Onii-Chan@kbin.social 7 months ago
Early 30's here. I was at a small gathering my best mate put together about a year ago, and his 19 year old nephew was there. He expressed his interest in anime and we got chatting. While showing me some newer anime-related TikTok stuff (I have no social media myself and haven't really kept up with modern anime), I heard some fucking awesome 'aggressive trap' stuff and asked him who the artist was. It was Lil' Darkie and I was immediately hooked. I went down a rabbit hole searching his best stuff as well as other similar artists, and now have a huge playlist of great music I'd have never discovered on my own.
imo music discovery is a pretty organic process for most people. It's cultural and spreads via word of mouth. Chatting with younger people may be the best way to go, but understand that the youth rightfully don't want us in their spaces lmao
whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Honestly just keeping up with whatever social media is popular with young people is the best way to stay in touch with new music and pop culture.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Which I think is TikTok and I really don’t need that temptation of getting sucked into more short form videos. I lack the self control.
Perhaps I’ll take a look at kick as I’ve seen some other current trends getting traction on kick. Not necessarily legal but people doing shit like Squeeze Benz, swimming through traffic like a maniac.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
TikTok has already succumbed to the Olds invading.
That’s why I thought it was hilarious that the US government wants to “ban” TikTok after it’s on the decline with the youth. TikTok at this point is mainly millennials hanging out, trying to find what cool stuff the youth are into.
Wherever the cool kids are hanging out, by the time we find out about it, they’re mostly going to have moved on to something else.
whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
An alternative would be pop culture recaps on YouTube lol, I’ve done that during busy months sometimes. I’ve never heard of kick so maybe I’m not as caught up as I thought
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Hey, now I’m the teacher haha.
IronKrill@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Kick the streaming platform? All I know about Kick is the gambling, banned Twitch streamers, and the homophobic whackos like Adin Ross that seem to be supported by the platform. I am steering clear until they fix their reputation. If they fix it.