“I’ll Never Love Again” has been insulted on this site by Lainey Lui multiple times now. Yesterday, she dared to call it “sh-t". That was the last straw. I refuse to stand by and let the most impressive song on the A Star Is Born soundtrack be disrespected like this.

Before I start my 6-part TED Talk on why “I’ll Never Love Again” is a f-cking great song, let me strengthen my argument with help from Lady Gaga herself and the一个明星诞生了Oscar campaign. On Friday, Gaga dropped the music video for “I’ll Never Love Again” which is basically a 4 minute and 52 second For Your Consideration ad. Plus, the three songs that Warner Bros. is officially submitting into the Best Original Song race are “Shallow,” “Always Remember Us This Way” and oh, LOOK it’s “I’ll Never Love Again.” Only two songs from one film can be nominated so the safe bets are “Shallow” and “I’ll Never Love Again.” Of course, “Shallow” is the frontrunner butas Jezebel pointed out，“我永远不会再爱”有很大的机会。为什么它在奥斯卡奖上射击？因为这是一首好歌。

In Lainey’s flimsy-at-best smear campaign against “I’ll Never Love Again,” she compared it to what she says is theworst song onThe Bodyguardsoundtrack。First of all, there are no bad songs onThe Bodyguardsoundtrack. Next case.

Lainey also claims that “I’ll Never Love Again” is forgettable and she and Duana even ganged up on me in our group chat last night to call it bland. “I’ll Never Love Again” is not a forgettable song. If “Shallow” wasn’t so catchy, it would be the most memorable song in the movie. As for longevity and a song that will hold up decades from now, I think “I’ll Never Love Again” even has the edge over “Shallow.” It gives Gaga the classic tearful performance moment that every great movie of this genre needs. There were audible sobs in my theatre during “I’ll Never Love Again” (not just mine) and before Lainey can say that the sobbing distracted us from a bad song, let me just say that a piece of music that can move an entire room of people to tears is not bland, DUANA. (Lainey: I wasn’t in that room.) I also listen to “I’ll Never Love Again” every morning while lip-synching in the mirror and even without the tears, it still slaps.

底线是:“我永远不会再爱”是一个伟大的阿宝wer ballad. It’s a throwback slow, emotional number that sounds like it should be from the early catalogue of pop diva greats like Whitney, Mariah, or Celine. It’s devastating, simple and powerful. It builds to the perfect crescendo. It uses Lady Gaga’s falsetto flawlessly. It’s also her best ballad to date. Come at me,Joannestans.

If there is any valid critique of “I’ll Never Love Again” it’s that it’s trying too hard to be “I Will Always Love You” but to me, that’s not a bad thing. In the attempt to recreate an iconic song, they stumbled onto another GREAT pop ballad. “I’ll Never Love Again” reminded me so much of Whitney, part of the reason I cried so hard the first time I saw it was because in that final scene of一个明星诞生了,I felt Whitney’s presence in Gaga’s voice. I felt her influence in Gaga’s vocal runs. The quiet confidence and emotion in Lady Gaga’s performance broke me. A GOOD SONG DOES THAT.

Let me also address Lainey’s point yesterday about “你为什么这么做？”，否则被称为“屁股歌”（莎拉特别喜欢这个昵称），以及如何通过杰克逊缅因州的眼睛描绘流行音乐一个明星诞生了。她是对的。我同意杰克逊是一个自命不凡的音乐势利小人，他的嫉妒，年龄和厌女症使他震惊了流行音乐的价值。这部电影对此没有足够的呼唤。具有讽刺意味的不是他为Ally创作了一首“ SH-T”歌，而是Ally拿出他的歌词并将其变成了流行歌曲。那就是胜利。用来 *剧透警报的歌曲 *记住杰克逊缅因州死亡实际上是他在生活中讨厌的事情 - 这是纯粹的流行音乐。

在奥斯卡之夜，我们知道至少一首来自一个明星诞生了soundtrack will be performed. I doubt Bradley Cooper is going to muster up the Jackson Maine courage to sing in front of his peers (especially when Ryan Gosling didn’t forLa La Land). So, the song that Gaga will use to silence a room of A-listers, and bring them to tears, is going to be “I’ll Never Love Again.” That is my official prediction.

Pray to Beyoncé that Team LG survives the long road to一个明星诞生了’s inevitable Best Original Song Oscar. I think we’re going to be fighting the whole way.