed. Im sure theres some second guessing going on now, but since theyve said they believe the name is problematic, you cant go back now. In a statement, the members of the country group said that representatives for White demanded a $10m [7.79m] payment. How about not being a pussy. Anita White has a prior art claim, but moral people would understand their move was a mistake and start over with the name search. Sports leagues such as the NFL and NASCAR are addressing past policies that were seen to prejudice Black people, and even leading media publications have been forced to apologize for their past actions. The term wasnt under fire until the band decided to make an issue of it. My sides hurt its so funny. Yippy Skippy! We felt we had been brought together for a reason and saw this as living out the calling that brought us to make this change in the first place. Mitch Callum But we are regretful and embarrassed to say that we did not take into account the associations that weigh down this word referring to the period of history before the civil war, which includes slavery. Thats all Shane McAnally was saying. John R Baker Dee Manning Stay in your Lane Their music has been extremely popular since they started up in 2006 and many a wedding and party has featured at least one of their . Maybe they could get their fans to come up with a totally new name for the band, and the winner wins a prize! Except for Need You Now which is a great song.) July 9, 2020 @ But if "country" music avoids being banned over the term's link to ideas of untoward nationalism, radio stations will no longer be playing music by hit group Lady Antebellum. Lady Antebellum was trying to do the right thing with the name change. Back in June, as the Black Lives Matter movement spread across the United States, Lady Antebellum announced that the've officially shortened their name to Lady A . Andrew Brown (@AndrewB66636244) June 11, 2020, So now were all suddenly offended by an ADJECTIVE?? And if they did, she could have claimed and proven use of the name well before the trademark application. June 11, 2020 9:54am. They should have remained silent, and if anyone came after them over the name (which likely would have never happened), simply explained how they came up with it and left it at that. Maybe Hillary and the Muppets should just be known as Summers Eve because of the giant douches they have become. 2023 Billboard Media, LLC. They are racists. Their management team royally fucked up by not checking more thoroughly before changing the name. 2023 Cable News Network. Alternately, they could have recognized the $10 mil as an opening salvo, countered with $2 and let the lawyers fight it out. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Nobody is immune from fitting current events into their own established narrative. And the burden of proof is NOT on the R&B Lady A to do a legal search to find that someone else has trademarked a name that the R&B Lady A has been ACTIVELY using. I have, and it says that names cannot be copyrighted..is this something totally different. Lady A, formerly known as Lady Antebellum, jumped on social media on June 11, 2020 to explain why the country band changed its name . So yes mn, lawyer bad. Lady Antebellum is NOT a big concern. Some on social media seemed opposed to the more modern moniker: Your move, @dixiechicks #WeHaveLostOurDamnMinds, John Ziegler (@Zigmanfreud) June 11, 2020. (REUTERS/Mike Blake), "Who knows what they'll have to figure out, but, God, what a mess in the aftermath of removing 'antebellum.'". Listeners will now be served a set of songs by someone known as "Lady A.". Or to be instructedas we were last week, that if you write something for a publication that subscribes to the A.P. His mic isnt on and they have a guitar player behind him. Videos by American Songwriter Videos by American Songwriter Originally named Lady . The Scott Borchetta Zoom Calls at Big Machine I imagine have been a scream this week, jacob hatcher I do not know. Lady Antebellum, which formed in 2006, said Thursday that it is changing its name to Lady A, a "nickname" used by fans for years, and admitted being "regretful and embarrassed" that it had failed . Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Dropsy! Lady Antebellum's name has been criticized more than once since it comes from the Antebellum period that came right before the Civil War, when slavery was still legal and the country had not yet been divided along the lines that would seek to tear it apart. Country band Lady Antebellum, which recently changed its name to Lady A, met with blues singer Lady A on Monday after news broke that there already was an artist with that name . In the statement that they posted online, the group explained both the origin of the name, and their decision to change it. But rebranding a band 14 years in has massive ramifications on things like radio play, tour draw, merch, etc. Exactly. Any time a single artist or entity in country music does something stupid, the ENTIRE GENRE gets blamed. I think it could very well be that they did a thorough check for any conflicts and Lady A the singer was so much not on the radar that it didnt come up. They could have just changed it to Lady Belle (assuming thats available) and gone forth with life. Lady Anti-Antebellum? Lady Antebellum, the trio who have topped the US country album charts five times, are to change their name to Lady A due to the slavery connotations held by the word "antebellum". Not that this means a whole lot legally, but Wikipedia page was created the and day this controversy broke, and at this point its impossible to determine what her online Etc presence was prior to all of this, but I would imagine it was nominal. They had one big song Need You Now 11 years ago, and since then have been propped up by radio play. But really though this cancel mob may seem like an on-line majority but in the real world I find these people to largely be cowards on the issues when asked directly about them in a nuanced way/, PennCentral Do you know when Greenpeace or a similar group shows a picture of some poor bear or raccoon who has had his head stuck in a discarded bottle? Lady Antebellum had no reason to change their name or apologize, but once you go grovelling on your knees, hat in hand, youre finished. The band Lady A concluded their statement with a commitment to educating ourselves, our children and doing our part to fight for the racial justice so desperately needed in our country and around the world. Its a negotiation between two parties. I feel sorry for the threesome. Its not a perfect solution, but its addressing the concern. This is a good point. It would be starting over from scratch. 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