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TikTok Killed the Video Star
People who make great art that moves the masses are not like you and I. They have a point of view, laser focus, a pinch of delusion, and a level of execution that is required to make something great and be able to sell it. Being guarded, playing it safe, and always being concerned with controlling the narrative just isn’t compelling anymore. Charli
... See moreTHE WAY WE CONSUME INFORMATION IS CHANGING
Unlike cable TV, platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Meta, and X offer real-time content and diverse formats. Some key shifts:
1. Sports events moving to streaming platforms
Traditional broadcast isn’t the default anymore. Platforms like Netflix, Prime Video, and Apple TV+ are acquiring live sports rights, giving
... See moreIt makes sense that norms are shifting in this direction as Gen Z’s influence spreads. Raised on social media, with access to once illicit bad-taste touchstones like Rocky Horror just a click away, they’ve largely replaced IRL subcultures with a constellation of aesthetics—cottagecore, dark academia, Y2K—to be performed, then discarded or demoted t... See more
time • Welcome to the Era of Unapologetic Bad Taste
What we’re dealing with is a full-blown cultural moment. The 20-year nostalgia cycle, climate-change nihilism, information saturation, streaming-era content overload, and our collective Long COVID of the soul have converged in a tidal wave of tackiness. What TikTok teens, white collar workers marooned in home offices, and the gatekept super-rich al... See more
judy berman • Welcome to the Era of Unapologetic Bad Taste
One of the more abstract but dire consequences of this streaming mentality is that we’ve started to treat art and culture like wallpaper. The rise of algorithmic curation and AI-generated content has sent this into overdrive: On Spotify, music is detached from its human creators and flattened into algorithmically-generated playlists with hashtag-ab
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