Or what used to be considered adult contemporary before Lizzo was considered adult contemporary. 1:26 pm. stookyvookyosis Also, its important to point out that Lady Antebellum is not saying the trademark is theirs. White, a black woman, called the bands adoption of her long-standing name an example of pure privilege., The band sued White in 2020 after she rebuffed early requests for a settlement that both groups could use the name. I hope they lose all their money in court costs and never record music again. Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood formed Lady Antebellum in 2006, and say that they faced no opposition, including from White, when they registered Lady A as a trademark in 2010. How was Lady A ever a solution of any kind? This feels like a classic matter where lawyers on both sides got involved, started seeing dollar signs, and they will be the ones who will make out like bandits as the two parties get dragged through litigation. But both antebellum and dixie as terms have become more anodyne because they are more generic. June 16, 2020 / 7:20 PM / CBS News. 9:29 am. and the Mysterians! This was a gross mistake by the band and their management. Updated at 4:14 p.m. I cant express to you how difficult it would be for any band to just rebrand to a completely different name. Compelling people to read beyond a title and get the facts before judging is sage advice for any scenario, especially today when so many are looking to be outraged to fulfill their own desires for self-importance and moral superiority. jacob hatcher 8:55 am. July 11, 2020 @ And if they like Lady A better, more power to them. Whiskey_Pete But maybe Lady AA could be sponsored by Duracell..???? California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information, Lady Antebellum Changes Their Name, Apologizes for Making Anyone Feel 'Unsafe'. July 11, 2020 @ After the band participated in a Zoom call with the other Lady A, Anita White, they said, Today, we connected privately with the artist Lady A. Transparent, honest, and authentic conversations were had. Its a classic case of white wokenss and virtue signaling blowing up in their faces. Lets say the real Lady A loses this case in an all white setting in Nashville. White Woke Gone Wild is my new band name. July 9, 2020 @ July 9, 2020 @ I do find it kind of humorous how articles make the Anita Lady A out to be some revolutionary well known artist in her area when her monthly Spotify listeners before this was less than twenty, and before this went down she genuinely was getting about five or less likes on her Twitter posts. The headline from Rolling Stone was, quote, The Pandemic Is Still Killing People. WHY IS HE IN THE GROUP? You seem to see these kerfuffles and as existential threats to county music. Now that action has resulted in them publicly suing a well-respected black member of the music community and receiving a massive backlash for it. Perception is reality, trigger. 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. PAGOCK! All Rights Reserved. Martin Kurtz It was a have your cake and eat it too half measure. You do not NEED to register a trademark. Bill Scott from CGHR I had suggested on the Zoom call that they go by the Band Lady A, or Lady A the Band, and I could be Lady A the Artist, but they didnt want to do that., She said she had already felt the repercussions of the Grammy-winning country group adopting the name Lady A. Its okay to acknowledge our founding fathers did some really crappy things. :) Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. After much personal reflection, band discussion, prayer and many honest conversations with some of our closes black friends and colleagues, we have decided to drop the word antebellum from our name and move forward as Lady A, the nickname our fans gave us almost from the start.. Id rather not listen to Eye in the Sky. Creepy song. leaning into supporting and empowering our youth . The biggest issue I have with this is that country Lady A seemed to rush into this and not think at all about their name change, which is the exact OPPOSITE of why they said they were changing their name in the first place. Her lawyer, again if competent, knows theyre going to lose the dec action and this will bring them into a more realistic negotiation point. The poor guy on the left looks like he has had his head stuck in a glass pickle jar since 2008 and a fine steward of the earth just relieved him from his misery right before the picture was taken. Sidney Caesar The idea that they already informally went by Lady A isnt really an argument, because if youre sincerely trying to make a statement about racism, your focus shouldnt be on picking a name thats easy for the market to recognize out of the gate. But what I do think Shane said best was that most everyone on Twitter was reacting to a headline, which is exactly what we see with controversy after controversy these days, whether its big artists taking PPP money that is actually going to their workers, Chase Rice playing a Normal show to an enormous and a full audience of 4,000 people when it was less than 1/4 of that, or saying that Country music kicked Lil Nas X out of the genre when it was simply Billboard removing him from their charts with no input from the country community who ended up giving him a CMA Award. Chase Rice and Chris Janson played shows. Good intentions gone awry. The pandering is nauseating at this point. 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 Lady Antebellum changed its name to Lady A on Thursday in an effort to dissociate itself from the racist history of the pre-Civil War era. Once you yield to them, its never enough. July 9, 2020 @ Sorry, but not being discriminated based on the color of your skin is not a privilege, its a fundamental human right, and no amount of gaslighting by the Robin DiAngelos lunatics will change that. I have read that even the term master bedroom is now off limits. Actually sounds pretty awesome!!! Or in my case, I wasnt into country except for Johnny Cash, until one of my all time faves, Gwen Stefani, started to date Blake Shelton so I checked him out and moved forth from there. It finally went through and now Im just waiting until my July release to see if my single will be buried.. Heres is Lady Antebellums statement: Today we are sad to share that our sincere hope to join together with Anita White in unity and common purpose has ended. 