Episode 224 - Split 7": The Boys Get Cancelled

<p class="" data-pm-slice="0 0 []">Ok so the title is more or less a con - we’re not cancelled (we think?!) - but as an increasing number of artists we like/are aware of get cancelled (or in some cases - don’t even though they probably should) we always knew that one day we’d have to address cancel culture itself.</p> <p class="">But what does that actually mean? For some, it’s a blanket term that simply sees artists dismissed, leaving their credibility in tatters and making the very concept of things like “forgiveness” impossible.</p> <p class="">On the other hand, there are some artists with huge profiles with scores of allegations and convictions against them who everyone agrees should/are cancelled but whose listening figures on streaming platforms tell a very different story.</p> <p class="">Is a black and white thing? Is it <em>even a thing</em>? People all across the political spectrum are “cancelled” and “cancel” each other all the time. For those that are fervent supporters of the process there are others that decry it.</p> <p class="">So what <em>does</em> it mean? What does it entail? Is restorative justice possible? Are there people out there who should have been cancelled but are seemingly uncancellable?</p> <p class="">We do our best to reckon with all of that and then some in today’s episode as we take a deep dive into the cancel culture, its adherents, its victims, the motivations behind it and artists affected - and unaffected - by it.</p> <p class="">Strap in. You’ll disagree in places. We’re sure of it.</p>