For my last blog on violence, I’ve decided to carry on with my music related theme. I’ve prepared some songs that I think in some way can be related to violence. The playlist I’ve curated follows some songs that have similar themes. We start with racial violence (XXX, Black, This is America, etc.), then onContinue reading “Violent Sounds”
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Dave performs ‘Black’ at the BRITs
As the first single from his debut studio album Psychodrama, Black serves an unapologetic love letter to the rapper’s black inheritance. Black is angry. Black is celebratory. The song explores blackness in all its glory and its tragedy. The song starts with ‘Look, black is beautiful, black is excellent / Black is pain, black isContinue reading “Dave performs ‘Black’ at the BRITs”
Meet Me In The Pit: Violence at Gigs
A crowd of people forms an empty circle in the middle. A pit of bodies. They chant in rhythm, ritualistically. The energy is high. Human sacrifices enter the ring. They will be the first victims in the human arena. All at once, the crowd surges, bodies colliding into each other, falling to the ground, trampledContinue reading “Meet Me In The Pit: Violence at Gigs”
Chloe Robbins 