Schopenhauer

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 Jamie xx's song "I Know There's Gonna be (Good Times), featuring Young Thug and Popcaan, reminded me of Schopenhauer's argument regarding the artistic "genius" in relation to aesthetic contemplation. Jamie xx is a Dj, who typically produces music without lyrics. While the titles of his productions often convey a mood, the sounds in and of themselves possess no meaning. This particular instrumental track conveyed a happy mood, but beyond this willed objectification, the musical arrangement is a "noumenal" result of the universal will. I believe that Jamie xx's brand of music displays the aesthetic contemplation of an artistic "genius," as described by Schopenhauer. Further, the addition of Young Thug's lyrics demonstrate Schopenhauer's argument regarding the human inability to understand the "noumenal object" in and of itself, and a seemingly automatic inclination of attaching a object to a subject.