Yo. So today I heard another one of Taylor Swift's new songs, Blank Space, and it brings up some things I'd been thinking for a bit and something I wanted to post about.
Pop music is actually starting to have an actual conflict with the actions it endorses.
Blank Space is about another relationship and from first sight she knows he will probably turn out to be a mistake, it'll leave her breathless of go down in flames, she's insane for love and even though she knows it will probably leave scars she'll go for it with reckless youth and take it too far. The end of the video shows her ready to take on another relationship despite the extreme heartbreak she experienced just before. (http://youtu.be/e-ORhEE9VVg)
Another example is Sam Smith's Stay With Me. The song is about a one night stand and the emotional wreck it leaves him in. In the chorus he pleads "Oh won't you stay with me, cause you're all I need", even though "it's clear to see", "this ain't love". (http://youtu.be/pB-5XG-DbAA)
The other I had been thinking about recently is Sia's Chandelier. The song is about a desire for freedom and love, but the only way the world says girls can get it is by living a 'party girl' life of drinking and partying pushing her to the edge of life. The results of that partying life however are shame and winding up like a mess. "But I'm holding on for dear life. Won't look down, won't open my eyes. Keep my glass full untiil morning light. Cause I'm just holding of for tonight. Help me, I'm holding of for dear life" (http://youtu.be/2vjPBrBU-TM)
A friend of mine on facebook said they wished they had relationships with their crushes like Taylor Swift.
This makes me pretty sad about the state of our culture where we all hope for relationships even if we know they'll blow up. But I guess that's kinda what I do sometimes too is want what I know is bad for me.
Hmm. Guess we need to pray for God to work in our culture as well as in our own hearts by the Holy Spirit
Ttyl.
D.Fa
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