I was trying to figure out on Sunday night what part of culture the VMA’s was trying to represent.
I couldn’t figure it out. I gave up trying.
I thought maybe I’m just out of touch with popular music.
But….there are lots of new bands and artists who have hundreds of millions of streams and views and were not mentioned even once on Sunday night. Some artists you have heard of and some you haven’t. Artists selling out clubs, theaters and arenas. Artists that I listen to and you listen to.
I’m in touch. And you probably are too. Even if Miley and the shock brigade make us feel otherwise.
But even as I’m writing this I can’t help but feel something pretty distinct…
I feel like talking about the VMA’s a mere two days after they’ve aired, that I’m talking about old news.
All that flash, all those stars, all the money and bravado and possibilities and it already feels like old news. Soulless old news.
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