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A comment on Ask HN: Where is all the protest music?.

Re:Ask HN: Where is all the protest music? by lordkrandel on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @07:04AM (#46599932)
You getting old, so you only get to know mainstream artists, and indies cannot get popular because of how the internet centralizes things, and avoids making indies have real world experiences together and gain traction.

Hacktivist is one, but there a lot more on https://www.ongoinghistoryofprotestsongs.com/2025/06/08/30-b...

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Re:Ask HN: Where is all the protest music? by codingdave on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @09:19AM (#46601212)
> indies cannot get popular because of how the internet centralizes things

Are you joking? Some mainstream artists got their start on YouTube. Many indie artists perform there and have followings, and that is just one potential site to share your work. Sure, to become a household name you gotta grow from there and it is a tough road, but the ability to put out your music is crazy stronger today than in days of yore. I think you have an overly high bar set for what it means to "get popular"

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Re:Ask HN: Where is all the protest music? by lordkrandel on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @05:53PM (#46609536)
We are talking protest music, and... still, like 0.01% of youtube artists actually earn any money from making music nowadays.
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