You heard it here first: you should only fear the market once it becomes a bazinga-imperative robot god. Before then, lazy women keep the worst excesses of the market in check, which Grimes claims is a good if temporary thing... i think? morshupls

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      I feel the same way about Grimes that I do about Kanye West: I didn't like the music to begin with, liked the message/themes of the music even less, and yet there was a great fandom wall of "this is a tormented genius, separate art from artist" immediately erected once they got their cryptofash on.

      • peeonyou [he/him]
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        1 month ago

        I've never understood the fascination with Kanye West. I knew so many people who just thought he was an absolute genius. The same goes with Taylor Swift.
        I feel a bit like a contrarian in that I tend to avoid anyone that large numbers of people call a genius in the music world.

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
          hexagon
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          1 month ago

          I've never understood the fascination with Kanye West. I knew so many people who just thought he was an absolute genius.

          I got pushback everywhere, including on this site, during my early attempts to criticize him. He was literally announcing he was a god even at the time, but tormented artist this and separate art from artist that. nyet