By now, it's ubiquitous: the glow of cell phones held aloft at concerts. But artists like Mitski and Bruno Mars are asking fans to watch the show, not their phones.
Mistki performs on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on March 1.
While some fans sympathized, others said that smartphones were a necessity for young concertgoers. Some argued that phones helped alleviate issues like social anxiety and dissociation amid big crowds. After a day or two of inflamed discourse between her fans, Mitski’s tweets were deleted. “I think she has such a liberated approach to music-making,” said Rocky, 21 . “I used to record everything, but I realized that whatever satisfaction I [can get] watching those videos, it wasn’t worth the attention I was giving my phone in real-time.”
TikTok had not yet taken off in the United States when Jean M. Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University, began writing her 2017 book, “ The unrelenting demands of social media have many emerging artists, expected to market themselves online with the same fervor with which they make their art, on the verge of fizzling out. In January, electro-pop artist Chelsea Cutler, 25,that accumulated over 104,000 likes and support from artists like Maren Morris, Hayley Kiyoko and James Blake.
"[Social media] allowed a ton of talent to break through today who would have never had an outlet otherwise, but I can’t imagine a more difficult time than now,” said Jesse Coren, Cutler’s manager. “The access that fans have to them, the scrutiny, the negative comments and hurtful messages — social media management is an entirely new responsibility for artists, and one that is invasive and comes with a lot of weight on their mental health.
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