Does success attract criticism?
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- čas přidán 31. 12. 2023
- Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, and Kanye West are some of the most successful and celebrated musicians of the past decade. But despite the praise, they are also amongst the most criticized. Is there something inherently wrong with these artist to warrant the hate? Or is it more about us, and the intricacies of human nature?
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I pretty much stopped viewing comment sections because everyone is constantly insulting each other and saying very snarky mean stuff. It’s actually making me dislike our society and culture as a whole I just need to limit my social media and stick to positive stuff.
You are right man. Everyone is so judgmental and vicious on social media it is getting bad
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you have such a nice way about you and a unique perspective on the world. I’m glad you’re back, and you should do more video essays!
Spencer, your channel is an incredible breath of fresh air. Love your content man. Keep up the Amazing work!!
I'm so happy I found your channel.
You are correct in saying that we all have some sort of resentment for some famous person or persons. But why troll them and tell them and the world that we resent them? We have no idea how much we can hurt people. The tongue is still the most dangerous weapon, but now we have social media to drive the sword even further into someone. The biggest problem is that even though we recognise the problem, we do nothing about it because it is our nature...and we are not willing to change! However, a riplle starts will a little pebble. Can we be that pebble?
I hope so. Hate (and negativity in general) sucks and it can be really tough to deal with and I don't think people realize the consequences of their words sometimes.
I agree with you, 100% and I think that social media should not allow anonymous comments.
everyone has become accustomed to being made to feel important and entitled... we can literally yell out in the air and our smart speaker will hear our demands and just about anything will be hand delivered to our door... we're asked to review pretty much everything at every turn
I agree with you but will also add it's not just music or successful people in general... people have become conditioned to complain and that their opinions matter WAY MORE than they really do!
Nice vid Spencer!
I only disagree with the argument that all hated people are successful, I think haters hate both successful and unsuccessful people alike, but, of course, only the famous hated people are, well, famous lol
But still there might be truth to some haters being a bit more prone to hate on famous people out of envy 🤷
There's a valid distinction between 'hate' and valid criticism. I do agree with you, that a lot of people seem to think that they will somehow get taller if others fall over. I don't have much to say about Taylor Swifts music - I haven't heard much of it - but I do respect her achievements. Likewise for many of the other artists mentioned.
Anyway. My two cents. Happy new year.
In my youth I've gotten a lot of "but it's so old" for listening to The Beatles. I was 10-12 years at that point, and everyone in my class for some reason criticized me for it. What I did in return was being super annoyed whenever they talked about their own music.
I think that the one thing keeping the "this and that artist sucks" alive, is that people still think that music is a competition, and some music is somehow inferior to other. And that is only encouraged by the success of some popular musicians like Justin Bieber, because people that don't like the music don't think he'd deserve the attention for it, because for them, it's subjectively worse than what they listen to.
I think we need more people to just enjoy what they are doing instead of looking what success others have with what they're doing. And not only in music, but in all forms of art and things that inspire us.
Lots of those things you've said in your video, but it's really important for me to just write them out, because you definitely got me thinking about them.
Thanks for all the inspiring content, hope you have a good start into 2024
Thank you so much for providing your insight and support. It means a lot. Happy new year!
I feel like this statement "if you have a lot of haters, you're doing something right" is kinda dangerous, putting Kanye West's face in the thumbnail.. He may be doing something right (grabbing our attention), but so do lots of other very dangerous people. I guess you also just put him there for the click, just saying. I get the jealousy part though, everybody has those feelings. Heck I'm even jealous of you for being mentally able to do this youtube thing on a regular basis, while I'm not, though I could technically make similar videos skillwise. But some people grow up to feel happy for others and their success and some sadly never get to learn that. Thanks for a thinker of a video. I'm a fan of your videos and I kind of see myself in them, which I guess is a good thing, since you've got your target group down. Happy new year and good luck to you!
You pretty much summed it up pretty good on this one, I start hating when an artist I like when they are everywhere, for me it's more about hate of the industry , that's the part of me that really likes Radiohead for what they do live, they never play creep, because radio and the industry and commercials play that one song like it's the only song that group ever wrote, as for being old, and listening to modern music, so much of it is not very creativity written, that's why I started listening to your music stuff, because you do some good song writing, hope this answers some of your questions
I guess that younger music can make you feel old, but I think we tend to hate new music because it takes adults more time to adjust. Like most changes are to us, I presume.
Definitely true. A lot of the music I "hated" 15 years ago I love now. It's like once I finally accepted it and learned to like it- it's outdated.
Social media comments are up there with botnets and terrorist recruiters on the list of "worst things about the internet." I'm happy to see the folks commenting on your videos have all seemed pretty nice so far, but if your channel keeps growing, the haters will show up sooner or later. Just remember what you said in this video, when that day comes.
Will do! Thanks for watching and providing your perspective. It helps the algorithm and means a lot.
I was confused (and kind of creeped out, TBH) by the inclusions of Trump, Elon Musk and Kanye West. I think very few of us who oppose Trump hate him because we envy his success. We hate him because we think he's a dangerous lunatic. We hate him because of all the harm he caused while in office, and because of all the racist things he's said, and because he's on tape bragging about assaulting women, and... so, so many reasons that have nothing to do with his business success. Musk is another one where people hate the obnoxious things he says and does, way more than they envy him. I think people gave West a free pass for a long time because they liked his music, but then he kept going off on these horrifying, antisemitic rants. He eventually drove his fans away with that stuff. I think there's an interesting discussion to be had about mostly harmless mediocrities like Nickleback and Justin Bieber and whether they deserve the endless hate they get, but I think you really muddy the waters by including actual fascists. Bieber is just a goofy pop star, but Trump is something else entirely.
Spencer - I believe on this issue, you've got the tail wagging the dog. It's not "success" that brings on the 'hate'. Success is merely the magnifying glass that appears to amplify the 'hate'. For every example of 'success-hate", there are hundreds of examples of success that most everyone loves. It's not the notoriety - it's the person and what they stand for. Oh - I can hear it now - I'm being judgmental. Guess what? We are ALL judgemental. We just call it "out" because we don't agree with the judgement itself. Judgement is how we choose everything in life - from our life-partner, to a bunch of bananas in a grocery store. Success does not attract haters. Do some people detest success? Yes - that's their own psychosis. We cannot bundle all people into one category. Some people will dislike "successful" people - and for very logical reasons - BUT, it's not the success, it's the personality.
Definitely an interesting take and a lot of good points! And you are 100% about all of us being judgmental. We all judge everything we see, and it cracks me up when people claim otherwise. To 'Judge' has a negative connotation but a lot of time it's positive. If I go to a restaurant and order the steak, that means I judged the steak as being the best looking thing on the menu. When I proposed to my wife, I was making a judgment that she was worth spending the rest of my life with. Without judgement, nothing would happen.
Well, I like Taylor. I don't mind Bieber. But Kanye I really just dislike because he seems like a terrible human. I don't even know any of his songs. Just... The stuff he pulls. Jeez.
I think it's a kind of law of nature, you really have to earn your haters 😂 and if you've got a bunch full you know you've made it
Bro so upset you didn't finish with a song about this issue lmao
This video sucks !! just kidding - Happy new year !
You stole my line, sir. 😂😂