psychojello:

I actually had a conversation with a friend about this recently, how a lot of “young people” these days, I guess because of social media and access to information about celebrities or whatever, have this lack of nuance in how they think about celebs.

It’s like someone fucks up once and it becomes “oh they’re a bad person, I can’t stan them anymore.” or they do one think one thing “I PERSONALLY DISAGREE WITH” or they didn’t react the way “I WANT THEM TO ACT.”

They’re either good or bad, problematic or perfect, they did one wrong thing in 1993 or 2015 and so therefore everything regarding their music and legacy isn’t worth exploring. I find that really strange and that kind of simplistic thinking really makes you miss out on a lot.

Like most historical figures were extremely fucked up, but does that mean we’re going to do away with learning about history? Idk I think it’s ok to want to appreciate certain aspects of someone’s career and legacy and a time in life where maybe you weren’t around but also understand yeah this person kind of sucked? This is how I feel about most of my faves.

Ikr, not everything has to be a deal-breaker. We all fuck up in one way or another, it’s inevitable for human beings – especially for artists who were around several decades ago when things were seen as acceptable that aren’t now. I’ve seen a lot of examples of this lately with the Queen guys, but it’s their reactions to past missteps that really endear them to me: Roger and his regret over the South Africa concerts, Brian’s embarrassment over the Fat Bottomed Girls video. People grow and change and learn. …If they’re smart, at least >.>