If you're not planning to change, why not redefine one's compulsions as free choices, or even assertions of autonomy in the face of a hostile culture? Is honesty a virtue if it leads to wallowing? And who's really lying to herself anyway? Tove Lo seems to disavow her lifestyle by chalking it up to grief. I'm not saying her actions aren't escapist, but isn't there a sense in which visiting sex clubs, or seducing fathers at the playground is fun? In her rush to define the emotional pain that lies behind her "habits," does tove lo fail to register the texture of her experiences? On the surface, Miley might seem incoherent, but isn't the paradoxical logic of her song -- we can't stop asserting our freedom, even if we wanted to -- actually pretty interesting?
Poll Results
Option | Votes |
Tove Lo - Habits (Stay High) (2014) | 13 |
Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop (2013) | 6 |
― Treeship, Friday, 5 September 2014 04:09 (nine years ago) link