Category: Music
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What Mitski Tells Us About Capitalism and Art
Read more: What Mitski Tells Us About Capitalism and ArtI cry at the start of every Mitski song / I guess cause I wish I was making things too. Yeah, I know, very meta of me to almost quote the beginning of the song, but that line never ceases to amaze me. Mitski is describing the thought most artists have: the realization that you…
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“One day we’re gonna get there”: Anitta and Brazilians reach top charts
Read more: “One day we’re gonna get there”: Anitta and Brazilians reach top chartsLarissa de Macedo Machado, popularly known by her artistic name – Anitta – is a well-known Brazilian singer. She started to engage herself in her music career at only seven years old, by singing at a catholic church choir in Rio de Janeiro. After posting a YouTube video in 2010, the singer was invited to…
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Olivia Rodrigo and the Beauty of Teen Music
Read more: Olivia Rodrigo and the Beauty of Teen MusicDespite how personal some popular music may feel, it is almost always a group effort. Large record labels have much invested in artists and won’t let them fumble around creating whatever they please. True, untouched, individual music, with a few exceptions, can only really be found on the fringes of the music industry’s fiscal scale.…
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The Problem With BTS’ Loss at the 2022 Grammys
Read more: The Problem With BTS’ Loss at the 2022 GrammysAfter being delayed due to Covid, Music’s Biggest Night was last week, though not as big as the name suggests. The 2022 Grammy Awards followed the trend seen with last year’s ceremony, receiving an average of 8.9M viewers – a pretty low number for an event of this scale. The night however, wasn’t free of…
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Roland Barthes, Kanye West and the Rebirth of the Author
Read more: Roland Barthes, Kanye West and the Rebirth of the AuthorIn 1967 Roland Barthes announced the death of the author in his essay of the same name, like Nietzsche had once announced the death of God. Barthes believed that the moment a work of art is sent out into the world, leaving the caring hands of its author, meaning springs from its interaction with the…
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