Pitchfork Critizes Drake,Bieber, And More For Pandering To Working Class

[RAMROD 109,631]

Around this time last year, Drake and Future dropped in to tell us that life was good. Not life as obscenely rich celebrity rappers, that is, but life as garbage men, fast food workers, and mechanics. In the opening frames of the video for their single “Life Is Good,”

When the rich and famous were forced to shoot music videos and late-night appearances while quarantined at home last spring, it offered more candid views of larger-than-life stars. There they were, stuck inside just like us—but not really like us at all. In April, Drake resurfaced with the video for “Toosie Slide,” filmed within the walls of his overgrown Toronto mansion (or, as Drake calls it, “The Embassy”). In the clip, a masked and gloved Drake wanders the halls, sliding Toosie across gleaming marble floors, gazing at his polished trophies, and offering close views of his granite-lined indoor swimming pool. It all culminates with a private fireworks display, a celebration of solitary grandeur. 

 

Justin Bieber was another celebrity thoughtlessly flashing his affluence. In the spring, Bieber, his wife Hailey, and Kendall Jenner took part in an Instagram Live conversation touching on class discrepancy during the pandemic. “How blessed are we?” Bieber asked, his vaulted ceiling towering in the background, thinly acknowledging his absurd wealth. He quickly tempered the sentiment with a bootstrapper’s rationale: “A lot of people obviously in this time have a crappy situation. They look at us, and obviously, we worked hard for where we’re at, so it’s like we can’t feel bad for the things that we have.” It wasn’t entirely surprising to hear out-of-touch celebrities try to soothe each other about their ostentatious lifestyles, but the need to broadcast that discourse could be baffling. Amid record job loss, hearing millionaire child stars congratulate their own work ethic felt especially egregious.

 

During the last 10 months, celebrities didn’t just Zoom like us, get sick like us, and vote like us, they also ate like us—or so said their corporate partnerships. 

 

Of course, successful musicians have been dressing down as blue-collar characters for decades, and genres like folk and country have built empires around the aesthetic of mundane strife. But for every star that has used relatability as a ploy to appeal to the masses, there have been songwriters like Joan Baez, Stevie Wonder, and Bruce Springsteen, whose proletarian political leanings were reflected in the music they made and the actions they took outside of their own celebrity. That same distinction holds today: When people are losing their jobs, dodging a deadly virus, and anxiously awaiting stimulus checks, no one wants to see a wealthy pop star vacuously play plebeian.

 

Full article:

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/pop-stars-as-working-class-heroes-justin-bieber-drake-travis-scott/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

 

 

[RRR 3,996]

The writer sounds a little jealous

 

[Runway 27,876]

Drag them

[LOVE JUNKIE 3,299]

I mean it's about time. I'm not sure how bieber even has a career after 2020. Plus Drake's been fake since day one

[Phantomhive 2,030]

[littlepotter 75,147]

9 minutes ago, LadyGoo said:

The writer sounds a little jealous

 

[weed 73,872]

[gumzy3000 7,341]

It’s there money and life. They can do whatever they want with it as long as it’s not hurting anyone.

[LilMonst3r 5,536]

I do see what the writer means, Do something about the issues regarding wealth inequality. Especially during a time where its hard to find work that pays a livable wage. Yeah these celebs worked for their wealth but why boast that you have it and insinuate other people are not working enough. 

[KingRedd 3,139]

Bored writer... jealous writer... of course people with money and larger homes had it easier but does that negate being bored? I’ve stayed in a mansion for a week visiting a friend and we were out damn near 24 hours of the day because being home was boring. It’s all dependent on the person. This article is tired and I’m over people thinking they can tell “celebrities” how to live and what they can and cannot post on their socials... meanwhile this very man is probably hoping to become rich to sit across these celebs at parties and become a brand new person. Lmao 

[KingRedd 3,139]

12 minutes ago, myluis617 said:

I do see what the writer means, Do something about the issues regarding wealth inequality. Especially during a time where its hard to find work that pays a livable wage. Yeah these celebs worked for their wealth but why boast that you have it and insinuate other people are not working enough. 

