K so I feel like I can't just talk about Brian Sella throughout this entire book, so I'm gonna continue a rant I started with about music

( sorry I'm repeating myself, the beginning is all copy-pasted)

Some ppl don't like music just bc it's not mainstream. And the second ppl hear something that makes them think a little and question an aspect about their life they shoo it away and listen to music about money and butts. They're like "what? an actual meaningful and emotional song?! Oh god I can't handle that bye" and they say our music is shit bc it's insightful.

For example, my aunt won't listen to a song that makes her sad. If it's not happy she'll be like "oh this is so sappy" and change it. And one day I explained to her the appeal of sad music and she told me she got it. Like she used to listen to sad songs but she decided not to listen to smt that makes her sad bc she wants to be happy. Which makes sense but I don't think ignoring the problem will make it better. Like if a song makes u sad it's usually cuz u can relate to it. That's why I think listening to those songs is actually good for u cuz it helps sort out how ur feeling and it makes u feel understood. So if u avoid them ur just ignoring the problem and that gets u nowhere.

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A lot of people avoid music that is anywhere out if their comfort zone. If it doesn't sound EXACTLY LIKE EVERY OTHER SONG ON THE GOD DAMN PLANET they think it's bad just cuz it's different. And GOD FORBID you actually have to use your brain. It's like the second ppl have to think about the lyrics and not just the beat they automatically hate the song.

And as soon as a song is emotional in any way what so ever they act like it's a bad song. Like oh I'm sorry, did that song just make you feel something? Is it too real for u? Did it make you actually think about smt other then urself? My apologies.

And sometimes a song will talk about bullying or pollution or the government or smt else that's happening in the world and ppl say they don't like the song because they want to ignore the issue as if it'll just go away. We'll let me ask u something. If u decide not to think about depression and bullying and suicide, does it stop? Does everyone become happy again bc we chose to ignore the problem? . If u just ignore the fact that the world is being ruined by pollution, do all the trees grow back? Do all the animals come back to life? . If u just don't think about poverty, does everyone get paid a million dollars? . If u choose to hide ur feelings behind a song about sex and drugs, do those feelings go away? . A lot of songs try to spread awareness about different things and if we choose to ignore them we stay just as stupid and ignorant as we always have. And just cuz a problem doesn't affect us, that doesn't mean we should ignore it. So I'm sorry if that song made you cry but maybe it also opened your mind a little bit. Maybe it also educated you a tiny bit. And maybe it might help you out in a time where no one else but ur music understands.

So u can choose to stay ignorant to the world, but do tell me my music is shit. Do say it's "emo" bc it's trying to educate you about depression. Do say it's sappy because the lyrics sound like poetry instead of sounding like someone talking endlessly about butts, boobs and money. It's not my problem if you choose to ignore all of your own issues and listen to party music, but do not tell me that your taste in music is any better than mine because I chose not to be stupid.