I don't have guilty pleasures
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I do not have guilty pleasures. I am no longer ashamed of things I enjoy. For a very long time I was one of those people who looked down on those who liked pop - e.g. One Direction and Taylor Swift. I thought that pop music was soulless and corporate and not 'proper' music - whatever that is. If i'm honest, who can blame me?
Musicians that have a majority of young female fans are often looked down upon, something 5SOS caught onto, but I have begun to realize as I've matured (albeit very slightly) I have come to realize that the gender or age of someone's majority fan base does not devalue what they produce. Yes One Direction create created manufactured and formulated pop, but it was good manufactured and formulated pop. And yes Taylor Swift sang a lot about boys and breakups in the past (but what other artists don't?!), but that doesn't mean that her poet lyrics mean anything less.
I have begun to embrace the things that other people find to be 'guilty pleasures' and just have them as pleasures. It's so freeing and you should do the same! Leave in the comments what are some of your non-guilty pleasures.
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