in 2017 these moments caused a lot of
confusion in pop culture welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 WTF
moments in music in 2017 you know if we
ever go to the Grammys if we ever win a
Grammy
we should receive it just like this
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
focusing on shocking moments that are
specific to the music industry so the
Las Vegas shooting has not been included
as that was a cultural tragedy in
general number 10
Taylor Swift’s new music and image in
2017 Taylor Swift once again reshaped
pop culture first she released her
reputation album cover a polarizing
portrait that immediately inspired
internet memes but when Taylor dropped
her new single and music video look what
you made me do she gave the world even
more to gossip about most notably her
sexier image and electro sound you
weren’t sure that a new Taylor had
emerged
she made it blatantly clear with her
phonecall dialogue
[Music]
she’s dead then she literally stripped
down for ready for it
proving that the old Taylor is gone for
good and as if all of that wasn’t
strange enough she also introduced
taylor swift tix where fans are
encouraged to buy boosts to have a
better chance of getting concert tickets
number nine
Spotify creates fake artists in 2016
music business worldwide reported that
Spotify was not only promoting fake
artists but also using the music to save
money for licensing costs a year later
the controversy reignited as Spotify
finally responded to the allegations and
denied any wrongdoing
even though set fees seem to be common
in the background music industry the
lack of online social media profiles and
presence on other streaming services by
these artists was considered a red flag
by many so the moral of the story is
that your atmospheric playlists just may
be the alter ego work of professional
musicians number eight Meek Mill to jail
in July 2017
pop culture was buzzing about meek
Mill’s new album wins and losses but
that now seems to be old news as the
Philadelphia MC is not available for
public appearances after his past came
back to haunt him on November 6th Meek
Mill was sentenced to two to four years
for violating his probation in response
jay-z Kevin Hart and many others
questioned the legal system and the
racial elements at play in the same
judge that asked to be on the track as
for a shout-out asked his man to do so
many personal things and I guess once
those things were ignored this
consequences but this ain’t right
because of Meeks Fame he was even
briefly held in solitary confinement a
bizarre turn for a man that had been
living publicly as a notable figure in
the hip hop world number seven Katy
Perry goes in a new direction in 2017
Katy Perry emerged with a bold new
musical direction on her album witness
break out singles swish-swish and bon
appetit were received with mixed results
frying an equal amount of criticism and
praise she followed this up with a
performance on Saturday Night Live that
left many fans confused about Perry’s
new edgy persona while there’s no way of
knowing what spawned this new identity
Perry’s 96 hour livestream provided some
insight into Katy’s past and her
struggle to deal with suicidal thoughts
and depression some critics called it a
bizarre publicity stunt
while others applauded Perry for her
honesty and openness number six will be
attacked in pop culture will be is well
known for cursing NBA players and for
his light-hearted demeanor but at the
2017 Rowling loud festival the West
Coast emcee paid a price for talking
about East Coast rapper a boogie widow
hoodie will be announced that he’d been
attacked by boogie PNB rock and others
but rather than making matters worse he
decided to promote peace but there’s
some folks that are representing a
culture that needs to you know just kick
back it ain’t all about being are
violent he also cancelled his show
because boogies crew apparently took all
his gear shortly after the beef was
officially quashed resulting in even
more confusion given the timeline of
events and the violent nature of the
original attack number five little peep
dies at 21 as one of the leading artists
of the new hip-hop movement Gustav are
also known as little peep appear to be
on the verge of pop culture stardom for
some he was already there being compared
to the likes of Kurt Cobain but just
three months after releasing his debut
album come over when you’re sober part 1
lil peep was found dead in his tour bus
during a stop in Tucson Arizona an
accidental overdose was the official
cause of death sparking a debate on drug
use in hip-hop culture as well as the
wider debate on the opiate crisis in
America number four are Kelly
allegations since releasing his 1993
debut R&B singer R Kelly has had his
share of run-ins with the law in 2017
allegations emerged in an article
published by BuzzFeed that a key
Kelly of running a sex cult the report
revealed that the singer had physical
and psychological control of six women
