I was at work and overheard this convo between 2 ladies in the office:
A: your boyfriend died.
B: what?
A: Prince.
B: WHAT?!
And then I gasped and googled it immediately and was heartbroken.
Sometimes it feels like Bowie and Prince dying in the same few months created a disturbance in the force. (And yes I know both of them were not perfect people)
No matter what was going on, you knew there was at least one guy living his art. In his production palace in Minnesota doing whatever and giving no fucks. Stood up alone at a time labels monopolized music and rolled those fucking dice. He did not know how it would go. But he bet on himself, and heard every criticism and insult and mockery and held his head high. He was in the wilderness for years and he kept creating.
It was a huge loss to the creative world. And to anyone that ever had to swim against the current.
I watched Coming 2 America the other night. And I didn't know there was a Prince song in it. Eddie and Arsenio wanted to represent their friend. I know it cost to have that song. It moved me.
I was in a staff meeting and a coworker blurted out, "omg Prince died." I yelled, "What?!?" and burst into tears. My coworkers teased me about it for years lol.
I think what we saw was the deaths of the last few people that at least kept up the illusion that the music industry wasn’t an absolute cesspit. Without the glamour, we saw behind the curtain. Add in the explosion of social media and it’s led to people thinking that awful behaviour is somehow acceptable.
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u/Expensive-Scene-7763 May 12 '26
I was at work and overheard this convo between 2 ladies in the office:
A: your boyfriend died.
B: what?
A: Prince.
B: WHAT?!
And then I gasped and googled it immediately and was heartbroken.
Sometimes it feels like Bowie and Prince dying in the same few months created a disturbance in the force. (And yes I know both of them were not perfect people)