Is it just me or has the words "swag" and "hipster" been being used a lot lately? Almost every other adjective has been replaced with swag. I thought it was an interesting word when I first saw it, but lately it just seems like EVERYONE'S using it.
I've also noticed a lot of people have been referring to hipsters lately. People will sarcastically call themselves or their friend's hipster. Usually in a teasing manner, but I always wonder why it was brought up in the first place, why the word is more commonly being used, and why it's most often referred to negatively.
I also noticed that EDM has become extremely popular. Everywhere I look, people say it's been popular for a long time, but I feel like it's either become even more popular or I just live in a cave or something. When I was a kid, my sister, her friends, and even my uncle were into music by people like Britney Spears, Spice Girls, 98 Degrees, Back Street Boys, and Nsync. As I hit middle school, I questioned whether I liked music or not and the only kind of music ever really heard was mainstream hip hop and R&B from school dances and whatnot. As high school came around, I had the opportunity to be blessed by horrific songs like Crank That by Soulja Boy. Mainstream music polluted my ears, as I had friends from different directions trying to pull more towards rock music or underground hip hop. Nujabes being one of the few artists I actually liked back then actually pulled me more towards hip hop. As senior year came, I noticed a large amount of people having interest in some genre I had never heard of before called Dubstep. I thought the dirty music was horrendous at first, but I couldn't help but admit that it grew on me after a while. Was I jumping on the bandwagon? No, I like whatever music I like. I'm actually quite open to nearly all genres of music nowadays. Anyways, as college came it seemed to me that every other student was into EDM. "What's EDM?" I thought. Nothing a quick google search couldn't fix. I was just surprised at how many people were into EDM. Maybe I just lack exposure to the world? Back in high school when I had my first job, all my coworkers were college students, and it seemed to me they either liked mainstream, rock, or underground hip hop... Meh..
