Since the conversation about Bad Bunny here is in full force, can we talk about the fact that DTMF can be interpreted as a mournful song in an era where pandemic erasure is in full force?
We lost millions of people. And here is this man talking about “I should’ve taken more pictures when I could”
The way to cope with all that death has been embracing consumerism and attacking anything even remotely close to their personal traumas. And that is very apparent to me as someone who never dropped precautions since 2020.
And then came this album. And the concerts. It is part if the collective experience to bawl your eyes out while singing Debí Tirar Más Fotos.
It gave people a pass to remember the loved ones we lost.
I am old enough to remember My Chemical Romance‘s The Black Parade becoming a way for people to articulate that maybe this war thing isn’t a good thing at all.
DTMF feels like that to me.
