Forgetting The Upside

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Akira the Don (real name Adam Narkiewicz) is a British musician, DJ, and producer. His music and production traverses the boundaries between pop, hip-hop, indie and dance. He lists influences including Ice Cube, Adam Ant, Morrissey, Big Bang, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie and the Wu-Tang Clan. His debut album When We Were Young was produced in collaboration with Danny Saber (U2, Black Grape), James Brown (Nine Inch Nails, Ash) and Emile (50 Cent). In 2017, Akira the Don released mixtapes in the form of a new genre he created, referred to as "Meaningwave" – a fusion of wave music with meaningful lyrical content and lo-fi hip-hop. more »

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I view social media as a mirror
I think what people are putting out
Is an incredible indicator of what's
Inside of them so right now there's a
Lot of political anxiety
There's a lot of ideological anxiety
And so what we're seeing is
A lot of judgment we consume as animals
And I think if one feels overwhelmed
They should stop consuming stop consuming
I don't put social media consumption
In a very different place
Than the films and music
And books that one reads
The collective replies of people's angst
Is no different than Kurt
Cobain's singular angst

And I think we're forgetting the upside
There's so much love and greatness
Going on every day forgetting the upside
Humans find what they're looking for
We're forgetting the upside
There's so much love and greatness
Going on every day forgetting the upside
Humans find what they're looking for
I think it's great
I don't care about social media
I really don't
I care about humans communicating
With each other
I'm fascinated by communication
And I'm fascinated that we now
Have a collective ability
To communicate at a scale that
We've never seen before
And I think right now
People are focusing on the downside of that
They're signing into Twitter to find a fight
Or to find somebody to fight with
To see some negativity you're gonna find it
I think if you go to Twitter or Instagram
To find happiness and positivity
It's there at scale

And I think we're forgetting the upside
There's so much love and greatness
Going on every day forgetting the upside
Humans finds what they're looking for
We're forgetting the upside
There's so much love and greatness
Going on every day forgetting the upside
Humans finds what they are looking for

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