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. Lady A (left) and Lady A (right). Their camp is trying to erase me, White claimed to Newsday on June 16th. July 11, 2020 @ They could have just changed it to Lady Belle (assuming thats available) and gone forth with life.. Period. Lady A chose the name after taking their original band photos in front of an antebellum-style house. Youre spot-on in calling out those fluff catchphrases. Theyre so cringey. If in fact Lady A was registered as a trademark by the former Lady Antebellum, and Lady A the artist didnt make any effort to secure or dispute the name, this gives all rights and protections to Lady Antebellum. Weve recognized since at least Shakespeares time that lawyers are parasites on society. Alysse GafkjenFrom left: Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum photographed on Oct. 18, 2019 at the Fairlane Hotel in Nashville.From now on, the country act will officially be known . Dove Shore*. In June, the country trio formerly known as Lady Antebellum . anna tweedy The road were heading down is going to be very precarious. Choosing the term themselves gets seen as reclaiming language and self-empowering if anybody bothers to think about it at all. But the fact that they have owned the trademark on Lady A specifically for 10 years, and Anita Carter is asking $10 million to resolve the dispute, and that theyre suing her for NOTHING aside for asking for fair, dual use of a trademark they already own, are definitely important points to underscore. 10:37 am, Lady America has a nice, patriotic vibe. The album covers and such havent been switched, but their actual name for everything else is changed to just Lady A. It wasnt even associated with the Civil War or ANYTHING to do with slavery until much later on and had been used for centuries. So yes mn, lawyer bad. But it could have just been a negotiating platform. If Lady Antebellum indeed trademarked Lady A in 2010 but DID NOT USE THAT TRADEMARK, she lost the rights to use that (Lady A) name. 2023 Cable News Network. 9:37 pm. With the Fugitive Slave Act in full swing, it was the zenith . 10:18 am, I just hope they get so much bad press they go away for good. True solutions require thought, due diligence and sensitivity. Lady Antebellum announced it had changed its name to Lady A on June 11 as part of its commitment to "examining our individual and collective impact and marking the necessary changes to practice antiracism." Antebellum refers to an era in the American south before the civil war when black people were held as slaves. And I can say that because I lived in the suburbs. At any rate, it doesnt matter what anyone thinks or says at this point. In failing to do so, the United States has failed to truly accept responsibility for its long-troubled track record with respect to race. Sydney Watson (@SydneyLWatson) June 11, 2020, MemphisFromZero (@MemphisFromZero) June 11, 2020. They already had the name Lady A trademarked and it was in common parlance. There was also a band named The Highwaymen before the famous The Highwaymen were formed. And does Lady A really think that suing a black woman over trying to change your name from a potentially racially-insensitive term is the way to get on the right side of this issue? Using A for Antebellum is akin to saying N-word, in that, we know what you mean and what its replacing. Lady Antebellum has changed its name to Lady A. history is now being revealed and many blacks are waking up , along with the Global population. trevistrat When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. Country band, Lady Antebellum has announced that they have officially changed their name to Lady A. This is a BETA experience. July 9, 2020 @ Antebellum is an umbrella term for elements of culture that existed in Southern states after the American Revolution, but before the Civil War. I feel sorry for the threesome. They are eliminating the South in order to be sensitive. Now, blindspots we didnt even know existed have been revealed., The band vowed that their name change is just the first of many steps they will take in a commitment to practice antiracism., We will continue to educate ourselves, have hard conversations and search the parts of our hearts that need pruning to grow into better humans, better neighbors, they wrote. 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 also dont believe for an instant that the members of Lady Antebellum are as woke as they claim to be or they would have relented the use of the name the moment they realized what they had done. Causing pain was never our hearts intention, but it doesnt change the fact that indeed, it did just that. Somebody, somewhere screwed up. Hes true to his origins. Find out more about how we use your information in our privacy policy and cookie policy. 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. They got caught up in the whole woke/white guilt bullshit, and it backfired on them big time. And the Nash white wokes like Shane McAnally is refusing too see the story here.. just the schematics. Maybe this is an effort by the original Lady A to receive reparations. So today, we speak up and make a change., NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 16: (L-R) Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood of Lady [+] Antebellum perform onstage during the 2019 CMT Artists of the Year at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on October 16, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. And no, trademarks are not an element of privilege. They are there in part to protect individuals like Anita White from getting taken advantage of from larger entities. Then she could be Woman A or Woman ? 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