Warped Tour is over. Will the culture it created reckon with its demons?

Short answer: most likely not!

Hopeful answer: maybe!

This is a great read, though.

 

Well fuck, if that isn't the struggle I'm now dealing with every day.

 

Pretty shitty that Makeout decided to play that song after agreeing not to. Shows they clearly don't know or don't care about their impact.

I went to Warped Tour about half the years between 2003 and 2018 with my best friend, and we definitely struggled with supporting a tour that had such a conflicted past. I really wish someone other than Lyman would take over with a fresh take on it.

They did the Warped At Sea cruise this year, and they've said they'll do something next year for the 25th anniversary, but we'll see if anything persists after that.

 

Makeout just continue to prove they suck and they really don’t give a shit about anybody but themselves. Using “the fans asked for it” is the biggest copout and I hope they fade away.

 

Whats this story? I havent heard of Makeout

 

Their song “Secrets” has incredibly cringey and problematic lyrics and they refrained from playing it for all of Warped Tour because of that, except they ended up playing it the last day of the tour because “the fans wanted it”. Then they got defensive and gross when called out for it, by that’s not shocking considering they acted like that when the song first came out and received backlash.

 

thanks for explaining!

 

I just listened to that Makeout song for the first time...that is complete trash. Did I miss the problematic lyrics though? I heard them use bitch and whore in the lyrics, which I assume are about an ex that scorned someone.

This band sucks but I've heard MUCH worse from lyrics regarding ex's/relationships gone sour.

 

I mean, those are incredibly deragory names that are more often than not directed toward females. How is that not problematic? Just because you’ve heard worse doesn’t make this not problematic.

 

You can write a scathing song about an ex without being a misogynist. I've done it. Plenty of people have done it.

And yeah, plenty of people have done worse. But it's 2018 and we can do better. We HAVE to do better.

And I said this on Twitter but I'll say it here too: if you can't find a way to drag your female ex without being a sexist, slut-shaming pig - yes, even one who allegedly cheated on you - then you're just a bad writer (and probably just letting us know how you feel about women in general).

 

Great read - thanks for sharing! Even got a laugh out of the opening paragraph.