Boasting about having money does not automatically insinuate people aren’t working hard enough. People just simply need to live their lives and not police the lives of random celebrities. Ignore them or move forward, but to complain every day about a celeb is tired to me at this point. Every day someone offended or mad at something lmao like where is the strength of mind these days? 

[Tinnitus15 51,579]

47 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

Around this time last year, Drake and Future dropped in to tell us that life was good. Not life as obscenely rich celebrity rappers, that is, but life as garbage men, fast food workers, and mechanics. In the opening frames of the video for their single “Life Is Good,”

When the rich and famous were forced to shoot music videos and late-night appearances while quarantined at home last spring, it offered more candid views of larger-than-life stars. There they were, stuck inside just like us—but not really like us at all. In April, Drake resurfaced with the video for “Toosie Slide,” filmed within the walls of his overgrown Toronto mansion (or, as Drake calls it, “The Embassy”). In the clip, a masked and gloved Drake wanders the halls, sliding Toosie across gleaming marble floors, gazing at his polished trophies, and offering close views of his granite-lined indoor swimming pool. It all culminates with a private fireworks display, a celebration of solitary grandeur. 

 

Justin Bieber was another celebrity thoughtlessly flashing his affluence. In the spring, Bieber, his wife Hailey, and Kendall Jenner took part in an Instagram Live conversation touching on class discrepancy during the pandemic. “How blessed are we?” Bieber asked, his vaulted ceiling towering in the background, thinly acknowledging his absurd wealth. He quickly tempered the sentiment with a bootstrapper’s rationale: “A lot of people obviously in this time have a crappy situation. They look at us, and obviously, we worked hard for where we’re at, so it’s like we can’t feel bad for the things that we have.” It wasn’t entirely surprising to hear out-of-touch celebrities try to soothe each other about their ostentatious lifestyles, but the need to broadcast that discourse could be baffling. Amid record job loss, hearing millionaire child stars congratulate their own work ethic felt especially egregious.

 

During the last 10 months, celebrities didn’t just Zoom like us, get sick like us, and vote like us, they also ate like us—or so said their corporate partnerships. 

 

Of course, successful musicians have been dressing down as blue-collar characters for decades, and genres like folk and country have built empires around the aesthetic of mundane strife. But for every star that has used relatability as a ploy to appeal to the masses, there have been songwriters like Joan Baez, Stevie Wonder, and Bruce Springsteen, whose proletarian political leanings were reflected in the music they made and the actions they took outside of their own celebrity. That same distinction holds today: When people are losing their jobs, dodging a deadly virus, and anxiously awaiting stimulus checks, no one wants to see a wealthy pop star vacuously play plebeian.

 

Full article:

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/pop-stars-as-working-class-heroes-justin-bieber-drake-travis-scott/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

 

 

[ALGAYDO 32,688]

7 minutes ago, KingRedd said:

Bored writer... jealous writer... of course people with money and larger homes had it easier but does that negate being bored? I’ve stayed in a mansion for a week visiting a friend and we were out damn near 24 hours of the day because being home was boring. It’s all dependent on the person. This article is tired and I’m over people thinking they can tell “celebrities” how to live and what they can and cannot post on their socials... meanwhile this very man is probably hoping to become rich to sit across these celebs at parties and become a brand new person. Lmao 

The bootlicking... LOL 

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53 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

“A lot of people obviously in this time have a crappy situation. They look at us, and obviously, we worked hard for where we’re at, so it’s like we can’t feel bad for the things that we have.”

Nobody said they should feel bad for their wealth, but to make the decision during a pandemic to flaunt your wealth is .... a choice

[Ronk 14,762]

I love how Gaga has been handling the pandemic.  The opposite of flaunting her wealth.  She's all-in trying to do what she can to help people.