It's 2010 and
It may sound incredibly superficial, but one of the reasons I hated realizing that unpleasant experiences don't automatically lead to becoming a better person is that I worried I would no longer be able to use Kanye's Stronger as a motivational song. The track has served as my "Suhinina, pick yourself off the ground" cue since that 2007 night when Jeff sent me the video, and I really want to keep it that way. I have been thinking of the concept of what makes strength, whan the concept is made of, the whole "that that don't kill me can only make me stronger" idea that goes all through the song, as well as the culture where the idea of "nasty experiences make you stronger" is quite omnipresent.
While listening to the song on the subway the other day, it hit me that Kanye keeps repeating "that don't kill me canpnly make me stronger" but he also keeps, quite desperately, repeating "I need you right now". And admitting you need other people is, as we all probably know, a sign of weakness. And I really felt that wow and omg, it adds so much depth to the song that I never thought about before, and that I should write something pop-culturally profound about the notion of strength and needyness, and how they balance or compete. And then I wanted to smack myself because it's 2010 and I'm thinking thoughts like that when I listen to Stronger on the subway. When I, I repeat, listen to Stronger on the subway. In 2010. Srsly.
While listening to the song on the subway the other day, it hit me that Kanye keeps repeating "that don't kill me canpnly make me stronger" but he also keeps, quite desperately, repeating "I need you right now". And admitting you need other people is, as we all probably know, a sign of weakness. And I really felt that wow and omg, it adds so much depth to the song that I never thought about before, and that I should write something pop-culturally profound about the notion of strength and needyness, and how they balance or compete. And then I wanted to smack myself because it's 2010 and I'm thinking thoughts like that when I listen to Stronger on the subway. When I, I repeat, listen to Stronger on the subway. In 2010. Srsly.