Many are suggesting that men should avoid dating women who listen to Chris Brown, after one of the singer’s fans went viral for mentioning him in her wedding vows and then paying thousands of dollars to pose for suggestive photos at one of his meet-and-greets. I’m not sure if I’m convinced.
On the one hand, you’d rather not spend time in the presence of someone who doesn’t listen primarily to Griselda and Roc Marciano if you have a choice in the matter. But maybe you don’t. A woman can’t reasonably be expected to have good taste in music. This can be proven scientifically by analyzing the results of the year-end reader polls Pitchfork used to run back in the ‘00s.
I’m wary of any woman who claims to listen to the same music I listen to. They’re obviously just trying to drive engagement from men, to promote some sort of social-media-based sex-work enterprise. They claim to be a big fan of the album Madvillainy, and then they try to sell you noodz via DM. The thing is, I don’t need to know that a girl listens to Madvillain to purchase her noodz via DM. I’m making that decision solely on the basis of can size.
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