Around 2013 Buzzfeed articles suddenly showed up everywhere on people’s timelines and it was infectious. Everyone wanted to read the fun articles with cute gifs to describe uncomfortable situations or taking a funny spin on the daily struggles people face. Around this time, they were at the top of their game- pushing their liberal agenda on everyone. It seemed like everyone assumed that the majority of the younger generation identified as liberal due to the reach of this website.
The main problem that comes up, is that this country is not primarily liberal. In the 2016 election, Donald Trump became president and he is one of the most conservative presidents to ever enter the white house. If all our social media was flooded with liberal ideas, how did we elect someone who was so conservative?
This is when the conspiracy comes in- Buzzfeed might be political propaganda to manipulate the citizens of this country. Think about it- before the election, I assumed that almost everyone in their 20s was a liberal and that we were all taking steps to creating a new future. When Bernie Sanders ran for president I thought he was going to win because his ideas fit with the majority of the population. What happened was the complete opposite. So if one of the internet’s biggest source of information is mostly liberal- how did we elect someone who is so conservative? Not to mention that he has been one of the most corrupt presidents of all time. It is such a contradiction that it would be stupid to not look into it further. By creating the idea in people’s heads that the country is liberal it makes them blind to the things that are going on behind the scenes.
So Buzzfeed is tailoring these people to have a certain image and have certain ideas to get their liberal agenda to their employees, which leaves them with almost no time to work on their own projects. It certainly seems like something is going on, and the fact that they try to change their worker’s core values are a red flag.
During the time in this political climate, we have to start questioning things. The government is starting to become increasingly more controlling, and Trump is being pretty shady for a president. We have to realize that the government does, in fact, lie to us and we have to start taking a different perspective on these issues before it’s too late.
When I listen to a song when it is first released, I can predict how well it is going to do commercially. What threw me off was a song that caught my attention around 2015. The song is entitled, “Riding Around” by Gucci Mane and Young Thug featuring Young La & DK. I listened to it on Spotify radio and thought it was a huge hit.
Listen to it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOc8jQdi4hw
With so many big names on the track and the call out of Miley Cyrus in the lyrics, I was sure that this song was going to get at least some radio play or be a song that is at least known in the rap community. I see so much creativity in this song. It doesn’t sound like a classic traditional rap song, but it isn’t necessarily trap either. There is no other song that sounds like this, which is hard to do in an industry where everything is just recycled over and over again.
Even two years after hearing this song, it still gets stuck in my head and I love showing the song to my friends. You can’t help but sing along and dance and it’s too creative to get no credit. Unfortunately, I don’t think this song will see the praise it deserves, but it will continue to be a great find.
I used to be an extreme fan of pop punk when I was in high school. I spent all my time going to shows and spent all my money at Hot Topic. I was a huge fan of the scene, that I let it take over my life. Just kidding, it wasn’t that deep, but I did spend all my time listening to these bands like Citizen, The Wonder Years, The Story of Far and many other artists that scream sung lyrics about the pains of growing up and heartbreak, along with other darker themes. The joy of this music is that it is not afraid to get vulnerable and the “angst” make for some really great music.
I haven’t been listening to the genre for quite some time now just simply because I grew out of the music and bands weren’t really releasing anything after 2015. I was surprised when I went on Spotify radio to find out that all my favorite bands were actually releasing music- I just wasn’t keeping up with them.
Also, I noticed that the bands have grown up too. They are no longer being extremely whiny and are focusing their lyrics more on the distaste in themselves, instead of primarily keeping to the theme of someone who broke their heart.
Here is some of the music I found when I was taking a trip down memory lane:
“Sister Cities” by The Wonder Years:
I am amazed by the talent from The Wonder Years. After their 2015 release, No Closer to Heaven I thought that was going to be the end for them. Their talent is unstoppable.
Citizen – “In the Middle of It All:”
Sorority Noise – “A Portrait Of:”
And here are some other songs I found that are a little outdated but still so good:
Sorority Noise – “Blonde Hair, Black Lungs:”
Wavves – “My Head Hurts:”
Bye guys, I’m going to go grab my eyeliner and buy a ticket to go these their shows.
Overall this lawsuit has been so confusing and attracted bad publicity for both the artists. I don’t get why they keep releasing different statements because I thought that Radiohead was pursuing the lawsuit. There is so much drama in Hollywood. I am glad that Lana gets to sing her song again because it was one of the highlights of her album. We can’t really un-hear the similarities in both their songs, so I wish that Radiohead would have won this lawsuit. I don’t think anything can take down Lana Del Rey that this point in her career.
Chance the Rapper has not been very happy recently. A lot of celebrities have made it their duty to use their platform for good. Chance recently called out Heineken for their apparently racist commercial.
The advertisement he is fighting against is Heineken’s campaign whos tagline is “Sometimes, lighter is better.” Chance told them that it was horribly racist.
He took to Twitter to call out the company for the racist ad:
I think some companies are purposely putting out noticably racist ads so they can get more views. And that shit racist/bogus so I guess I shouldn’t help by posting about it. But 😂 I gotta just say tho. The “sometimes lighter is better” Hienekin commercial is terribly racist omg
Im not saying boucott them or go off im just noticing how often it happens and I think they baiting consumers and tweeters and freelancers and shit. Like I didnt wanna tweet about it so bad 😂😂 but its like how can u not
The ad displays a bartender seeing a woman who is in need of a beer and then slides it over to her. Since the bottle is so light it slides past a couple of people until the tagline, “Sometimes, lighter is better.”
Honestly, I don’t know what is so racist about the ad besides the poorly worded phrase. The beer is a light beer and it is shown not carrying a lot of weight. The meaning is not racist and someone who is watching would never even question that implication. But hey, some people find it offensive but I don’t think it was meant to be taken this literally. We might just have to all calm down.
