Ideology

Ideology

Music ideology has changed over time, with different music genres adopting 'traits' that were originally associated with only one genre. For example nowadays a lot of pop artists are being rebellious and loud, things that were previously thought to be part of the rock genre. Pop stars are usually expected by society to behave well and be good, clean and respectable role models for their target audience of young people. However rock stars were thought to be more rebellious, doing risky things, behaving in a way that goes against the way society would want them to and trying to be 'edgy'. However some of these things have leaked into the pop genre, with artists like Miley Cyrus and One Direction getting caught doing unrespectable things and behaving inappropriately. Currently, pop stars are more likely to be a bad influence on their audience than rock stars, as a lot of media focuses on the artists physical appearance and convinces young people that they need to look and act the way they do. Pop music also has a lot of underlying negative messages, and glorifies things such as stalking, taking alcohol/drugs and harassment by covering it up to make it seem romantic or fun. In the past people frowned upon rock music for the 'negative impact' on its audience, believing that the newfound interests in rebellious nature, sex and drugs was appalling and needed to be stopped. However now a lot of modern pop songs contain inappropriate words and themes, with songs like 'Last Friday Night' by Katy Perry and 'S&M' by Rhianna.

The line between different music genres is getting more and more blurred, with new genres constantly being invented that combine two previously existing genres such as Dubstep which is a genre of electronic dance music which has expanded into other genres such as Regstep (Reggae dubstep)  and Chillstep (A calm, less gritty version of dubstep). With so many genres it can be hard to conform to just one, meaning artists often experiment.