50 years from now if I could only use 5 songs during a 50 minute lecture to describe the 2010s, I would have to have Rihanna’s “We Found Love”, Beyonce’s “Formation”, Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off”, Bruno Mars’s “Uptown Funk” and Lady GaGa’s “Edge of Glory.” These artists have contributed to society in enormous ways with their music and advocacy.
Beyonce is widely referred to by her enormous fan base as Queen Bey, sometimes just Queen. Despite being very popular in the 2000s, her staying power allowed to dominate the 2010s as well. Beyonce has many iconic songs that could be shown that would do a decent job of showing what was popular in the 2010s. However, “Formation” released in 2016, represents the struggle between the Black community and the police. In the 2016 Superbowl, Beyonce performed this song and received very mixed reception. The police were offended, while most of the Black community cheered. This …show more content…
After becoming known as a country/pop artist, she successfully made the transition from country/pop to just pop. For many reasons, throughout her career Swift has been insulted and ridiculed for her actions. Even so she continued to persevere and make music. “Shake It Off” is definitely one of the songs you think about when Taylor Swift comes to mind whether it’s because you like the message of simply shaking off the hate or Swift intentionally dancing around the music video in a very awkward and self-ridiculing manner.
She is also part of the the feminist movement which definitely shows in “Shake It Off” where she sings about how people talk about how she does not fit into traditional standards for women because she has had multiple lovers, stays out later than what is acceptable. She tells other who experience this to simply “shake it off” and move on with their
Beyonce is widely referred to by her enormous fan base as Queen Bey, sometimes just Queen. Despite being very popular in the 2000s, her staying power allowed to dominate the 2010s as well. Beyonce has many iconic songs that could be shown that would do a decent job of showing what was popular in the 2010s. However, “Formation” released in 2016, represents the struggle between the Black community and the police. In the 2016 Superbowl, Beyonce performed this song and received very mixed reception. The police were offended, while most of the Black community cheered. This …show more content…
After becoming known as a country/pop artist, she successfully made the transition from country/pop to just pop. For many reasons, throughout her career Swift has been insulted and ridiculed for her actions. Even so she continued to persevere and make music. “Shake It Off” is definitely one of the songs you think about when Taylor Swift comes to mind whether it’s because you like the message of simply shaking off the hate or Swift intentionally dancing around the music video in a very awkward and self-ridiculing manner.
She is also part of the the feminist movement which definitely shows in “Shake It Off” where she sings about how people talk about how she does not fit into traditional standards for women because she has had multiple lovers, stays out later than what is acceptable. She tells other who experience this to simply “shake it off” and move on with their