loving how our culture still romanticizes substance abuse in music just as most of it glamorizes toxic relationships
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are you kidding me? music reflects reality, not the other way around. if ppl are drawn to lyrics that depict difficult lives, its because they see themselves in it, not because the artists are
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idk, music just reflects the phase the industry is in, isn't that right?
yeah no kidding i'm pretty sure the existential dread in every death metal song i've ever listened to is just coincidental to my depressing student loans
yes, exactly! that's why the music resonates so much.
If that's the case, then don't popular artists with "realistic" lyrics ever benefit from romanticizing or dramatizing those experiences for their audience?