Music & Drugs: Should We Really Meet Molly? It has become apparent that music and drugs have forged such a relationship that one cannot be found without the other and, as a result, a drug culture has formed around the music industry. As the decades passed and new music flourished, a new drug was also ushered in as a way to form a deeper bond with the new type of music. Today, the music industry continues to foster this deep relationship with the drug culture but since music has become so prevalent in society due to innovative ideas like MP3 downloadable files or devices that allow us to hear music on-the-go this drug culture is being engrained in the minds of the youth and leading them to believe that drugs are something positive and accepted
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Artists and their fan base form a type of connection because of what topics they choose to sing about. Today, like in every other generation, the artists are singing about the drugs that are prevalent in their lives and making them a part of our culture. Little do people notice how much impact this has on the audiences. The 60s saw the rise of psychedelics with big names like Pink Floyd and the Beatles, the 70s became the home of the cocaine culture and so on until today we have the cannabis and MDMA artists (Lombardi). When big music idols begin to incorporate these drugs into their music they are propagating the drug culture to their audience, suggesting it as something they should be doing. Last year at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida Madonna asked her fans “How many people in the crowd have seen Molly tonight?,” a popular phrase that refers to MDMA (McKay). Here is a woman in her sixties asking young adults if they have been using MDMA and endorsing the use of it. A woman like Madonna has earned prestige through her many awards and prominence over the decades. She is someone that our parents admire and whom the youth of this generation have probably been exposed to through our parents or her many hit singles that she has released. And here she is asking teenagers if they have done MDMA. This sends a negative message because if someone our parents look up to is supporting this drug, why shouldn’t we try it? One of the biggest names in the music industry that has caused much speculation in the past year is Miley Cyrus. Previously, Miley Cyrus doubled as Hannah Montana in her Disney television show and her singing was geared towards the younger audience that came with this Disney culture. In the recent year her style has shifted from children’s music to music aimed at the young adult group. Miley Cyrus now sings song about “dancing with Molly” and
Artists and their fan base form a type of connection because of what topics they choose to sing about. Today, like in every other generation, the artists are singing about the drugs that are prevalent in their lives and making them a part of our culture. Little do people notice how much impact this has on the audiences. The 60s saw the rise of psychedelics with big names like Pink Floyd and the Beatles, the 70s became the home of the cocaine culture and so on until today we have the cannabis and MDMA artists (Lombardi). When big music idols begin to incorporate these drugs into their music they are propagating the drug culture to their audience, suggesting it as something they should be doing. Last year at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida Madonna asked her fans “How many people in the crowd have seen Molly tonight?,” a popular phrase that refers to MDMA (McKay). Here is a woman in her sixties asking young adults if they have been using MDMA and endorsing the use of it. A woman like Madonna has earned prestige through her many awards and prominence over the decades. She is someone that our parents admire and whom the youth of this generation have probably been exposed to through our parents or her many hit singles that she has released. And here she is asking teenagers if they have done MDMA. This sends a negative message because if someone our parents look up to is supporting this drug, why shouldn’t we try it? One of the biggest names in the music industry that has caused much speculation in the past year is Miley Cyrus. Previously, Miley Cyrus doubled as Hannah Montana in her Disney television show and her singing was geared towards the younger audience that came with this Disney culture. In the recent year her style has shifted from children’s music to music aimed at the young adult group. Miley Cyrus now sings song about “dancing with Molly” and