The Evolution Of Social Media References In Music ( LOL :-) )

I am a dead man.

That according to Maxie who isn’t a fan of the fact the latest song stuck in my head is the latest single from Trey Songz titled, LOL .

Not only is it a catchy beat, I think it’s funny that the lyrics drop a lot of social media references (“Shorty sent a twit pic saying come and get this, LOL smiley face, LOL smiley face”)

It reminded me how I enjoyed the lyrics on Pitbull’s “Go Girl“, “She’s on my top 8, I bagged her off of MySpace.”

Social media is clearly going to define Generation Y, and the references in music and pop-culture only reinforce that.

In 2000 Snoop Dogg was rapping for his women to get at him via Two-Way Pager.

In 1994 The Notorious B.I.G. would let the tape rock ’til the tape popped.

Does anybody even know what tapes are anymore? Does anybody even buy CDs? We do have songs about New Friend Requests however.

Just part of the changing pop culture landscape through music.

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