My kid said to post this on DU and someone would explain it to me.

[sinkingfeeling]

Link to tweet

[AmyStrange]

1. singer/songwriter?

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Maybe they're talking about Sufjan Stevens

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufjan_Stevens

By the way, he does have a lot of shit going on, but I don't get the DC part.
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[sinkingfeeling]

3. Think so. Son said it's related to Illinois

[AmyStrange]

9. This guy...

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Maybe they're talking about Sufjan Stevens

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufjan_Stevens

Illinois is his 2005 album.

By the way, he does have a lot of shit going on, but I don't get the DC part.

Now I get it (Fr: Manfred Arcane), he was going to write a song for each state, and Mitch the Mouth thinks he doesn't need the pressure of adding one more state.

I see you figured it out.
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[Dave in VA]

2. Is Sufjan

related to covefe?

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

4. I hope they explain it to me too!

I have no clue..........

[Mike 03]

5. Maybe this?

Sufjan Stevens and the Curious Case of the Missing 48 States

https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/7/15/20691544/sufjan-stevens-50-states-illinois-michigan-seven-swans-indie-folk-pitchfork

More than 15 years ago, a young indie folk artist set a course to traverse the United States of America through song, accruing acclaim, a fan base, and lots of anticipation along the way. Or did he?

[Mike 03]

10. A little more:

Remember when indie rock turned into a whimsical, state-by-state geography lesson? Sufjan Stevens was our banjo-plucking pied piper, traversing the map while delivering two outlandishly baroque masterpieces about specific U.S. states. First came Michigan. Then Illinois. Then Illinois again, sort of. And then—well, we’re still waiting.

Michigan and Illinois seemed to unite the whole cynical swath of music lovers: Here were two kid-friendly, parent-friendly, grandparent-friendly concept albums capable of topping Pitchfork’s year-end lists and delighting your history teacher all at once. Yet by the last decade’s end, the singer’s overarching conceit had been mysteriously abandoned: Sufjan Stevens did not write and record an album about all 50 states. He didn’t even make it out of the Great Lakes region. No wonder millennials have trust issues.

[Manfred Arcane]

6. I'm not a youngster...

and I get it. Sufjan Stevens, a musician, said he intended to write an album for every state. As far as I'm aware he has only completed Illinois and Michigan. I believe he said later that he wasn't really serious about this. He has some good tunes. I like Illinoise quite a lot.

[sinkingfeeling]

11. That's it. A 51st. State would add to his workload.

[AmyStrange]

12. thanks

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now I get it.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

7. This link should explain it.

https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/7/15/20691544/sufjan-stevens-50-states-illinois-michigan-seven-swans-indie-folk-pitchfork

I'd personally never heard of that songwriter until figuring it out.

[consider_this]

13. You're missing out...

he really has some heartpiercing stuff, and lots of musicianship

[arlyellowdog]

8. Was going to make an album for all 50 states

I think he only did 2