blissblogger
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smells like teen dispirit
a lot of my kids's contemporaries are on meds
one place it comes through is in the Shout-lessness of contemporary pop music
lots of whispery and whiny vocals... that hallmark style of singing with the "broken vowels" and the wispy texture, it speaks to a fragility
see also the etherealized boy-men of mumble rap
the lack of confidence and generational uncertainty comes through at the level of texture and voice-production, even when the lyrics are saying something else
a lot of my kids's contemporaries are on meds
one place it comes through is in the Shout-lessness of contemporary pop music
lots of whispery and whiny vocals... that hallmark style of singing with the "broken vowels" and the wispy texture, it speaks to a fragility
see also the etherealized boy-men of mumble rap
the lack of confidence and generational uncertainty comes through at the level of texture and voice-production, even when the lyrics are saying something else