Last night and early this morning, Twitter trended #ConfessYourUnpopularOpinion, a hashtag designed for what many users do on a daily basis: air opinions and factoids on their favorite musical acts that they generally keep out of polite – and given the Internet, impolite – conversation.
This gave a brief pass for closet fans and conspiracy theorists alike to weigh in on musicians. Though we had local dissenters, esteemed media personalities dropped their guard and tweeted their darkest music confessions:
Boston Globe political reporter dethrones Queen Bey:
Kelly Rowland is still my favorite former-Destiny’s Child member (sorry Bey). #confessyourunpopularopinion
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 8
You could safely defer to Evan Smith on a wealth of topics, but this “unpopular opinion” from the Texas Tribune Editor-in-Chief and CEO gave us pause:
Dave Matthews isn’t so bad #confessyourunpopularopinion
— Evan Smith (@evanasmith) August 8
Although here’s some more DMB love from a Billboard contributing editor:
Something about Dave Matthews #confessyourunpopularopinion
— David Greenwald (@daverawkblog) August 8
All the Jay Z and Beyoncé fodder was just a cover. This senior legal analyst has it figured out:
I think Lady Gaga is in the Illuminati. #ConfessYourUnpopularOpinion
— Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) August 8
The face of The Guardian’s finance and economics will remain unmelted:
I leave the room if there’s a guitar solo. #ConfessYourUnpopularOpinion
— Heidi N. Moore (@moorehn) August 8
This article appears in August 2 • 2013.