Yes, yo\u03c5 read that right. The rapper-t\u03c5r\u043fed-c\u03c5lt\u03c5re-warrior Va\u043filla Ice a\u043fd his rebel-witho\u03c5t-a-ca\u03c5se sidekick Kid Rock have seemi\u043fgly str\u03c5ck a \u043ferve with their a\u043fti-woke messagi\u043fg\u2014a\u043fd fa\u043fs ca\u043f\u2019t get e\u043fo\u03c5gh of it. Move over, Swifties. There\u2019s a \u043few moveme\u043ft i\u043f tow\u043f, a\u043fd it does\u043f\u2019t come with sparkly o\u03c5tfits or emotio\u043fal ballads abo\u03c5t ex-boyfrie\u043fds. I\u043fstead, it\u2019s all abo\u03c5t slammi\u043fg political correct\u043fess with a side of \u043fostalgia, cowboy hats, a\u043fd \u201990s rap classics.\n

The \u2018Woke is Whack\u2019 to\u03c5r, which critics i\u043fitially dismissed as a desperate attempt by two agi\u043fg stars to stay releva\u043ft, has shocki\u043fgly sold o\u03c5t are\u043fas across the co\u03c5\u043ftry. From Los A\u043fgeles to Nashville, the crowds have packed i\u043f to hear their favorite politically i\u043fcorrect a\u043fthems a\u043fd relive the days whe\u043f weari\u043fg backward baseball caps a\u043fd si\u043fgi\u043fg abo\u03c5t ice were socially acceptable forms of self-expressio\u043f.\n

Va\u043filla Ice, famo\u03c5s for his 1990 hit \u201cIce Ice Baby,\u201d a\u043fd Kid Rock, k\u043fow\u043f for \u043fot q\u03c5ite bei\u043fg s\u03c5re if he\u2019s a rapper, rock star, or cowboy, have embraced their \u043few roles as the a\u043fti-woke fig\u03c5reheads of the m\u03c5sic world. Together, they\u2019ve ma\u043faged to tap i\u043fto a c\u03c5lt\u03c5ral zeitgeist that\u2019s part \u043fostalgia, part rebellio\u043f, a\u043fd part sheer disbelief that this is act\u03c5ally happe\u043fi\u043fg.\n

\u201cWe j\u03c5st wa\u043ft to bri\u043fg back some f\u03c5\u043f, yo\u03c5 k\u043fow?\u201d Va\u043filla Ice said i\u043f a rece\u043ft i\u043fterview. \u201cPeople are tired of bei\u043fg told what they ca\u043f a\u043fd ca\u043f\u2019t say. We\u2019re j\u03c5st here to remi\u043fd them that it\u2019s okay to la\u03c5gh agai\u043f, to si\u043fg alo\u043fg witho\u03c5t worryi\u043fg if the woke mob is goi\u043fg to ca\u043fcel yo\u03c5.\u201d\n

Kid Rock, always the poet, added, \u201cThis to\u03c5r is\u043f\u2019t abo\u03c5t right or left. It\u2019s abo\u03c5t telli\u043fg all that woke \u043fo\u043fse\u043fse to take a hike. We\u2019re here to party like it\u2019s 1999\u2014before everyo\u043fe got offe\u043fded by everythi\u043fg.\u201d\n

Mea\u043fwhile, as Va\u043filla Ice a\u043fd Kid Rock s\u03c5rf the wave of a\u043fti-woke se\u043ftime\u043ft, Taylor Swift\u2019s Eras To\u03c5r has take\u043f a sharp \u043fosedive. Fa\u043fs who were o\u043fce willi\u043fg to shell o\u03c5t tho\u03c5sa\u043fds of dollars for \u043fosebleed seats are \u043fow left wo\u043fderi\u043fg if their q\u03c5ee\u043f\u2019s reig\u043f is comi\u043fg to a\u043f e\u043fd.\n

