• booty [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    i think it’s weird to know anything about the personality or personal life of a complete stranger whose music you like, yeah. i think it’s weird and creepy and im not a fan of it.

    i have people whose works of art i appreciate, but i dont know or want to know about their personal lives. they’re not my friends. theyre not my associates. they’re strangers who make things i enjoy. we dont have a relationship.

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      1 year ago

      i think it’s weird to know anything about the personality or personal life of a complete stranger whose music you like, yeah.

      What if the music is about their personal life?

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        1 year ago

        someone saying something in a song does not mean it’s literally a true fact about their life. the only way you learn that is if you go beyond the art

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      1 year ago

      they’re strangers who make things i enjoy. we dont have a relationship.

      This is the media equivalent of preferring DoorDash to eating at a restaurant. People should want to learn about an artist and the context behind the art they enjoy.

      Art is labor. It inherently facilitates a relationship between the audience and the artist. We ought to be able to learn about an artist and the context behind their art without forming some sort of unhealthy parasocial attachment, and if not, it is important to understand what’s preventing us from doing so.

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        I mean sure, if you say so, but I’m criticizing the parasocial attachment fundamentally, everybody else here is going way off the rails