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What is this something, you ask? I’ll let Luke Turner explain:Īther than simply signalling a return to naïve modernist ideological positions, metamodernism considers that our era is characterised by an oscillation between aspects of both modernism and postmodernism. Recently a lot of people have been speculating that postmodernism has run its course, and that something new is taking shape. One thing I’m especially into at this moment is called metamodernism. While it may seem strange to some that Pratt refers to a song from a children’s film as art, he’s put his finger on something that resonates with a lot of the theories on popular art in which I’m currently immersed. ‘Everything is awesome! Everything is cool when you’re part of a team.’ It’s really reflective of where we are right now, and that’s what art is all about.
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I think it follows the theme of this movie, which you think is just some Lego movie made to sell toys – and it’s actually a really subversive, interesting, thought-provoking commentary on society The song itself represents that, because it’s saying that everything is awesome, but it’s the anthem of this strange world that exists halfway between America and North Korea, you know what I mean? Twenty or 30 years from now, I think people will look back at ‘Everything Is Awesome’ and it’ll be more than just a cool pop song. What else can we do but handle the challenges thrown at us as best we can? Over on Vulture, LEGO Movie star Chris Pratt also weighed in on the song’s relevance to our contemporary world: But in the wake of things like the credit crisis, the rapidly dwindling job market, and armed conflicts in Palestine, Syria, and Paris, these words feel at once ridiculous and right. It’s awesome to win, it’s awesome to lose!īlue skies, bouncy springs, we just namedĮverything you see, think, or say is awesome!Īre they serious about handling adversity so positively? Maybe, maybe not. Life is good, ‘cause everything’s awesome! Take this excerpt, rapped by SNL’s The Lonely Island: ‘Everything is Awesome’ feels like the weird theme song of our times. And although The LEGO Movie may have been snubbed in the nominations for Best Animated Feature, it was very present in the evening’s rendition of ‘Everything is Awesome’, which included Oscar statuettes made out of LEGO blocks and a heavy metal interlude by Will Arnett (as Batman):