Grumpy Young Lady

In an age of endless content, perfected social feeds, stimulation at our fingertips and poorly evolved biology, it's easier than ever to be jealous. Or enraged. Or disaffected. You get the idea. I decided to reread the Greek myth of Pandora's box recently and oooh boy it got me thinking. Would love your thoughts as always. 0:00 - Everyone is jealous!0:55 - The jist of Pandora's box2:52 - Is hope inherently good?3:43 - What Friedrich Nietzsche has to say about the matter4:13 - Hope and content placation5:35 - We are incentivized to be lurkers6:48 - Dunbar's number and relationships9:35 - Fatigue and lack of context 11:00 - We're all looking at each other, looking at ourselves11:35 - How jealousy can be helpful 12:22 - Consumption reflection Referenced links: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora%27s_box- http://nietzsche.holtof.com/reader/friedrich-nietzsche/human-all-too-human/aphorism-71-quote_d3cd42c76.html- https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191001-dunbars-number-why-we-can-only-maintain-150-relationships - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5609545/ Listen to Kattle Considerations on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/11FX5G68eYPdSlnrZYq7To?si=c10ebb89d0a842ff Find me elsewhere: https://linktr.ee/katebrunotts Spotify (Music): https://open.spotify.com/artist/1vV2HAeSNkp97JK2tPpEoN?si=vjGI6UlqSMa0G8ReQieLeQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katebrunotts/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@katebrunotts

What was that? Just dropped and woohoo, it’s a big week to be a Lorde fan. From seeing Ribs being collectively chanted in Washington square park to Lorde collaborating with the likes of Jim-E Stack, you bet your bottom dollar this is my most anticipated album release of the year. Let’s talk about it. 0:00 - Lorde is back. 0:42 - Lorde summer let's goooo1:21 - Dream producer rotation3:52 - The Artist is Present: Marina Abrimovic6:24 - Minimal versus explosive6:59 - Shutting down Washington Square Park10:03 - L4 feels like it's going to be grandiose and grounded

Severance, Dead Internet, and the Dehumanization of Corporate Culture 

I have very much enjoyed Severance season 2 and cannot help but draw parallels to today's dead internet and general class divide based on the ownership versus working class. Would love to hear your thoughts on the series, I would love to mutually conspire together about season 3. 

0:00 - Severance 

1:02 - Work life imbalance

2:05 - The Four Tempers

4:28 - Retention and negative bias

5:15 - Individualism and exhaustion

7:06 - Wealth and ownership inequality

9:00 - The dehumanization of innies

11:30 - We're outpacing ourselves

14:01 - Infantilization of corporate culture

15:44 - Mr. Milchick

16:32 - The Dead Internet Theory 

Referenced links:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2rp-SVIGKI&t=11s 

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWCulpUNfS0

- https://severance-tv.fandom.com/wiki/Four_Tempers 

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsw_4TVzSVQ

- https://apple.news/A-8-IoEPUTsKEG0vJIK5B7A

-https://www.reddit.com/r/SubSimulatorGPT2/comments/btfhks/what_is_rsubsimulatorgpt2/

- https://soax.com/research/what-percent-of-internet-traffic-is-bots

Lady Gaga's Abracadabra could not have come at a better time. I've been thinking a lot about how what we consume and how we absorb it directly influences how we show up in our communities. So much of the heaviness of today's climate can feel paralyzing but this song is such a beacon of acknowledged hope. I love pop music and woohoooooo I'm so so excited for Mayhem 🖤 Referenced links and videos: https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a63631038/lady-gaga-abracadabra/ https://genius.com/34441711 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBynw9Isr28 \https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ilWz_xfPWho https://apple.news/AZLbHxrLjT-uuW0G3N4dbXw Listen to Kattle Considerations on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/11FX5G68eYPdSlnrZYq7To?si=c10ebb89d0a842ff Find me elsewhere: https://linktr.ee/katebrunotts Spotify (Music): https://open.spotify.com/artist/1vV2HAeSNkp97JK2tPpEoN?si=vjGI6UlqSMa0G8ReQieLeQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katebrunotts/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@katebrunotts

One of the greatest paradoxes as an artist is finding the will and way to sustain yourself all while keeping that dream alive. While I do think there's a place for manifestation and unbridled optimism when it comes to art, I see so many folks become discouraged or misguided by a belief that creation in itself will bring them immediate success. Holding a day job isn't about putting your art in the backseat, it's understanding that in order to create to your highest capacity, you have to take care of you first, especially in a generally hostile atmosphere monetarily speaking for the bulk of working artists in today's day and age. Let me know your thoughts!

