{"id":96712,"date":"2024-02-24T16:59:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T16:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/?p=2039316"},"modified":"2024-02-24T16:59:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T16:59:41","slug":"john-ondrasik-blasts-music-industrys-historic-moral-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/24\/john-ondrasik-blasts-music-industrys-historic-moral-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"John Ondrasik Blasts Music Industry\u2019s \u2018Historic Moral Collapse\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Ondrasik won\u2019t land on any Grammy shortlist for his latest song.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The singer known as Five for Fighting channeled his rage at not just the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks that killed 1,200 Israelis but the ensuing wave of antisemitism across Western culture.<\/p>\n

The result? The haunting ballad \u201cOK\u201d married Ondrasik\u2019s beautiful voice with atrocities the likes of which we haven\u2019t seen since the Third Reich’s reign.<\/p>\n

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The \u201cSuperman\u201d singer shared the song\u2019s creative journey with The Hollywood in Toto podcast.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSome songs just kind of write themselves,\u201d says Ondrasik, whose video accompanying the song skewers those cheering on attacks so vile they mirrored the Holocaust atrocities. \u201cFor example, \u2018Blood on My Hands\u2019 about the Afghan withdrawal, that just came from anger. And the fact that a friend of mine, you know, was going down to rescue Americans we abandoned, risking her life [in the process] \u2026 I wanted to name names. And before I knew it, I had the song.\u201d<\/p>\n

The singer-songwriter\u2019s \u201cCan One Man Save the World,\u201d a tribute to Ukraine\u2019s president Volodymyr Zelensky \u201calso came very quickly,\u201d he recalls.<\/p>\n

That wasn\u2019t the case with \u201cOK.\u201d<\/p>\n

First, he processed the horrors of the initial attack. Then, he watched college students celebrate the slaughter and university presidents demand we consider the \u201ccontext\u201d behind calls for genocide against the Jews.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhere is everybody? Nobody\u2019s saying anything, with the exception of a few people [like U2 and Madonna] \u2026 I had the idea of, \u2018It’s a time for choosing, you know, evil is on the march,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

At that point, \u201cThe lyrics came very quickly,\u201d he notes. The song echoed a theme shared by New York City Mayor Eric Adams, whose fiery speech following the attacks<\/a> hit him hard.<\/p>\n

A culture where people celebrate torture, rape and murder isn\u2019t well. Or, as the Mayor put it, \u201cwe\u2019re not all right.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that idea stuck in my head,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n

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Please set aside time to watch this video, and share it. Thank you for using your talents to bring this to us, @johnondrasik<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Five for Fighting's 'OK' a Chilling, Powerful Reminder of the Horror of Hamas' Attack on Israel https:\/\/t.co\/CxzC0On8iJ<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) January 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n