which our Kelly later denied in
September a former girlfriend came
forward alleging that our Kelly had been
abusive and controlling towards her for
two decades allegations have been made
and the latest developments are
disturbing to say the least
number three Tom Petty death fiasco
[Music]
news spread that American singer Tom
Petty had passed away with many offering
their usual thoughts and prayers which
made sense after the LAPD reported his
death only petit was still alive at the
UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica
California this pop-culture moment gave
insight into our social media habits
with regards to death and how inaccurate
reporting can lead to displaced grief
petit ultimately passed away on October
2nd as the news was delivered by his
official account
[Music]
number two fire festival Billy McFarland
an American entrepreneur had a dream
that dream unfortunately involved
deception when he established fire media
and began promoting an epic music
festival in the Bahamas he managed to
get celebrities to promote the event the
rapper Ja Rule was even a co organizer
so it all seemed legit but when people
arrived for their luxury event they
didn’t quite get what they’d paid for
nor did they get a concert at all
some were stranded on the island while
ja Rule used Twitter to deny any
responsibility ultimately he and
mcFarland were sued for 100 million
dollars and fire media’s founder was
arrested and charged for wire fraud
people were promised that they were
going to be staying in thousand-dollar
villas and they came with basically
tents that are FEMA tents before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions but in a sense in a
simple soon behold the end of its
blasphemous killing are all murderers
black
number one Chris Cornell and chester
bennington suicides on May 18th shortly
after performing his last concert with
Soundgarden Chris Cornell took his own
life the death obviously shocked fans
and fellow musicians but it especially
affected his good friend Chester
Bennington debug.trace the Lincoln Park
singer was visibly emotional on Jimmy
Kimmel Live the following day and he
later performed Hallelujah at Cornell’s
funeral
sadly the 41 year old Bennington took
his own life two months later the same
day that Cornell would have turned 53
years old these events shook up pop
culture and raised important questions
about mental health issues do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
confusion in pop culture welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 WTF
moments in music in 2017 you know if we
ever go to the Grammys if we ever win a
Grammy
we should receive it just like this
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
focusing on shocking moments that are
specific to the music industry so the
Las Vegas shooting has not been included
as that was a cultural tragedy in
general number 10
Taylor Swift’s new music and image in
2017 Taylor Swift once again reshaped
pop culture first she released her
reputation album cover a polarizing
portrait that immediately inspired
internet memes but when Taylor dropped
her new single and music video look what
you made me do she gave the world even
more to gossip about most notably her
sexier image and electro sound you
weren’t sure that a new Taylor had
emerged
she made it blatantly clear with her
phonecall dialogue
[Music]
she’s dead then she literally stripped
down for ready for it
proving that the old Taylor is gone for
good and as if all of that wasn’t
strange enough she also introduced
taylor swift tix where fans are
encouraged to buy boosts to have a
better chance of getting concert tickets
number nine
Spotify creates fake artists in 2016
music business worldwide reported that
Spotify was not only promoting fake
artists but also using the music to save
money for licensing costs a year later
the controversy reignited as Spotify
finally responded to the allegations and
denied any wrongdoing
even though set fees seem to be common
in the background music industry the
lack of online social media profiles and
presence on other streaming services by
these artists was considered a red flag
by many so the moral of the story is
that your atmospheric playlists just may
be the alter ego work of professional
musicians number eight Meek Mill to jail
in July 2017
pop culture was buzzing about meek
Mill’s new album wins and losses but
that now seems to be old news as the
Philadelphia MC is not available for
public appearances after his past came
back to haunt him on November 6th Meek
Mill was sentenced to two to four years
for violating his probation in response
jay-z Kevin Hart and many others
questioned the legal system and the
racial elements at play in the same
judge that asked to be on the track as
for a shout-out asked his man to do so
many personal things and I guess once
those things were ignored this
consequences but this ain’t right
because of Meeks Fame he was even
