[I was initially trying to decide whether to focus my annual Year in Review series on heavy or light topics, but then I realized this was 2024—we had it all, from the serious to the surreal, the absurd to the awesome. So I’ll start with a couple tough subjects and move toward some happier ones. I’d love your end-of-year reflections as well!]
In my last
Year in Review blog series (2022’s, as the schedule meant I didn’t get to share
one last year), I dedicated
a post (on the birthday of one of the two most badass women I know, my Mom,
who over the last two years has become somehow even more inspiring, and also
has become wonderfully connected to the second such badass woman and subject of
my personal
favorite event of 2024, my wife) to the trend of “Hot Girl Music.” As big
as female musical artists were in that year, I think it’s fair to say that they
were perhaps even a bit bigger this year, from the absolute ubiquity of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour to the chart-topping
dominance of songwriters, performers, and artists like Sabrina Carpenter
and Chappell Roan and Dasha, among others (although I have to admit being very
excited to see one of the boys’ and my favorite male artists, Benson
Boone, high on that list too). Moreover, while I was of course especially
moved by Bruce Springsteen’s endorsement of the Harris/Walz ticket, I don’t
think any endorsements moved the needle more than T-Swift’s and Beyoncé’s. Swift’s
was an especially striking moment in both the evolution of that
world-conquering artist and the deepening intersections of politics, culture,
and every aspect of our communities—including our most badass women.
Last 2024
reflection tomorrow,
Ben
PS. What
do you think? What stands out from this decades-long year?
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