How Stan Culture Has Changed The Critics' Role

About this episode

This episode discusses the evolution of stan culture and its influence on music criticism with guest Kieran Devlin.

On this episode, we speak with i-D writer Kieran Devlin about stan culture and the impact of social media on the way we judge music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: VICE

Guest: Kieran Devlin

Topics covered

• stan culture
• music criticism
• social media
• cultural impact
• music industry

Keywords

• stan culture
• music
• critics
• social media
• Kieran Devlin

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: i-D, VICE

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