{"id":17648,"date":"2020-01-10T13:29:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T18:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=17648"},"modified":"2020-06-01T15:37:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T19:37:04","slug":"music-matured-in-the-last-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/music-matured-in-the-last-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Matured In The Last Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of my favorite pastimes is listening to radio stations built on decades. Whether on Apple Music, Spotify or Pandora, I enjoy diving into songs of a certain era since it allows me to glimpse into what music shaped that. No truer has that been than listening to music from the 2000s and the 2010s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music, both as a medium and industry, has changed. Artists have found new ways to subvert their genres, no longer confined to the basic definitions of \u201cpop,\u201d \u201crock\u201d and \u201crap.\u201d Companies have found new ways to showcase music, with services like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2013\/feb\/24\/napster-music-free-file-sharing\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Napster<\/span><\/a> and (the lovably illegal) Limewire laying the foundation for Spotify and Apple Music. Lady Gaga is still Lady Gaga.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But even that has changed, to an extent. The Gaga of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fame, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with songs like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poker Face <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LoveGame, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has given rise to an Academy Award-winning actress and songwriter. The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyonc\u00e9<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Am&#8230;. Sasha Fierce <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">built the foundation for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lemonade. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mariah Carey\u2019s cultural dominance resulted in Ariana Grande.musi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the artists have grown, so have the genres they\u2019ve dwelled in. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taylor Swift managed to blend country and pop together through her <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> album, giving listeners a different sense of what the genre is capable of before abandoning it altogether in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1989. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through her debut album <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pure Heroine, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lorde changed the dynamics of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pop <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that allowed artists like Billie Eilish and Halsey to rise. Childish Gambino and Frank Ocean blended rap and R&amp;B in intimate ways, commenting on everything from society to love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s the messages that have empowered music the most, with more artists focusing on the themes of their music more so than their radio airplay. Gaga started the decade with the empowerment album <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born This Way, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">narrowing in on the idea of self-love and spurring a charitable foundation of the same name. Rap, long known for its vulgarity and explicit nature, dug deeper into the political discourse. Lizzo made her name in loving oneself and being comfortable in your body\u2014and that woodwind instruments can make a lasting impression at the top of the charts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s not to disregard who we lost. Artists like David Bowie (who passed only days after releasing his magnum opus <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blackstar<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), Prince and Lou Reed influenced music in different ways throughout their career, laying the foundation for newer artists to rise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The decade in music has staked itself as the true progression of the 21st century sound. With artists like Lady Gaga, Beyonc\u00e9, Ariana Grande and Childish Gambino, music has truly grown into something deeper than the onset of the decade made it appear.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite pastimes is listening to radio stations built on decades. Whether on Apple Music, Spotify or Pandora, I enjoy diving into songs of a certain era since it allows me to glimpse into what music shaped that. No truer has that been than listening to music from the 2000s and the 2010s. 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