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Ariana Grande’s fans criticise Eminem over Manchester Bombing lyrics
Released on Friday 17th January 2020, Eminems new album – ‘Music to be murdered by’ received a lot of backlash after Eminem referenced the 2017 Manchester Bombing. Although many have used social media in order to voice their anger, many of Eminems fans have defended him by reminding people that this album is targeted at gun violence and mental health – in order to raise awareness. Eminem also raised money in order to help with the damage caused by the 2017 bombing.
Lyrics – “But I’m contemplating yelling ‘bombs away’ on the game / Like I’m outside of an Ariana Grande concert waiting.”
“Real talk, Eminem is such a piece of trash for making a punchline out of the 22 people who died in the Manchester attack,” one person wrote on Twitter.
A young female audience more traditionally seen as interested in more superficial issues – I would say that this CSP isn’t a ‘superficial issue’ as it is concentrated on a very important matter which resulted in 22 people losing their lives, with the Manchester Mayor stating – “This is unnecessarily hurtful and deeply disrespectful to the families and all those affected.”. Furthermore, terrorist bombings have effected mass amounts of people and is a subject that would cause a lot of emotional pain when referenced the way it was in Eminems song.
How are the codes and conventions of a website used in the product? How are these conventions used to influence meaning? – On the website there are links to multiple twitter posts showing their distress and anger towards the rappers new song. At the top of the article, there is an image of eminem next to an image of Ariana – which may be used in order to attract the viewer – showing that the artists may have had a disagreement/ argument and are therefore now ‘against’ each other. The use of only negative tweets is used in order to support the writers ideology of the situation, neglecting quotes/ tweets which counter her opinion.
How does the story construct a particular representation of the world – This article portrays the world, or the teenage target audience, represents them as having a caring/ sympathetic attitude towards the victims of the Manchester bombing and how Eminem’s lyrics may have affected them. However, this representation may only be reacted as the person who wrote the article only portrays Eminem negatively, therefore their audience using and copying that opinion. The reality is that Eminem donated mass amounts of money towards the Manchester bombing and is using this article to raise awareness for gun violence and mental health ‘issues’. In addition, throughout the song Eminem also references Bin Laden and 9/11, however few people retaliate to these lyrics.