Now I know I’m gonna get some weird looks for this, but the title is true. Cancel Culture has without a doubt intoxicated the music community. I can understand that some people need to be called out on whatever cruel things they’re doing, but the level that we’ve reached has negatively impacted our own minds. People are getting “canceled” every day now, and the result of that includes others being trashed upon for their innocent opinions and thoughts.
Social Media/Influential Figures with Cancel Culture
The biggest example of this is on Twitter. Oh boy, Twitter and cancel culture go together too well. A day can not go by on Twitter without stupid arguments being thrown around. Someone can say, “I think that music production freelancers are super underrated! I’ve commissioned a few and they’ve all exceeded my expectations!,” then someone else will say “No, they suck. If they’re so talented, then why are they just freelancers? They should get a real job,” then the first person will bicker about the last comment, and I think you can see how everything spirals from there. I love getting a good laugh out of these kinds of conversations. They remind me of how sensitive and petty many people have become.
I can name a few bigger influential figures in the music community outside of Twitter (I’m looking at you Cardi B, Tyler the Creator, and Nicki Minaj) whose actions have only fueled the fire by pretty much telling “haters” to shove off. Now that isn’t unusual, but if multiple government officials/organizations state that something a big figure did wasn’t right, then you can’t help but be a little suspicious.
I don’t wanna go on and on for too long, so I’ll keep this last bit short. It’s not just the music community on Twitter that needs to change, but everyone everywhere. The amount of toxicity from cancel culture I normally see within a day is staggering. The sooner we can fix this, the better off we’ll be.