Pop Culture
Popular culture expresses the personality within the individual. We as people observe the actions of the environment around us through television, social media, and the behaviors of celebrities. A huge proponent within pop culture is the influence of music. I believe music influences our actions and how we see the society around us. Everyone has different taste in music and individuals are categorized to a general population that has people of the same interest. The more popular a song is, it will trend and our peers will jump on the band wagon and jam to the new song. For example, when the hit song “Watch Me” by Silento came out, I would see multiple videos on YouTube and Facebook of people trying to “whip” and “nae nae”. When you think of
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Many popular songs we listen to today define our actions and thinking. According to Kevin Liljequist’s article Does Music Influence Human Behavior, he provides scientific studies that music typically with violent lyrics will generally cause the listeners to behave in a violent manner. Also those who are constantly listening to explicit lyrics will alter their vocabulary to be more slang, aggressive, or unprofessional. For example, referring to a heavy metal/rock music, people tend be more violent because the lyrics may promote violence. I have seen videos of live heavy metal concerts and people would dance in “mosh pits”, where they would violently throw each other’s bodies around in a circle hitting and pushing people around them. On another note, from a different genre of music involving the rave scene has influenced individuals to result in doing drugs while listening to the music. Referring to Shelby Merten’s article Along Came Molly: Rave Culture Sparks Drug Popularity, she states that Molly, which is another form of ecstasy, has been on the rise and popular in rave and club music/ culture because it enhances the experience of the music through hallucinogenic effects. I have experienced seeing Blink 182 which is a rock band and I have attended many raves in the past few years, and I have observed many people’s behaviors around me. Although not everyone is a proponent to bad behavior due to specific genres of music, it is still relevant and an issue that needs to be resolved. Not trying to categorize any music because I love listening to all sorts of genres, but every genre has their own culture and scene, which may influence individuals to behave in atrocious
Many popular songs we listen to today define our actions and thinking. According to Kevin Liljequist’s article Does Music Influence Human Behavior, he provides scientific studies that music typically with violent lyrics will generally cause the listeners to behave in a violent manner. Also those who are constantly listening to explicit lyrics will alter their vocabulary to be more slang, aggressive, or unprofessional. For example, referring to a heavy metal/rock music, people tend be more violent because the lyrics may promote violence. I have seen videos of live heavy metal concerts and people would dance in “mosh pits”, where they would violently throw each other’s bodies around in a circle hitting and pushing people around them. On another note, from a different genre of music involving the rave scene has influenced individuals to result in doing drugs while listening to the music. Referring to Shelby Merten’s article Along Came Molly: Rave Culture Sparks Drug Popularity, she states that Molly, which is another form of ecstasy, has been on the rise and popular in rave and club music/ culture because it enhances the experience of the music through hallucinogenic effects. I have experienced seeing Blink 182 which is a rock band and I have attended many raves in the past few years, and I have observed many people’s behaviors around me. Although not everyone is a proponent to bad behavior due to specific genres of music, it is still relevant and an issue that needs to be resolved. Not trying to categorize any music because I love listening to all sorts of genres, but every genre has their own culture and scene, which may influence individuals to behave in atrocious