briefly held in solitary confinement a
bizarre turn for a man that had been
living publicly as a notable figure in
the hip hop world number seven Katy
Perry goes in a new direction in 2017
Katy Perry emerged with a bold new
musical direction on her album witness
break out singles swish-swish and bon
appetit were received with mixed results
frying an equal amount of criticism and
praise she followed this up with a
performance on Saturday Night Live that
left many fans confused about Perry’s
new edgy persona while there’s no way of
knowing what spawned this new identity
Perry’s 96 hour livestream provided some
insight into Katy’s past and her
struggle to deal with suicidal thoughts
and depression some critics called it a
bizarre publicity stunt
while others applauded Perry for her
honesty and openness number six will be
attacked in pop culture will be is well
known for cursing NBA players and for
his light-hearted demeanor but at the
2017 Rowling loud festival the West
Coast emcee paid a price for talking
about East Coast rapper a boogie widow
hoodie will be announced that he’d been
attacked by boogie PNB rock and others
but rather than making matters worse he
decided to promote peace but there’s
some folks that are representing a
culture that needs to you know just kick
back it ain’t all about being are
violent he also cancelled his show
because boogies crew apparently took all
his gear shortly after the beef was
officially quashed resulting in even
more confusion given the timeline of
events and the violent nature of the
original attack number five little peep
dies at 21 as one of the leading artists
of the new hip-hop movement Gustav are
also known as little peep appear to be
on the verge of pop culture stardom for
some he was already there being compared
to the likes of Kurt Cobain but just
three months after releasing his debut
album come over when you’re sober part 1
lil peep was found dead in his tour bus
during a stop in Tucson Arizona an
accidental overdose was the official
cause of death sparking a debate on drug
use in hip-hop culture as well as the
wider debate on the opiate crisis in
America number four are Kelly
allegations since releasing his 1993
debut R&B singer R Kelly has had his
share of run-ins with the law in 2017
allegations emerged in an article
published by BuzzFeed that a key
Kelly of running a sex cult the report
revealed that the singer had physical
and psychological control of six women
which our Kelly later denied in
September a former girlfriend came
forward alleging that our Kelly had been
abusive and controlling towards her for
two decades allegations have been made
and the latest developments are
disturbing to say the least
number three Tom Petty death fiasco
[Music]
news spread that American singer Tom
Petty had passed away with many offering
their usual thoughts and prayers which
made sense after the LAPD reported his
death only petit was still alive at the
UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica
California this pop-culture moment gave
insight into our social media habits
with regards to death and how inaccurate
reporting can lead to displaced grief
petit ultimately passed away on October
2nd as the news was delivered by his
official account
[Music]
number two fire festival Billy McFarland
an American entrepreneur had a dream
that dream unfortunately involved
deception when he established fire media
and began promoting an epic music
festival in the Bahamas he managed to
get celebrities to promote the event the
rapper Ja Rule was even a co organizer
so it all seemed legit but when people
arrived for their luxury event they
didn’t quite get what they’d paid for
nor did they get a concert at all
some were stranded on the island while
ja Rule used Twitter to deny any
responsibility ultimately he and
mcFarland were sued for 100 million
dollars and fire media’s founder was
arrested and charged for wire fraud
people were promised that they were
going to be staying in thousand-dollar
villas and they came with basically
tents that are FEMA tents before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions but in a sense in a
simple soon behold the end of its
blasphemous killing are all murderers
black
number one Chris Cornell and chester
bennington suicides on May 18th shortly
after performing his last concert with
Soundgarden Chris Cornell took his own
life the death obviously shocked fans
and fellow musicians but it especially
affected his good friend Chester
Bennington debug.trace the Lincoln Park
singer was visibly emotional on Jimmy
Kimmel Live the following day and he
later performed Hallelujah at Cornell’s
funeral
sadly the 41 year old Bennington took
his own life two months later the same
day that Cornell would have turned 53
years old these events shook up pop
culture and raised important questions
about mental health issues do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
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