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Who is Andra Day? Well, Andra Day became popular in late 2012 due to her releasing covers on Youtube (Musictory). She is also a thirty-two-year-old contemporary singer and songwriter. Her music background is R&B and Retro-Soul. In her song; “Rise Up”, Andra uses metaphors, imagery, similes, and a little bit of first person perspective as if she is right there with someone obtaining obstacles. Andra also uses a tone of motivation during the song to get someone through the rough times. In the…

my people a culture I define as one of my own and it helps create a sense of belonging to my African culture. Listening to music my friends listen to and some of the mainstream and popular music help me understand their culture so I can connect with a bit more and gives me an idea of the culture that comes from popular artists. I tend to watch anime also which has a plethora of Japanese music which helps me understand the type of music and culture Japanese people enjoy and listen to. Overall…

According to Oxford dictionary, pop culture is defined as “ Modern popular culture transmitted via the mass media and aimed particularly at younger people”. Pop culture cultivates individuals’ problem-solving facilities that allows the progression of their growth and intelligence. In the article, “Brain Candy,” Malcolm Gladwell analyzes Stevens Johnson's perspective towards popular culture and its effects on intelligence. Johnson introduces more ways of getting “smart” in “Everything Bad is good…

Popular culture has become increasingly large with the creation of the internet and an increasing number of personal computers, so it only seems natural that pop culture would eventually be discussed in academia. Pop culture, specifically fantasy novels and movies, teach people a great deal about history, creation stories, and many other college and university focused topics. It also helps student facilitate their learning as they can discuss topics and concepts that are focused through their…

The Coldest Story Ever Told: Kanye West’s Undeniable Cultural Energy Kanye West, musician and artist, has optimized and originated many artistic styles that have led to current patterns in modern popular culture. West’s constant innovation in music and general reflection of the New School’s rejection of Old School ways has placed him the class of an icon among youths. In his three-decade span of activity in the music industry, West has evolved through eras of soul, electronic, alternative, and a…

Nostalgia occurs within many individuals, communities and overall American society. From reminiscing the King of Rock n Roll, Elvis Presley, or even childhood toys like the Cabbage Patch Kids of the 1980’s. Practically in American society, the desire to reconcile and remember past historical figures or life-changing events lead to the construct of memorials and monuments. Building monuments or memorials are for the soul purpose of commemorating a person or event. Groups or an agency, in charge…

democratic society. Because the cultural elements of the television entertainment, through language and image to make a fictional dream world. TV media become a pursuit of the rich leisure life, full of the pleasures of life catalyst, entertainment. Popular culture more and more replace classical culture. Television as entertainment media, it is our cultural transformation of the big stage entertainment. Resulting in a diverse values coexist and collide, cultivate people 's awareness of the…

Pop art is a visual art movement that emerged in the 1950’s. Pop art came out in Britain and The United States culture. The origin of the name “Pop art” is unknown but it’s often credited to a British art critic named “Lawrence Alloway”. In Lawrence Alloway’s essay titled “The Arts and Mass Media”, even though he would not exactly use the words “Pop” and “Art”, he was one of the high level critics to approve Pop Art as a legitimate art form. Characterized by bold, simple and everyday imagery and…

The new age of celebrity worshipping shows the negative impact and positive impact on social media. There’s nothing wrong with showing love to your favorite actress or singer but when it gets to the point of obsession that’s when we as a society needs to change the mindsets of the young generation. People who are overly obsesses with a particular favorite celebrity of theirs can sometimes end up having depression or even anxiety. There’s something good about showing love to your favorite actress…

Culture is based on the knowledge as well as the behavior of a particular group of people, defined through many different aspects such as: religion, cuisine, socials habits, music and last but not least through dance. Most of the countries nowadays had a large variety of nationalities within their population, the culture inside the country is influences by all the nationalities that form that country, therefore as the number of nationalities grows, so does the culture. The culture we are raised…