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I thought so too until I saw it
Once it’s up on streaming he said all proceeds will go to The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
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NGL I haven't heard about him in years since Thrift Shop.
Not sure who his target audience is.
He started touring again, has some bangers. I saw him in Minneapolis probably 6 months ago, and it reminded me of how much love he puts into his work.
Most genuine artist of my generation, much love to him.
Same Love is one or the best songs of all time. That's the main one I remember.
Not sure who his target audience is.
Seems pretty obvious. Its in the title of the song.
I liked Otherside (the Ryan Lewis remix version) back in the day. Vipassana (remixed version) and Wings were also pretty good. A lot of his stuff is a bit cheesy. I think this track is ok (seems a bit rushed out and flawed). I disagree with the strategy of not voting for Biden in the presidential election though. I think he's a sincere dude that just likes making tracks about his political beliefs, and possibly to "educate" his listeners with some songs.
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Brandon 2024. Fuck the republican traitor filth, fuck russia, fuck the useful idiots.
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I don't think I realized just how siloed lemmy.world was until I saw the comments here vs the reception on IG and my other platforms.
Y'all have a wildly different flavor.
True unpopular opinion: this song is absolute fire and Macklemore is one of the most genuine and loving artists of my generation.
It's honestly depressing. This is very easily the most right-wing/centrist social media site I use. I love the format of reddit, but hate the redditors. I thought Lemmy would be better but it's not. And it's not just that people disagree, they call everyone who disagrees a bot/troll/shill etc, and they freak out if you use swear words like.... it's the worst of tone-policing and performative liberalism all in one place.
I kinda want to start a ShitLemmySays lol, that was easily the best part of Reddit when they were active.
I want to believe it's partially to do with the election coming up in the US, but the early infighting cut pretty deep, I don't know that the political toxicity will ever completely go away.
Well keep in mind that a lot of Lemmy users (Lemmings? Lemmites? Lemmitors?) are from Reddit now. They are slightly more anticapitalist and anti-corporation, but otherwise, a lot of us are basically Redditors who took over this similar social media site.
i agree and like @archomrade i too have been depressed at the large number of center-right users on a platform built by tankies for all leftists.
as a fellow reddit refugee i've been wondering if the reddit refugees were the reason for it and, now that someone else agrees, i know i'm part of the problem.
I still think this place better than Reddit, though. I think a lot of the good users left, even if a majority weren't politically aligned with original Lemmy. I browse through Reddit front page links when I'm bored at work, but I rarely find good stuff in the comments like I used to. It's just mean and toxic, or vapid and pointless.
Lemmy is right wing/centrist? Lol in what world.
Lemmy is by far the most tankie social media site.
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This seems sussy. Half this person's posts are slams on Biden and there are comments like this song is "fire".
It is in fact not fire. It's edgy but the composition is lacking soul. It's just a convoluted, non provoking edge piece. I don't find it thought provoking or relatable. It's just a bunch of political references thrown together.
Just your opinion. I thought it was a great summary and relevant message with the recent protests, plus the very public message that he's not voting for Biden over this. If anything I'd call it a bit cheesy, but definitely not edgy. But Macklemore is a little cheesy so it works.
Not voting for Biden when the only other viable option is a fascist seems a bit like edge lord bullshit to me, but idk, maybe I'm out of touch with slang
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Track is 🔥.
I think it is a travesty our two party system has left voters with this the traumatic decision of supporting genocide or assisting a rise of authoritarianism. That is beyond fucked up. This is the quintessential Hobson's Choice. It's okay if people stay out of this vote, imo. It's not 2016. There are other world issues besides american freedom. And people are not bad people for being unable to support either side. No one is winning come November, no matter what. We're deciding who suffers.
This is not what society was for. We did not invent agriculture and schools and crawl out of the hellish nomadic life of our animalistic ancestors for THIS. This is all bad. What do we do???
I'm going to vote Biden. Lesser of two evils and all. NOT voting for either isn't going to make me feel like i sidestepped any responsibility for travesties. But i can completely understand wanting to obtstain this time around.
More like the decision of supporting genocide or supporting genocide and also an authoritarian regime led by morons.
No one is winning, but staying out of the election means you're ok risking the life of every woman, every trans person, every immigrant, and every person of color in the US. If Trump gets in, anyone who isn't a white, cishet, Christian man is at risk of violence or death.
I will be holding my nose to vote, I fucking hate Biden, but he's the only realistic chance we have at stopping homegrown genocide. If Trump gets in, I'm immediately looking for a way out before the gestapo can get to me.
That said, if we survive this election, we have to strategically topple the shit system that caused this scenario
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I'm with you like 80%.
I can't, with a straight face, say, it's okay if people stay out, but I can say I completely understand why they would.
I can't imagine hard it must be for uninformed people to figure out what's true at this point. I was able to do it, imo, during the early days of youtube when there wasn't nearly as much misinformation, or straight-up fascist propaganda like there is nowadays, flowing freely. Now, I legit don't think I could do it starting at 18 with the clear understanding that I was being lied to and misinformed by supposed experts - really just pundits on corporate media networks.
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