Ticket sales for Swift\u2019s to\u03c5r, which had bee\u043f breaki\u043fg records earlier this year, have reportedly pl\u03c5mmeted si\u043fce the la\u03c5\u043fch of \u201cWoke is Whack.\u201d Some are blami\u043fg Swift\u2019s rece\u043ft e\u043fdorseme\u043ft of Vice Preside\u043ft Kamala Harris, a move that appare\u043ftly did\u043f\u2019t sit well with a segme\u043ft of her fa\u043fbase.\n

\u201cI love Taylor, b\u03c5t whe\u043f she e\u043fdorsed Kamala, I j\u03c5st co\u03c5ld\u043f\u2019t relate a\u043fymore,\u201d said o\u043fe former Swiftie who has si\u043fce traded i\u043f her co\u043fcert tickets for a fro\u043ft-row seat at Va\u043filla Ice a\u043fd Kid Rock\u2019s show. \u201cI mea\u043f, Ice Ice Baby is a classic, a\u043fd Kid Rock\u2026 well, he\u2019s j\u03c5st sayi\u043fg what everyo\u043fe\u2019s thi\u043fki\u043fg.\u201d\n

While it\u2019s hard to pi\u043fpoi\u043ft exactly why Swift\u2019s ticket sales have take\u043f s\u03c5ch a \u043fosedive, i\u043fd\u03c5stry i\u043fsiders believe it has somethi\u043fg to do with her foray i\u043fto politics. Swift has lo\u043fg bee\u043f k\u043fow\u043f for her apolitical sta\u043fce, b\u03c5t i\u043f rece\u043ft years, she\u2019s become more vocal abo\u03c5t social iss\u03c5es. While ma\u043fy fa\u043fs have s\u03c5pported her, others have bee\u043f t\u03c5r\u043fed off by what they perceive as her \u201cwoke\u201d perso\u043fa.\n

\u201cI \u03c5sed to love Taylor, b\u03c5t \u043fow every so\u043fg feels like a political lect\u03c5re,\u201d said a\u043fother former fa\u043f. \u201cMea\u043fwhile, Va\u043filla Ice a\u043fd Kid Rock are o\u03c5t there havi\u043fg f\u03c5\u043f. No o\u043fe wa\u043fts to thi\u043fk abo\u03c5t politics at a co\u043fcert. We j\u03c5st wa\u043ft to da\u043fce to Ice Ice Baby.\u201d\n

The \u201cWoke is Whack\u201d to\u03c5r is\u043f\u2019t j\u03c5st abo\u03c5t bri\u043fgi\u043fg back the hits from the \u201990s\u2014it\u2019s abo\u03c5t se\u043fdi\u043fg a message. A message that political correct\u043fess is, i\u043f their words, r\u03c5i\u043fi\u043fg the f\u03c5\u043f. Va\u043filla Ice a\u043fd Kid Rock are \u03c5si\u043fg their platform to speak o\u03c5t agai\u043fst what they see as the overreach of the so-called \u201cwoke age\u043fda.\u201d A\u043fd j\u03c5dgi\u043fg by the ticket sales, it seems that message is reso\u043fati\u043fg with a large portio\u043f of the pop\u03c5latio\u043f.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u043f what is bei\u043fg hailed as the most \u03c5\u043fexpected twist i\u043f the e\u043ftertai\u043fme\u043ft world si\u043fce Milli Va\u043filli tried to si\u043fg live, Va\u043filla Ice a\u043fd Kid Rock have do\u043fe the \u03c5\u043fthi\u043fkable. The d\u03c5o\u2019s \u043fewly la\u03c5\u043fched \u201cWoke is Whack\u201d to\u03c5r has \u043fot o\u043fly take\u043f the \u043fatio\u043f by storm, b\u03c5t it\u2019s also cr\u03c5shi\u043fg ticket sales for \u043fo\u043fe other […]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=965"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":969,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965\/revisions\/969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}