SPECIAL SHOUTOUT: This is Funky Nurd's 100th post.
I just want to say that it's been a real pleasure writing for and designing this blog over the past five years. It has gone through its own evolution as I have within that short, yet long amount of time. It has been an outlet, a platform for me to express my opinions, changing and growing beliefs, and ideas. Over the years, I have started to solidify what exactly I want to blog about and I'm doing just that, incorporating elements of journalism and programming that I continue to improve on. This paralleled development between Funky Nurd and I are very profound and, well, things are just going to get better from here. Just you see. I have a lot of plans and ideas up my sleeve, so look out. I am Funky Nurd and all you Nurds who have followed me through my journey of transition, mental illness, and so much more are to await a blossoming, an evolution.
Without further ado, here is what you actually came to read about: Pop Culture in 2017.
6-word summary of music and trends in 2017: More sustainable products & revolutionary come-backs (one-word)
memes video - GMA
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| Kpop group, BTS, at the Billboard Music Awards | Courtesy of Billboard |
- "Fake news" is used as a means to cover up Trump's hypocrisy and lies. Apparently, Trump thinks Americans are dumb enough not to catch on and question both. Here's Buzzfeed's list of 100 lies Trump had said within in first 100 days as president.
- Top consumer products: fidget spinners, detox tea, enamel pins, VR products, unicorn accessories and items (notably unicorn frappe at Starbucks), eco-friendly products (from glasses to clothes and feminine products), specialty/craft coffee and drinks, and coconut-oil based products
- iPhone is the best-selling tech product of the year--yet again.
- China's new boy band (FFC-Accrush) is actually comprised of female singers. Hmm.
- BTS made an appearance at the Billboard Music Awards, making a warm welcome for the K-pop boy band group.
- Spicy noodle challenge
- Legendary musicians, like Tom Petty and Chester Bennington, died this year. R.I.P.
- Reputation by Taylor Swift sold 1.2 million copies in its first week, the fastest any album in 2017 has sold an album.
Kesha's Rainbow - Lin-Manuel Miranda teamed up with fellow Latinx singers, like JLo, to raise money through their song "Almost Like Praying." Other celebrities, like Oprah and Beyoncé, supported victims of hurricanes Harvey and Irma by raising funds on a national Hand-in-Hand telethon.
- Selena Gomez accepted Woman of the Year at the Billboard Music Awards, although not without criticism, as people speculate that her lupus condition brought her to the top.
- Luke Bryan performed the National Anthem, while Lady Gaga performed during half-time during this year's Super Bowl.
- Adele won Album of the Year at this year's 59th Annual Grammy Awards for Adele 25, though admitted in her speech that she believed Beyoncé should have won.
- Chance the Rapper became the first unsigned performer to win a Grammy.
Music Come-backs
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| Fidget Spinner | Courtesy of Giphy |
- Bell Biv DeVoe's Three Stripes
- Lauren Alaina's Road Less Traveled
- Jipsta's Ban2oozle
- Alison Krauss's Windy City
- The Shins' Heartworms
- Josh Turner's Deep South
- Incubus' 8
- Blondie's Pollinator
- At the Drive-in's In*ter*a*li*a
- Danzig's Black Laden Crown
- Jay-Z's 4:44
- Haim's Something to Tell You
- Randy Newman's Dark Matter
- Dan Wilson's Re-Covered
- Kesha's Rainbow
- Living Colour's Shade
- Jack Johnson's All the Light Above It Too**
- Fergie's Double Dutchess
- The Killer's Wonderful Wonderful**
- L.A. Guns' The Missing Piece
- Jessie James Decker's Southern Girl City Lights
- Pink's Beautiful Trauma**
- The Rest of Our Life by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill (a come-back for Hill, whose last studio album (outside of her Christmas album, Joy to the World), Fireflies, released in 2005)
- Danielle Bradbury's I Don't Believe We've Met
- Morbid Angel's Kingdoms Disdained
- Walker Hayes' Boom
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