The tone and delivery of most YouTube essayists is sooooooooooooo didactic it's infuriating
they talk at you instead of allowing you to listen. Podcasts >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> YouTube
problem is too many YT essayists treat what they do like high-school debating instead of criticism, or an art form unto itself. They present conclusions they've come to, instead of taking you on a journey in real-time
Why am I thinking about this stuff so much? Well,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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I have never listened to Avril Lavigne's monster debut album Let Go.
so @punkgoespod bought me a brand new CD copy yesterday, and we're livetweeting my first listen starting... NOW
There are bigger albums I haven't heard, but none as significant to my generation... I know every radio hit and single cover, but never considered myself enough of a fan even to pirate it lol
but at this point, it'd be like me not knowing Hybrid Theory! sooooo let us begin!!
So I loved Taylor Swift's Miss Americana documentary, but I want to apologise for an article I wrote that appears in the film, and give context for its headline, which I did not write.
In July 2016, I wrote a piece for Noisey/VICE Australia about the Kim/Kanye/Taylor feud, in the wake of Kim leaking their "Famous" phone call on Snapchat. The popular opinion at the time was that Kim had "exposed" Taylor - but I didn't think Taylor had lied.
I wanted to deconstruct the pettiness of the celebrity-industrial complex, and offer a path forward for Taylor. Here's the contention of the piece (it's no wonder I'd later love Reputation):