PROTEST SONG PRESENTATION : "PARENTS" YUNGBLUD

Presentation

Protest Song

The message

The song

lyrics

The artist

Questions ?

The context

The protest song

"Parents"

" 'Cause parents ain't always right "

YUNGBLUD

" 'Cause parents ain't always right "

YUNGBLUD

Yungblud

Dominic Richard Harrison: born 5 August 1997.

• English singer, musician, songwriter and actor.
• In 2018, he released his first EP, Yungblud.
• His musical genres: Alternative rock, hip hop, pop and punk.
• His second album, Weird!, was released in late 2020 and peaked at the top of the UK Albums Chart and reached number 75 on the US Billboard 200.

The message

and the context of the song

The context

• "Parents" originally titled "Parents Ain't Always Right" was inspired by a trans girl that Yungblud met in Bonner Springs, Kansa.
• " She'd been through so much difficulties but just said that: “it all makes who I am. I’m just me and I like what I like’." "

#individualism

#freeteens

" This song is literally a tribute to individualism. A statement saying that no one, except yourself, can dictate what is right for you and your life and who you should be. "

YUNGBLUD

The message

Conveyed by the singer

• The premise of the song is to call out immoral and uncaring adult figures who manipulate and abuse the younger generation.
• It also communicates a hopeful message in stating that by coming together and recognizing the faults in those with power over them, the younger generation will survive and be able to fight back.

Lyrics

• Rebellion towards the older generation is a common theme in YUNGBLUD’s songs. He confronts the government, parents, and other controlling people/factors of his life, often talking about how they don’t accept the change time brings along
• YUNGBLUD addresses a common phrase said by parents:
• I’m your mom/dad/parent, I am right.

• Their beliefs and thoughts are often based on very dated discoveries or religion

SOng teasers & lyrics

• To promote the song, YUNGBLUD set up a phone number on posters for fans to find and call the number each day for three days to hear different stories through voicemail, each story narrated by Harrison and relating to a lyric in "parents".
• These three stories are about homosexuality (gun), adult jealousy (teacher) and unloved childs getting killed by there parents (toaster in the bath).

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THANKS!

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