In the chorus she sings "If teardrops could be bottled There'd be swimming pools filled by models"
Which clearly means that if it was possible to commercialize and mass extract tears from models super rich would fill swimming pools with them and bathe in them for some weird supposed health and beauty benefits (like bathing in milk).
In the previous verse she also says "Kind of mood that you wish you could sell". I don't know where I'm going with this... just thought it was cool
It just means models are sad lol
There's many many very popular songs over the years that are kind of half assed critiques of capitalism but it's not really one of them except maybe in a very abstract sense.
I was mostly just joking, she even said in the interview that its about life of a model being more depressing and sad than it seems.
I just like the concept of the death of the author and looking for critic of the system where it was not necessarily intended.
Even with that in mind, this seems more like a critique of consumerism than capitalism. Closer to Adbusters than a discussion of who owns and controls the means of production. A lot of people get to the former without getting to the latter.
Yeah, you are correct, I didn't really thought it through, somehow I equated consumerism by super-wealthy to capitalism which is obviously wrong.
whoa whoa look guys i get that this exploitation cropped up as a result of capitalism, but is capitalism really to blame? :very-smart:
Unfortunately good culture doesn’t change anything. It simply is recuperative for capitalism.
idk, culture can cause a lot of "Fuck no not like that!" -energy. Something, something, capitalists will sell the rope. Just culture isn't enough, but it can be a spark I guess? I mean, if the consensus among normies is "we need to get rid of capitalism" they would be more likely to support action/revolutionary movements when it they happen.
Culture is downstream from material conditions. Go to any mall and see it.
Culture can have big impact even when it often is used to solely create profits, it car radicalize and make people question things they wouldn't even consider before.
Whenever I get a chance I watch Sorry to Bother you or David Lynch movies with people to try to radicalise them (with little success so far tbh lol)
I like it, but it's a pop song. It's engineered to mean pretty much whatever you want it to mean.
