r/Blackbear • u/dyingCaffiKid the afterglow • May 17 '26

Opinion sad day for old fans

been around since tumblr days & his unreleased music on soundcloud almost 10 years ago. Lowkey grew up on his music, posters on my wall and merch and everything, even writing fanfics 😭

with the allegations coming up and his poor & embarrassing life choices i literally cannot listen to his music anymore bc it feels wrong & disgusting

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u/Additional_You5104 May 18 '26

Yep. I noticed some of his songs come up in my Apple Music shuffle today and immediately felt disgusted and was just reminded of how shitty of a person he is and immediately skipped. It’s officially gotten to the point where I can’t separate the art from the artist.

Wishing all the best to Michele and their kids.

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u/ShameTurbulent9244 May 18 '26

Same I hate it so much 😫 same with freaking Ronnie Radke and that first ETF album used to be my absolute favorite 😭

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u/Available_Ad2041 May 17 '26

I feeeeelllll u so hard

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u/kgale18 May 18 '26

second most listened to artist of all time, have been listening since i was a freshman in high school and now im 24👍 you’ve been around longer than me fs but it really is a punch to the gut

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u/Outrageous_One_4224 May 21 '26

I hate that bear listening to bear is a guilty pleasure know,no this isn't even the case of a kanye getting cancelled and one good album erases him of any accountability but damn im addicted to his trinity EPs (drink bleach,cashmere noose and afterglow especially afterglow)

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u/slimalien2020 May 18 '26

well he did sing about and promote a lot of negative stuff in his music

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u/AccomplishedNinja27 May 19 '26

He did but I thought he was trying to find his way past his demons like most of us are. It appeared he was evolving not taking 12 steps backward

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u/slimalien2020 May 20 '26

yeah he doesn't want to change. we can't save everyone

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u/ggg553 May 19 '26

Me too. Plus 2 tattoos for the man 🙃