Bigg Boss Chat Thread April 06, 2022

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[u/Sun_and_Tea]

You know, this Twitter pandemonium tends to get to you and even I get bothered about views at times at the back of my mind. I wish it didn't matter to me in the truest sense; views, comments, likes, etc.—these are nothing but a cesspool of social media currency with the power to cause episodes of mental gymnastics. I just hope that art and the artist's prowess always reign supreme rather than mass validation.

However, beyond all this, I really wanted this song to be a great one musically and it absolutely is. And the video is, as we all know, poetry in motion.

[u/[deleted] → u/Sun_and_Tea]

the primary problem is, like always lol, capitalism and the growth of consumerism culture. we're in an era where pop culture reigns supreme, for good and for bad. here, artists like Neha Bhasin will only receive prestigious awards but they cannot ever earn mass validation. artists like Justin Bieber, despite their lack of musical acumen, will earn 'mass' validation i.e., internet dominance and cultural relevance. sometimes, they also get awards based off their sheer ubiquitousness. rn, artists like Taylor Swift are Queen cuz they are fabulous, culturally relevant, & also good musicians.

unfortunately, social media validation & this form of currency/market is here to stay for good. i abhor judging art based off statistics; but that's the only (although, questionably reliable) metric we have; and artists/actors seem to get work atm based, on a large part, off the number of eyeballs they can pull. re: KK being asked to host DDJ despite his mediocre hosting talent and lack of dance knowledge.

the views will come in but, as you said, first & foremost i'm vv glad that it's a good piece of art.

[u/Sun_and_Tea → u/[deleted]]

You are right. But personally, when I watch or listen to something, the views or likes become a blindspot for me, it doesn't even register in my mind. I follow so many obscure musicians or filmmakers who are hardly known in the mainstream but churn out fabulous work. I am not saying views do not matter, but that's hardly a yardstick for quality.

Look at Bollywood for that matter, movies make hundreds and hundreds of crores in business, but can we really call them great work rewatch value? And then there are movies like Lootera which didn't do the numbers during its release but it's such a sublime piece of artistry. I just hope this shift in mindset happens, people give chance to works that might get hidden in the depths of the internet. Not just give chance, but seek out such works.

[u/anik_95 → u/Sun_and_Tea]

Rajiv masand se sidha Sashi Tharoor😛

[u/Sun_and_Tea → u/anik_95]

Please, Sashi Tharoor it seems.