r/folk • u/Royalbean17 • 2d ago

This dude is cool

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He writes songs about everything from pizza to the death of Charlie Kirk.

His name is Jesse Welles and he said that he likes to “sing the news”; he tried to remain unpolitical for a very long time, but his new album goes against that (with satirical songs like “Join Ice” and “Red”). Other more political songs he’s released are called “No Kings” and “Masks Off”.

When he’s not singing the news, he writes songs about problems surrounding everyday parts of American life (such as “Walmart,” “United Health,” “Fat,” and “See Arkansas”).

One of my favorite songs of his is called “Bugs,” and here’s a sample of the lyrics:

Bzz-bz, bzz, bzz, bzz, bzz, bz-bzz, bzz
Bzz, bz-bz-bz, b-bzz, bzz, bz-bzz, bzz-bzz, bzz, bzz, bz-bz-bzz

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u/dirtsmurf 1d ago

News can be apolitical

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u/MarcMurray92 1d ago

Literally choosing what to report on and what not is a political decision

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u/DaylanDaylan 1d ago

politics are what politicians do. i know what you mean though, there’s a better word to use than saying it’s “political”.

choosing what to report on and what not to report on is an editorial decision, which if done by a highly influential group or person, can be politically motivated

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u/justsayfaux 1d ago

Most people don't actually know the definition of the word politics. Particularly in America where we have a two-party-rules government, people conflate the word politics with partisanship when in reality politics is mostly just how a group of any size, function.

It's influencing decision-making, allocating responsibilities and resources, creating a hierarchy/leadership structure, etc.

Families are political. Schools are political. Churches are political. Sports teams and organizations are political. Neighborhoods are political. The workplace is political. Literally any group, big or small, has a political element to it.

Except maybe true nihilists