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(Z) has repeatedly made the point, based on observations of/interactions with students, that it's a particularly tough time to be reaching adulthood. But he can't make that point as well as an actual member of the millennial generation can. Say, for example, the country duo The Doohickeys, composed of twenty-somethings Haley Spence Brown and Jack Hackett.
What the pair decided to do was take one of the best-loved country songs of all time, namely Dolly Parton's "9 to 5," and reinvent it for the millennial generation. The result is "9 to 6," a title that quite evidently comments on the greater demands placed on workers these days. There's no reliable way to embed the videos, but Part I of the re-imagined song is here, while Part II is here. For those who do not click through, here are some of the lyrics:
They sell you a dream in the form of FAFSA
Gotta go to college
But nobody asked ya
If you know how much tuition really is
Hard to find work once you got your diploma
So now the man
at the big bank own ya
For a choice you made when you were just a kid
Brown, incidentally, sounds uncannily like Parton.
Anyhow, it's good to see younger people finding their voice, and in a medium that will reach other younger people. That's doubly true when the musicians overcame a tough start in life—they met as students at USC.
Have a good weekend, all, and see if you can get off work today before the clock strikes 6. (Z)