I thought this was a great piece of writing but I’m also a little baffled that you consider Pink’s “cancellation” being entirely because of his politics when my assumption has always been that most people were more put off by the abuse allegations (true or not, the guy was still pushing 40 and dating a teenager) than the MAGA crap (we all have MAGA people in our lives, for the most part, and many of us can in fact accept it, I’d have to write off half my family and the people I grew up with if MAGA allegiance was this important). I think his framing of himself as a victim of political persecution is a psychological shell game to keep people off the abuse allegations, and that an article like this, which doesn’t even mention those allegations, is proof it worked. Also: A lot of people just had youthful dalliances with his music and essentially outgrew it? The stuff I listened to then… is not the stuff I necessarily want to listen to now. Is that cancellation? He’s an older guy now singing like a baby.
I’m gonna give it a listen. I can enjoy an artist’s work while not condoning all their views. Round and Round has always been on my driving playlist and is still one of my favorite 2010s songs. He’s a unique, mercurial figure.
I thought this was a great piece of writing but I’m also a little baffled that you consider Pink’s “cancellation” being entirely because of his politics when my assumption has always been that most people were more put off by the abuse allegations (true or not, the guy was still pushing 40 and dating a teenager) than the MAGA crap (we all have MAGA people in our lives, for the most part, and many of us can in fact accept it, I’d have to write off half my family and the people I grew up with if MAGA allegiance was this important). I think his framing of himself as a victim of political persecution is a psychological shell game to keep people off the abuse allegations, and that an article like this, which doesn’t even mention those allegations, is proof it worked. Also: A lot of people just had youthful dalliances with his music and essentially outgrew it? The stuff I listened to then… is not the stuff I necessarily want to listen to now. Is that cancellation? He’s an older guy now singing like a baby.
I’m gonna give it a listen. I can enjoy an artist’s work while not condoning all their views. Round and Round has always been on my driving playlist and is still one of my favorite 2010s songs. He’s a unique, mercurial figure.