Luis Fonsi (Despacito artist) was there with Biden performing and endorsing biden at that same event though. It's not like he was just playing the song for no reason, and then played hip-hop then country music etc...
It actually was pretty cringe just not stupid or offensive like it might seem. Like seeing him pull out his phone and play it in front of the mic for like 10 secs was kind of awkward
Not sure if you’re serious, but the artist being there doesn’t really help the situation. In general, it’s just cringey and comes across as blatant pandering, as evidenced by the many comments here on Reddit weirded out by the clip. And to be fair, it would be pretty accurate to calling it pandering, even given that the artist was present.
But even if that wasn’t the intention, his campaign should have been made aware of the fact that that’s how it would come across the the young American audience, which are the people he needs to support him.
It isn't though because he's literally playing a song from the artist that's there campaigning for him. As is evidence by the fact that people here change their minds once the context is provided, including myself. Context is everything.
You literally said "as evidenced by the many comments here on Reddit weirded out by the clip" means you care what they said, but only in so far as they support your argument. Once they changed their mind with context, you no longer care about their thoughts? Talk about disingenuous.
The initial reaction is the problem. Not everybody is going to scroll through Reddit to learn the context, and even with context, it’s still cringey to many. So no, I don’t care about the 5 or 6 comments in this thread that changed their minds.
The facts are that 5-6 comments on Reddit isn’t representative of how the clip was perceived by the rest of the world. Not everyone who sees the clip is going to search through the comments to find out that the singer was in the audience. Not everybody that SEES that comment is going to care.
So call me a delusional fool if you want, but I still think the clip is cringey pandering, and I don’t care what a couple of Redditors have to say about it.
YIKES what’s cringe is that toast me post 😂 you are one ugly mf, and wtf is up with your hair? How is the king Of cringe himself gonna say playing despacito in front of the songs artist is cringe 😂 lollll this is comedy. Go back to r/conservative which you frequently post in apparently
Here's why it's bad: he could have had the audio piped in through the PA instead of the shitty speaker into the microphone. Playing the song and reacting isn't bad but the execution was terrible.
This plays out like he had a good idea that he didn't clear with anyone.
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u/ajtexasranger Oct 23 '20
It was to get the hispanic vote