it was a moment when you really felt like edm had arrived. and the grammy goes to. uh, sunny moore for cinema (skrillex remix). grammy goes to. skrillex. skrillex! [cheers and applause] but for every development in popular music, there s a reaction. [music] [hanif] when house of balloons came out, the weeknd was an artist who was dabbling in darker, more downbeat pop as a counter-reaction to. the feel-good pop of the era. and the counter question and answer was, isn t there more than one way to feel good? bring your love, baby, i can bring my shame bring the drugs, baby, i can bring my pain the weeknd, particularly, some of these songs are about brief bursts of feeling. do you love me, yeah? .that are propelled by excess in some form. and i mma keep on smoking til i can t hit another note
and it s about people who are just trying to make it. what i m scared of is being you. you know, someone everybody knew was smart, but ended up being a know-it-all f k-up that just let shit happen to him. [renee] donald glover plays ernest, who s a college drop-out, kind of a ne er-do-well. he just can t get his life in gear. but he has these friends. and one of them is an aspiring rapper who has a rap career. so, you know, ernest decides, i m gonna be your manager. you know where the word manage come from? manus, latin for hand. probably, but i mma say no for the purpose of my argument. manage come from the word man, and, um, that ain t really your lane. [nelson] in another era, he would ve been an independent filmmaker. and i think that s part of why it s been successful, because in a wave of a lot of new african american-themed content, he doesn t really do any of the things that are obvious. where are your ancestors from? congo? ivory coast? southeastern bantu region. i don
brief bursts of feeling. do you love me, yeah? .that are propelled by excess in some form. and i mma keep on smoking til i can t hit another note [chris] what s interesting about darker acts like the weeknd in the first half of the 10s, it s almost as if they are foreshadowing the second half the 10s, um, before that sound is taken over. lana del rey is another good example. swingin in the backyard, pull up in your fast car whistlin my name lana del rey was this leonard cohen meets marilyn monroe, tragic, beautiful, ethereal figure. i say, you re the bestest lean in for a big kiss put his favorite perfume on go play your video game [amanda] video games was her first single, and with her, it s about all these extra-musical things. it s about the aesthetic. it s about the vibe. it s about the look.
but ended up being a know-it-all f k-up that just let shit happen to him. [renee] donald glover plays ernest, who s a college drop-out, kind of a ne er-do-well. he just can t get his life in gear. but he has these friends. and one of them is an aspiring rapper who has a rap career. so, you know, ernest decides, i m gonna be your manager. you know where the word manage come from? manus, latin for hand. probably, but i mma say no for the purpose of my argument. manage come from the word man, and, um, that ain t really your lane. [nelson] in another era, he would ve been an independent filmmaker. and i think that s part of why it s been successful, because in a wave of a lot of new african american-themed content, he doesn t really do any of the things that are obvious. where are your ancestors from? congo? ivory coast? southeastern bantu region. i don t know. this spooky thing called slavery happened, and my entire ethnic identity was erased, so. [aisha] each episode, you re gonna
bring your love, baby, i can bring my shame bring the drugs, baby, i can bring my pain the weeknd, particularly, some of these songs are about brief bursts of feeling. do you love me, yeah? .that are propelled by excess in some form. and i mma keep on smoking til i can t hit another note [chris] what s interesting about darker acts like the weeknd in the first half of the 10s, it s almost as if they are foreshadowing the second half the 10s, um, before that sound is taken over. lana del rey is another good example. swingin in the backyard, pull up in your fast car whistlin my name lana del rey was this leonard cohen meets marilyn monroe, tragic, beautiful, ethereal figure. i say, you re the bestest lean in for a big kiss put his favorite perfume on go play your video game