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Stormzy has pledged his support for Labour Party Leader, Jeremy Corbyn as the UK general election fast approaches, but should musicians and other celebrities be promoting election candidates? The British rapper, singer and songwriter endorsed Corbyn in an Instagram post on November 25th, in which he encouraged people to register to vote and said Corbyn was “the first man in a position of power who is committed to giving the power back to the people.”

“I think Boris Johnson is a sinister man,” Stormzy went on to say. The rapper emphasised that this statement was all his own views and that he did not care if people love of hated them.

“I think it’s important that we use our vote to make sure that the person who runs our country for the next 4 years is someone committed to doing what is right.”

But should musicians and other celebrities be using their platforms and status to endorse political views?

Throughout the 2016 American presidential race, many celebrities advertised their voting choice across social media and at the moment

6| the college view The Hype T aylor Swift has been writing and performing narrative songs about her personal life since she was 14-yearsold, but she propelled to superstardom in 2008 with her Grammy Award winning album “Fearless”.

The “Love Story” singer has since evolved from country music songstress to one of the biggest female pop artists in the world.

“Fearless” was released by Big Machine Records who represented Swift until she left the record label in 2018 for Republic Records.

This is when the drama started. A key part of Swift’s move to Republic was that she would own all the masters recordings of her new songs going forward. When Taylor was signed by Big Machine in 2006 she was not given this luxury, meaning she didn’t officially own the songs she wrote in her bedroom as a teen and leaving the label meant leaving her masters too.

Swift displayed her move quite publicly on Instagram and Tumblr. Some fellow musicians, like Selena Gomez, applauded her bravery. While others, like Justin Bieber, scolded her for “dissing” his manager Scooter Braun and founder of Big Machine, Scott Borchetta.

Swift commented that Braun, who then bought her masters, had tormented her in the past with his client Kanye West.

Braun had allowed his client Kanye West to feature Swift in a revenge porn music video and illegally record phone calls with Swift.

Bieber added fuel to the fire by reposting a picture of himself and Braun captioned “Taylor Swift what

The Beatles and many other bands often used their music in a very politically charged way as November 2020 fast approaches celebrities like Ariana Grande are endorsing the upcoming presidential candidates.

Sally Dobie is from the UK and will be voting in the general election this week. She says that she wouldn’t be swayed by a celebrity endorsement but is very glad that influential figures are expressing their opinion.

“Not so much now but five years ago young people hardly voted, maybe their favourite celebrity promoting it might be a positive thing,” said Dobie. There is however a lot of risk in these celebrity endorsements as some of the people they would influence to vote may not know the policies they are voting for.

Fans and even just the general public put a lot of trust in celebrities, particularly young people. Young people are the most open to celebrity influence as many of them may be new to voting and wont have prior knowledge into candidates. This may cause them to vote blindly as they trust the people that they follow.

Musicians and artists engaging with politics is not a new phenomenon. Music has played a huge part in politics or political agendas throughout “

up”. Bieber was then accused of “bullying” and half apologised for his post saying labels owning a musician’s work isn’t right, but Braun has nothing to do with her Big Machine feud. But Swift’s feud with Big Machine is partly because of Braun, right? Ok, Justin.

Borchetta responded that Swift had an opportunity to buy her masters and that all shareholders were alerted before her masters went on sale. Taylor Swift isn’t a shareholder of Big Machine, but her father Scott Swift is. Borchetta also stated on the label’s website that Taylor Swift could have owned all her works if she had signed a new contract and not left.

Ahead of her AMA’s performance and acceptance of her “Artist of the Decade” award, Swift took to social media again stating that Borchetta and

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The Beatles and many other bands often used their music in a very politically charged way. Even in Ireland bands like The Cranberries sang about the war Northern Ireland and Sinead O’Connor spoke out about the Catholic Church.

However the difference between musicians of the past and modern artists is that in the past, none of them had the personal and influential reach of social media.

Through social media platforms artists are less nuanced about expressing their political views and also celebrity influencers, actors, and almost anyone with an Instagram account can endorse their political views with a massive audience.

Despite these issues, celebrities do have the right idea in encouraging their fans to register to vote. In the last few years there has been a huge push on social media for individuals to register themselves to vote and this started in 2016 when celebrities spoke out in mass before the US election.

However, it is important that people always do their own research into candidates as well as maybe taking advice or influence from a celebrity. Making an informed choice is the most important thing.

Braun will not let her perform her old songs on television. One of the most memorable parts of Swift’s Reputation concert in Croke Park was when she pulled out a guitar and jammed to “You Belong With Me”. Soon enough her fans spoke out in her defence, begging to let Swift perform her biggest hits.

Big Machine then deflected the claim that legally they cannot stop Swift performing her songs live. Braun responded to this saying that he would prefer to resolve the rest of this social media war “directly and respectfully”. Either way, Swift performed her big hits and went on to break the record of most AMA’s won. Did Taylor Swift know Big Machine were trouble when they walked in? Obviously not.