Question About "Allday"

[thewitness]

I’ve got a question about the artist “Allday”. I was never a fan of any of the stuff I had heard in the past on the radio, but the other day I borrowed a few albums from the library (insert judgement here) including Startup Cult. Is this kid (including with his image) being serious, dishing up large doses of sarcasm or is it all an act of pure comedy where he is intentionally being lame. I listened to it directly after listening to Briggs’ – ShepLife which I thought was quite poignant, so the only way I could appreciate Startup Cult was if it was intended as some kind of comedy act.

I’m not a regular listener of full Hip-Hop albums, and maybe there is something generational that I’m missing. I will admit that I am, as I think Silent Alarm once beautiful summed it up, someone who bought a weatherboard house in Yarraville to raise a family.

 

[NotAMagpieBogan]

I'm pretty sure he is purposely being lame. He tried his and at stand up Comedy a few years ago, didn't go to well from memory

 

[class78]

Relies on a lot of pop cultural references to feed his 13 yr old fan base. Some of his old songs were pretty good but he's all about the money and cracking on Triple J now. Went to school with the lad.

 

[thewitness]

Relies on a lot of pop cultural references to feed his 13 yr old fan base. Some of his old songs were pretty good but he's all about the money and cracking on Triple J now. Went to school with the lad.

So is that his actual personality or is it a "character" that he is playing? And are his fans aware of this, if they are all 13 year olds.

 

[Silent Alarm]

My favourite Allday thing is when Ben Hunter, the greatest and most underrated critique of Australian Youth Culture, mocked him in that video. That bit about girls who know the DJ being slappers... quite truly profound...

Don't really like Allday but he's not that bad. I'm sure he'll outstay his welcome and I think he's minimally talented with maximum nous and cunning to manipulate the demographic he's snatched, but hey, some great bands were piss-poor and too naive to ever latch onto certain things and upping their popularity.

That song Girl In The Sun is absolutely appalling, mind you – that bloke on the acoustic epitomises the kind of bloke who does Arts and Swinburne. His lame, unisex name, his bad clothes, his "hey I do Coldplay covers on facebook" vibe. Putrid.

 

[class78]

So is that his actual personality or is it a "character" that he is playing? And are his fans aware of this, if they are all 13 year olds.

He does play a bit of a 'ruthless guy', 'skater', 'mad g' character in most of his raps. I think they'd know its tongue in cheek by his nine yr old voice, and middle class background.

 

[BluesMan]

Oh well should of read this before my post in the other thread

Big fan of his, have been for awhile. Not sure how you think Start Up Cult is like a comedy act... Majority of its about his life, ex girl friends, mates etc.

 

[Silent Alarm]

He always struck me as the kind of guy who would've been too cool to do phys ed.

 

[BluesMan]

He's definitely a cocky one, but he is what he is. Appeals to younger gen. Never going to dominate aussie hip hop (eg. Hilltops or Illy) but he's doing well for himself.