This post is about contemporary pop music of which I hear plenty on the way to and from work. If you could care less about the music -- tune out now.
Little girls (teenage girls?), listen up! Here are some examples of songs that are total nonsense and you should delete them from your playlist:
Demi Lovato "In Case" -- no, do not wait around for anyone who left you on their own accord. Dump that dirty jacket and move on with your life. You are yet to meet 7bln people who may be more deserving.
Ariana Grande's "One Last Time" -- these lyrics should burn in hell. Do not ever turn this song on if you have a shred of self-respect. "Baby I don't care if you got her in your heart | All I really care is you wake up in my arms" -- really? Woman up, and let the other person be! They already moved on, so should you. And deal w/ the consequences of your own lies ("I was a liar"). And never do that thing you did wrong again. There, I fixed it for you.
On the other hand, these same artists have songs w/ a totally different attitude that I applaud:
Demi Lovato "Really Don't Care", "Firestater" -- these are good! There is no self-deprecation, no yearning for those who deserted, there's only jumping of the moving train (don't do this unless you know how to land well) and being a badass. Yeah!
Ariana Grande's "Break Free" -- I wish everyone had the ability / option to break free when they found themselves in a bad situation or relationship. "I don't wanna hear you lie tonight | Now that I've become who I really am" -- you go, girl, do what's right for you. Do not hang around liars or other people who hurt you or hold you back. You can do better. You will do better. Warning: the video is pretty goofy and you have to be ok w/ DJs and dancing on the bridge of a Star Trek starship.
Sia, "1000 Forms of Fear" album -- surprisingly, I am yet to find a song I do not like on this album. No self-deprecation, no whining, no holding onto the past. I've listened to it many times now, and it all rocks. At times dark, but solid.
Other recent artists w/ mostly acceptable lyrics: Daya, The Weekend, Adele (although I can not imagine her ever having an upbeat release, hehe).
Why did I write all this? Well, because so much of today's pop is such garbage and sends the wrong messages. A lot of stuff I hear on the radio is like this: you went to the club, I saw you, we went to my place, you have a nice bod, repeat. No substance, no dialogue, no clever rhymes, no moral questions the hero has to find answers to. And if my guess is correct, this is the stuff that filters down to kids and teenagers. So I want us to do better as humanity. Even "Be best" 😂. Now go and clean up your playlist.
Little girls (teenage girls?), listen up! Here are some examples of songs that are total nonsense and you should delete them from your playlist:
Demi Lovato "In Case" -- no, do not wait around for anyone who left you on their own accord. Dump that dirty jacket and move on with your life. You are yet to meet 7bln people who may be more deserving.
Ariana Grande's "One Last Time" -- these lyrics should burn in hell. Do not ever turn this song on if you have a shred of self-respect. "Baby I don't care if you got her in your heart | All I really care is you wake up in my arms" -- really? Woman up, and let the other person be! They already moved on, so should you. And deal w/ the consequences of your own lies ("I was a liar"). And never do that thing you did wrong again. There, I fixed it for you.
On the other hand, these same artists have songs w/ a totally different attitude that I applaud:
Demi Lovato "Really Don't Care", "Firestater" -- these are good! There is no self-deprecation, no yearning for those who deserted, there's only jumping of the moving train (don't do this unless you know how to land well) and being a badass. Yeah!
Ariana Grande's "Break Free" -- I wish everyone had the ability / option to break free when they found themselves in a bad situation or relationship. "I don't wanna hear you lie tonight | Now that I've become who I really am" -- you go, girl, do what's right for you. Do not hang around liars or other people who hurt you or hold you back. You can do better. You will do better. Warning: the video is pretty goofy and you have to be ok w/ DJs and dancing on the bridge of a Star Trek starship.
Sia, "1000 Forms of Fear" album -- surprisingly, I am yet to find a song I do not like on this album. No self-deprecation, no whining, no holding onto the past. I've listened to it many times now, and it all rocks. At times dark, but solid.
Other recent artists w/ mostly acceptable lyrics: Daya, The Weekend, Adele (although I can not imagine her ever having an upbeat release, hehe).
Why did I write all this? Well, because so much of today's pop is such garbage and sends the wrong messages. A lot of stuff I hear on the radio is like this: you went to the club, I saw you, we went to my place, you have a nice bod, repeat. No substance, no dialogue, no clever rhymes, no moral questions the hero has to find answers to. And if my guess is correct, this is the stuff that filters down to kids and teenagers. So I want us to do better as humanity. Even "Be best" 😂. Now go and clean up your playlist.
