#but thats so frustrating. just a complete unwillingness to engage with like the basic tennents of what a piece of art is doing

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speaking of danger days, ive been reading a bunch of critical reviews/bad rym scores/blog posts about the response to dd (introducing a friend to it after we talked about bladerunner) and I find the just. complete inability to take the project as art engaged in meaning-building soooooo fascinating im not even mad. the second a synth is heard the entire effort is reduced to something lesser, only made with the intention of fun. even defenses of it refuse to take it seriously as like. a project which is using pop convention, form, sci-fi world-building, etc to commentate. or even that it is actually depressing lmao. but the narrative around an electronically minded followup to a magnum opus is basically "sell-out" catnip even if that makes literally zero sense/they scrapped an entire album before this project. people will simply create their own interpretation!

#obv within this space its much different #but the critical reception is just. its so indicative of the retrospctive analysis of emo tbh #which like refuses to acknowledge that these bands were being very delibrate and intentional and making clear creative choices #instead its reduced to like. angst music for teenagers. like parade stands out bc it is so dramatic and staged #but for a long time it got grouped into the same analysis its only recently i think thats changed among general public #but thats so frustrating. just a complete unwillingness to engage with like the basic tennents of what a piece of art is doing #stripes it of everything but either larger scene/industry mechanations OR the personal experience at the behest of craft. sucks! #my posts