Brazilian Pop Culture
Brazil pop culture has changed so much over the years; decades. Almost all aspects of American pop culture such as McDonalds’s, American films, and blue jeans can be seen in Brazil. Brazilians use to think that all kinds of American cultural icons were distasteful and now they are very well known in the new Brazilian culture.
Many years ago, there was an attempt to reduce the number of American films in Brazil. The government imposed a law that all cinemas should show a higher percentage of Brazilian movies. However, Brazil didn’t have enough good films, or even enough films to show. So, in spite of the government subsidies, this measure failed soon after.
It is the same with the music, American music is present in Brazil as well. Everybody knows American icons music; but Brazilian music has never lost its first place in the Brazilians preferences. Brazil mostly still listens to their cultured music.
Ce`U is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose music is rooted in Samba, the infectious rhythmic style made famous in Brazil, which she blends with hip-hop, jazz, and soul to create an intoxicating and distinctive sound. Just when you think Brazil must surely have exhausted its supply of irresistibly jazzy, song writers, someone like Ce`U comes along and makes you think that maybe that particular well is not bottomless after all.
Formed in 2003 in Sao Paulo, Brazil by a group of art damaged, pop cultured omnivores with a abiding thirst for good times. This group named the Donkey was the first South American band signed to the over rated Sub Pop label of Seattle, Washington. Their full length debut Cansei de Ser Sexy (“ I got tired of being sexy”) was released in 2006. Nearly a year and a half after its release it became the highest charting single by a Brazilian band in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.
Stephan Doitschinoff, aka, CALMA, is a self taught artist based in Bahima and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Looking to Brazilian folklore and Baroque religious imagery, as well as Alchemical and Pagan symbols, CALMA has created his own unique language and style which embraces his influences and lets them evolve naturally into his own autobiographical work by combining them with his roots in urban and pop culture. If Brazil is to far away to view his work do not fear it will be in the United States in a solo exhibition at Anno Domini.
However, even though the art has changed a lot over the decades, Brazil still is famous for its original style of art. This is one that will always blind with the new pop culture that the younger generation of Brazil has taken over. This pretty much is the same for just about all the ways of Brazil.