I think it is amusing reading a book published 10~ years earlier and seeing what the author chose as pop culture references. It is such a fraught exercise because sure Taylor Swift was popular ten years ago and is also popular today, but what if they chose Katy Perry whose fame has fallen dramatically since then.
I know, right? That's why I always find it really grating, even if it's a current book referencing currently popular pop culture — I feel like I can already detect the seeds of irrelevance. My preference is always for authors to avoid these kinds of references altogether, or just talk about stuff that's already firmly viewed as 'classic' literature/music/film etc (like stuff on the level of Jane Austen or Shakespeare).
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I think it is amusing reading a book published 10~ years earlier and seeing what the author chose as pop culture references. It is such a fraught exercise because sure Taylor Swift was popular ten years ago and is also popular today, but what if they chose Katy Perry whose fame has fallen dramatically since then.
I know, right? That's why I always find it really grating, even if it's a current book referencing currently popular pop culture — I feel like I can already detect the seeds of irrelevance. My preference is always for authors to avoid these kinds of references altogether, or just talk about stuff that's already firmly viewed as 'classic' literature/music/film etc (like stuff on the level of Jane Austen or Shakespeare).