From Janelle Monáe to Kanye West and Shea Diamond.
As the Fourth of July rolls around, we are expected to wave flags with stars that don't represent Puerto Rico and Gwam, and to pledge allegiance to a government that tears children from their parents at the US-Mexico border.
To an outsider looking in, no portrait of America will ever be as pure as Estelle's"American Boy.
Lana Del Rey, pop's reigning high priestess of Americana nostalgia, has spent her whole career thus far singing the praises of an America that used to be: a mythological promised land for all in search of freedom. In the extended monologue for 2012's"Ride" video, during which she wrapped herself in an American flag and twirled on a tire swing above desert cliffs, suspended from the heavens, she ominously intoned,"I believe in the country America used to be.
remains relevant for its anti-establishment overtones."Holiday" deftly mixes operatic pop-punk that sounds like a raucous good time, with cheerily sung lyrics that indict the government for acts of war and treason: opening couplet"Hear the sound of the falling rain/Coming down like an Armageddon flame" sets the tone. It's post-Bush radio bait for the anarchist; an undeniable rallying cry for the Trump-era apathist.
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