The Joshua Citarella interview of Matty Healy on the Doomscroll podcast was particularly delightful to someone who has long loved The 1975 and holds a position of resident doomer. This essay had me pondering quite a bit about who's allowed to create and enjoy art, afford basic securities, and how that relates to how we present ourselves digitally. Enjoy this little teaser and watch the full interview it is so lovely! 

0:00 - I'd love it if we made it

1:57 - We're all eating each other

2:30 - Why self actualization doesn't work for everyone

4:08 - The gatekeeping of virtue

6:05 - The erosion of collective trust

7:20 - Mark Fisher + Capitalist Realism

12:20 - The oversaturation of trends

15:50 - Context collapse and Poe's Law

18:20 - The extraction of monetary value from artisans

21:30 - It's too risky to be innovative in art

Magdalena Bay just put out their second album, Imaginal Disk following Mercurial World. These two are just starting to get some mainstream attention, but it's worth noting that they have been releasing music since 2016 and have consistently been fantastic. Some of my favorite tracks include Hysterical Us, Secrets, Turning Off the Rain, You Lose, Image, and Killing Time but it's easy to find something for everyone in their discography. I highly admire their creative persistence and homegrown operation! Woohoo! 

0:00 - Magdalena Bay has earned their place in the Zeitgeist

0:35 - Two cooks in the kitchen

1:24 - Origins and Tabula Rasa

2:45 - Fav tracks

3:36 - DIY duo

4:15 - Struggle to find footing

5:52 - Day jobs and empty performances

7:13 - Music industry expectations vs reality

8:20 - Creating within constraints

Okay Kaya recently released her latest album, "Oh My God - That's So Me" but has been making beautiful, unique work for a while now with SAP, Watch This Liquid Pour Itself, Surviving Is the New Living, and Both. With tracks like Psych Ward, The Groke, Insert Generic Name, IUD, Comic Sans, Baked Bean, In Regards to Your Tweet, and Baked Beans it's hard not to understand the magic of Okay Kaya's charm and comedy but nevertheless I'm very excited to see how she grows and develops over the next couple of years! 

0:00 - The magic of Okay Kaya

If you haven't completely succumbed to the magic of Addison Rae's Diet Pepsi, I guarantee you will soon. Same goes for the (in my opinion) underrated C,XOXO-- between I LUV IT, B.O.A.T, June Gloom, Godspeed, and Chanel No. 5, there are plenty of songs that have singlehandedly put Camila Cabello on the map for me. Both these artists have taken a risk and ooo wee has it paid off! Would love your thoughts. CHAPTERS:0:00 - Addison Rae’s Diet Pepsi is a gamechanger1:50 - Addison Rae’s reinvention and the power of Charli XCX4:00 - Addison Rae is the new Troye Sivan5:30 - A student of pop stardom6:30 - Tumblrfication and poptimism 7:45 - Why C,XOXO feels real 10:19 - The importance of risk in art11:10 - Fighting to maintain a perspective Listen to Kattle Considerations on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/11FX5G68eYPdSlnrZYq7To?si=c10ebb89d0a842ff Find me elsewhere: https://linktr.ee/katebrunotts Spotify (My Music): https://open.spotify.com/artist/1vV2HAeSNkp97JK2tPpEoN?si=vjGI6UlqSMa0G8ReQieLeQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katebrunotts/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@katebrunottsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-brunotts-86bb78188/

Remi Wolf is THE funk pop lord of our generation if I do say so myself. "Big Ideas" just came out and I cannot help but succumb to the power of Cinderella, Soup, Pitiful and the rest of it! I cannot believe I neglected to talk about "Street You Live On" but wow what a banger. Lots of grooves that are pure fun but Remi's discography also has plenty of vibrant songs to make the pain of life a bit more bearable. I love to dance and also not feel alone. Woohoo!