Culture V. Commodity

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Tyler Fletcher Culture vs. Commodity Video Analysis “Trap Queen” by Fetty Wap When the song first begins it is already talking about being “married to the money” and the fact that he is filthy rich. He talks about having a “trap queen”, or in other words, a woman that does drugs and has sex with him. Throughout the song he talks about how he introduced her to his “stove”, which is another way of saying that he introduced her to drugs. He explains that his “trap queen” will do anything for him because of the amount of money he has and spends on her. He says in the chorus “I get high with my baby, I just left the mall I’m getting’ fly with my baby”, meaning that he spends large amounts of money on his “trap queen” by buying her clothes and drugs. He explains that everyone is “hatin’” on him but he calls them “fans”, showing that he doesn’t care what people think of him. There is alcohol and drugs placed throughout the video, along with nice cars and drugs. With this being said, the video is showing that there is a correlation between being rich and women, cars, drugs and alcohol. He doesn’t talk anywhere in the song about having to work for a relationship with his “trap queen”, but instead it is almost a given that he can get whoever he wants due to his financial stance. He talks about doing normal things with her such as cooking pies, and riding around with her in his car, but spends an abnormal amount of money on her without her even having to ask. It says in the song, “she aint wantin’ for nothin’ because I got her everything”. In essence, because of all the things that he does for her, she in turn pole dances for him and pleasures him in a physical sense. The end of the song shows his arrogance when he says he can walk in a house and have sex with anyone’s girl. Not only is he showing arrogance but he is also showing his disrespect for women in that he calls
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