Sometimes I worry that my favourite singers are getting too happy. Like when Professor Green got married last year, I had a fleeting panic that he was really happy and because of that he wouldn't write and perform good songs anymore. Which is a bit silly, because getting married doesn't mean that nothing is ever going to annoy, anger or upset a person ever again.
While my fears were most likely unfounded, it does make me think about how sad or angry songs seem to be the best, at least in my opinion. As someone who loves rock music, particularly of the heavy variety (my three favourite bands are Slipknot, Alkaline Trio and 30 Seconds To Mars), I much prefer songs I can relate to, and if I can't relate to them they have to be saying something meaningful at least, and if they aren't particularly meaningful they have to sound hella good for me to be interested. So if bands aren't feeling angsty, they're not going to be writing and performing angsty songs, and that's the kind of thing I love and can relate to best.
But why? It's not like I'm angsty all of the time, but this train of thought is making me think about how anger and upset in music (or books, or art) is so very relateable, but happier stuff isn't quite so much. I mean, if I'm angry then I can relate to angry music so well, and that connection feels amazing. But if I'm happy and I'm listening to something happy, I don't feel that same connection to the music, even though I can relate to it because I do feel that way.
I dunno. It just seems to me that artists do their best work when they're angsty, and I enjoy unhappy songs more than happy songs, even when I am happy. I do wonder if other people get concerned about bands getting too happy to write good stuff, but hey, nobody is happy all the time. I just find it interesting how much I love all this angry, unhappy stuff even when I'm perfectly happy!
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