Billboard Top 50 - Filtered for adult content
I’ve been meaning to do this for awhile, but I guess it took me this long to muster the discipline to sit down and do it. I feel that music nowadays that is being played on the radio is not fit for consumption by the younger generation. Heck society in general would benefit from less songs about the degradation of women, the sexualisation of body parts, drug use, racism, and etc.
Call me old fashioned, but I feel that the songs being played on public radio should be curated to suit listeners of all ages. It doesn’t help that most of the popular songs are laden with drug use or sexual innuendoes. Radio stations have to pander to the masses, even if it corrupts the younger generation.
Of course you could argue that it should be up to the parents to decide what their child listens to or that YouTube is so much more dangerous but hey, at least I tried. I’m just trying to prove the point that a lot of the music nowadays teaches everyone that women are sexual objects, money is king, girls should have booties and etc. Don’t get me started on their music videos...
What I have done is basically taken this week’s Billboard Top 50 (I know it’s 100, but I don’t have time to go through 100), and filtered it according to the negative content in the songs.
1. Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth – See You Again
2. Fetty Wrap – Trap Queen – Drug use
3. The Weeknd – Earned It
4. Walk The Moon – Shut Up And Dance
5. Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk – I’m torn about this song because nothing is too overt
6. Jason Derulo – Want You To Want Me
7. Maroon 5 – Sugar – Sexual innuendo
8. Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do – Sexual innuendo
9. T-Wayne – Nasty Freestyle – Sexual innuendo, degradation of women, sexualisation of body parts, racial slur
10. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
11. David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj & Afrojack – Hey Mama – Sexual innuendo, degradation of women
12. Andy Grammer – Honey, I’m Good
13. Tove Lo – Talking Body – Sexual innuendo
14. Flo Rida – G. D. F. R. – Sexual innuendo, degradation of women
15. Omarion – Post To Be – Sexual innuendo, degradation of women
16. Natalie La Rose feat. Jeremih – Somebody
17. Meghan Trainor – Dear Future Husband
18. DJ Snake & AlunaGeorge – You Know You Like It
19. Fifth Harmony – Worth It – Sexual innuendo
20. Taylor Swift – Style
21. Nick Jonas – Chains
22. Skrillex & Diplo – Where Are U Now
23. Little Big Town – Girl Crush
24. Ariana Grande – One Last Time – Promotes low self-esteem? I don’t know...
25. Rihanna – B**** Better Have My Money – Racial slur
26. Trey Songz – Slow Motion – Sexual innuendo, drug use
27. Silento – Watch Me
28. Rachel Platten – Fight Song
29. Taylor Swift – Blank Space
30. Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea – Pretty Girls
31. Omi – Cheerleader
32. George Ezra – Budapest
33. Sam Hunt – Take Your time
34. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
35. Big Sean feat. Drake – Blessings – Sexual innuendo, racial slur
36. Major Lazer – Lean on
37. Pitbull & Ne-Yo – Time Of Our Lives – Sexual innuendo, sexualisation of body parts
38. Sam Smith – Lay Me Down
39. Hozier – Take Me To Church
40. Florida Georgia Line – Sippin’ On Fire
41. Bandit Gang Marco – Nasty – Degradation of women, racial slur
42. Sia – Elastic Heart
43. Blake Shelton – Sangria
44. Rae Sremmurd – Throw Sum Mo – Sexual innuendo, degradation of women
45. Echosmith – Bright
46. Nicki Minaj – Truffle Butter – Sexual innuendo, degradation of women, racial slur
47. A Thousand Horses – Smoke
48. Billy Currington – Don’t It – Sexual innuendo
49. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass
50. Sam Smith – I’m Not The Only One
Based on the list, 32 of the songs are fit to be played for the general public. Of course you can argue that this is highly subjective and is dependent on my biases, but at least you have a general idea. What you do with this information is up to you
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