rant · moment 8 of 19
Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift, and 90s Sad Music Nostalgia
from Jessica Kirson & The Revenge Of The Basic | The Tim Dillon Show #387 · #387
3 min
They discuss Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift being too wholesome/positive, launching into a big riff on how 90s alt-rock (Fiona Apple, Alanis Morissette) was full of despair compared to today's overly positive nostalgic pop.
- Tim notes Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift seem happy and pretty, but he's never been a huge fan of her work.
- Taylor Swift's music is too positive for him—he needs something darker, like he's dying in the corner.
- Tim wants artists like Fiona Apple, Tracy Chapman, and Alanis Morissette back—singers who expressed genuine despair.
- Modern songs are all nostalgic and sentimental, like sitting on a porch drinking tea the singer's mother made.
- Every broken artist now wants to relive summer camp at their place when they first heard sad music.
- Tim contrasts 90s darkness with current music that's so positive it doesn't feel real, especially during actual war.
- The juxtaposition of positive, nostalgic songs against real horror like war in the Middle East doesn't make sense to him.