Data from Spotify (an online music platform) shows that Gen Z’s most popular music searchterm is the word “sad.” What It Tells Us Today’s younger audiences have a few melancholy standout artists, spanning across all genres – Lana Del Rey, Drake, The 1975, Zach Bryan, Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus, and Taylor Swift, to name a few. Folk and country music have surged in popularity with younger...
Rest More…Quickly
At the beginning of this year, Miranda Larbi published an article titled: 2023 should be your year of rest and relaxation. Question – how’s that going for you? Several recent studies and a plethora of social media suggestions of ways to fall asleep quicker and stay asleep longer suggest that it isn’t the best. Statistically, only 65.2% of adults ages 18-60 actually hit the recommended amount of...
Digital trail or Digital Trouble
Our social media platforms are being inundated with younger and younger individuals sharing an almost predictable type of posts: Staged, altered, or faked “selfie” posts; Personal self-care routines, how to’s, or “story time” (put your finger down if you have ___ posts; Pure stupidity posts; Self-elevating posts. Nearly 80% of Generation Alfa (those who were born between 2010 and 2025) have...
Dolly…Dolly
On Thanksgiving Day, Dolly Parton (77) kicked off the 133rd annual Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign with a live performance at the halftime show of the Dallas Cowboys football game. To the views of the third largest TV audience in NFL regular-season history, Dolly Parton sang some of her must famous songs as well as some renditions of “We Are The Champions Of The World” and “We Will Rock You”...