CNN Is BIG MAD That Hit Song Of The Summer Is Wholesome… And Christian
Aren't these the same clowns who celebrated Cardi B's song about her explicit bodily functions?
They’re fine with profane and degrading. But a wholesome love song celebrating aspirations of marriage? Can’t have that.
If this is the attitude of our one-time cultural gatekeepers have toward love songs celebrating marriage, it it any wonder that marriage and birth rates have been in trouble?
CNN’s Scottie Andrew, whose bio describes her beat as “pop culture, LGBTQ life, internet ephemera and more stories about the way we live now” has looked at the top songs of summer, and she isn’t happy about what she sees there.
Instead of Brat Summer, or whatever trends she holds up as ideal, she’s ‘bummed’ about the top song on the charts, which is “Ordinary” by Alex Warren. If you’ve not yet heard it, here it is.
All in all, it’s a sweet song about boy meets girl, boy is smitten by the girl, boy pursues girl, they fall in love and make. a life together. For some reason, a reporter whose official beat includes ‘LGBTQ life’ has decided it’s worth her time and a column of digital ink to rage against a song celebrating faith and the elevation of traditional marriage.
The song may fall somewhere between ‘sweet’ and ‘beautiful’ for ordinary listeners, but she has other adjectives in mind.
Gone are the sweaty days when “Not Like Us” lit up parties nationwide, uniting Drake dissers everywhere. There are manchildren and daisies and animated anthems from “KPop Demon Hunters,” but nothing that’s made as big of a cultural dent as “Birds of a Feather” or anything from “Brat.”
There is no song of the summer this year. And if there is, it’s probably a bummer.
The top 10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 are occupied largely by downers. At No. 1, Alex Warren’s vaguely Christian ballad “Ordinary” is best suited for a quiet study session, not a raucous party. Morgan Wallen, fresh from God’s country, can’t feign enthusiasm on his recent half-baked singles. Even pop prince Justin Bieber is keeping it low-key on his new album, which relies on sparse, downbeat guitars. (This, coming from one of the men behind 2017’s song of the summer, “Despacito.”) —CNN
She’s got strong opinions about what ought to be popular. Maybe she’s forgotten that musicians make the songs they feel inspired to write… and audiences reward the ones they enjoy.
Critics like Scottie Andrews come along after important decisions about which songs are rewarded or panned have already been made, where neither group asked or required her opinion on the matter.
It’s still possible to enjoy the songs that did make the cut.
And if she pines for last year’s energy…? She can always call up her playlists from last summer, and pretend Kamala still has any hope in Hell of NOT getting laughed out of DC after 107 days.