Hear me out, the 2010s was an era of peak political pop music
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Credit: Valheria Rocha While popular music has gone through periods of heightened activism in the past, I don’t know that we’ve seen the level of political expression that permeates pop today. Hear me out. Sure, the 2010s might not have given us 1960s-level protests anthems, but speaking out on politics has become a basic job requirement for the modern pop star, as I wrote in June for Yello’s
Hear me out, the 2010s was an era of peak political pop music
Hear me out, the 2010s was an era of peak…
Hear me out, the 2010s was an era of peak political pop music
Credit: Valheria Rocha While popular music has gone through periods of heightened activism in the past, I don’t know that we’ve seen the level of political expression that permeates pop today. Hear me out. Sure, the 2010s might not have given us 1960s-level protests anthems, but speaking out on politics has become a basic job requirement for the modern pop star, as I wrote in June for Yello’s