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Is the love song dying? Or has the definition broadened? The Pudding investigates.

Discussion  2 comments

Brian Pan Edited

I wish they would just say this is a cool visualization of how love songs have changed over the years (instead of making up Boomer Bob).

I'm not a Boomer, but if refuting him is their REAL aim, then all they showed is that if you water down the definition of a love song until it has no more meaning, then it's still alive and well?

I think it turned a cool visualization into an unsatisfying treatise for me.

Milosz F

Many classic love songs (Every Breath You Take by The Police) much like many classic rom coms (500 Days of Summer) are actually incredibly sexist and creepy.

I guess some people who grew up on them don’t see it that way and miss it?

I for one am relived to see the change with artists like Olivia Rodrigo, Lizzy McAlpine and maaany others reclaiming what’s rightfully theirs.

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