Tara Isabella Burton
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213 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Mar 2025
last heard 26 Dec
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And to the extent that those things are all connected,
What might be happening there?
Why might this music be resonating?
What does it tell us about masculinity and conservative politics and the search for faith at this moment?
We have an administration right now that talks very openly about wanting to fight against anti-Christian bias out in the world.
And it's hard not to look at that and then look at celebration over Christian music featuring prominently on American Idol and seeing a certain segment of evangelicals feeling like this is our moment.
Over the years, there's been lots of people, Cardi B, Rico Nasty, Lily Allen, who have joined OnlyFans, and not all of them have shared nude content. The British artist Shy Girl was the first artist to premiere a music video on OnlyFans. So there is some sort of like blurring of lines of what musicians are on there for.
British singer-songwriter Kate Nash, who's been making music for almost two decades, she joined in November and it was like so much judgment being thrown around about her choosing to do this. And it kind of seemed like the big question that was being evaded was like, well, why is an artist like her needing to supplement her income in the first place?
Because of streaming and because of what some people are calling the cost of touring crisis, we're seeing more and more musicians turn to OnlyFans and turn to digital sex work as a way to supplement the income that they feel they're not adequately getting from recording music and from touring.
Recorded music has really declined in value because artists make so little from how much we actually listen to their music. The revenue from touring is just not going to cut it. And at the same time, concert tickets are becoming more and more expensive. It raises a lot of questions about where the money is actually going if it's not making its way back to the artists.
Yeah.
So, I mean, you know, the Department of Justice and 30 states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, basically saying that because they have their hands in so many different aspects of live entertainment, you know, they own venues, they are involved in artist management, they're involved in promotion, they're involved in ticketing, that the fact that they have so much control over the industry might be enabling them to raise ticket prices significantly.
In a way that's concerning for both fans and for artists and also obviously for everyone that works to put on a live show. I mean, that goes from like independent venue owners to the people who work valet parking at a venue or the bartender or the crew and the band for a big musician.
Like there are so many people involved in putting on a live show and the money has to sort of trickle its way down. And it seems like the concern is that when one company holds so much control, that money might not be making its way all the way down.
Yeah. And I mean, like you mentioned, like it's definitely not just these companies. There's so many factors. It's also inflation. Like the cost of everything that it takes to tour has gotten significantly more expensive. But what the artists are being paid out might be the same as it was seven years ago.
It's just like now like, you know, a hotel and a tour bus and gas and plane tickets, like all of that stuff is significantly more expensive. And I think the elephant in the room is that the pandemic really impacted the industry. A lot of artists were not able to work or tour for years. more than a year during the pandemic.
And then they emerged to this completely unrecognizable atmosphere where it's like, you know, people were having to social distance or take COVID tests or quarantine while you're on tour. Like this entire experience of live music is built on close contact. And that really kind of came apart during the pandemic. And I think artists had to really bear the
financial and emotional and physical toll of that in so many instances, especially if anybody got sick and shows were canceled. And there just wasn't an easy way to recover from that. We're five years out, but I think we're still significantly dealing with the aftermath of that as well.
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I think that's the big question, because like you mentioned, like we're seeing Taylor Swift and Beyonce and Coldplay and all these really big artists. Set records sometimes. Yes. They're breaking box office records. So clearly the demand is there. Like fans want to come see live music. Fans want to support artists.
And fans are maybe spending more than they ever have to do so. But I think the thing is, it's becoming less and less popular.
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