The Chinese company, under pressure from the Trump administration to divest TikTok’s U.S. That’s one of the details that emerged overnight after Microsoft said Sunday afternoon that TikTok’s parent, Beijing-based ByteDance, declined the offer from Microsoft and Walmart to acquire TikTok for a reported $20 billion to $30 billion. operations, data, source code and algorithms, declining to settle for a lesser deal that didn’t put those key assets in its hands. Microsoft’s bid for TikTok fell through after the tech giant insisted on acquiring full control of the social video app’s U.S. ![]() Whether it was speaking out for those that feel marginalized, empowering women in all walks of life or just creating a product that was completely unsuspected-we learned exactly what was important to them.Oracle co-founder and CTO Larry Ellison, left, is looking to make the company a “trusted technology partner” to TikTok after ByteDance turned down an acquisition bid from Walmart and Microsoft, led by Satya Nadella, right. These are a tiny handful of the imaginative ways artists reacted to life’s happenings through their creative approach and came together to portray a larger narrative of the need for specific advocacies. Her sister Solange empowered women through her book and album release, A Seat At The Table. The Knowles sisters - Turning the lemons handed to her into a refreshing bittersweet sip of Lemonade, Beyonce released a full album via an HBO special. Described as an album that was “rooted in anxiety and mourning,” by Rolling Stone, we can see how swiftly they wrote and disseminated their message about results in November. When I analyze lyrics from their albums I can’t help but notice the undertones of urgency around movements like #blacklivesmatter, a major conversation had now and expressed musically through funky notes theming back to the 70’s as Donald Glover notes his inspiration.Ī Tribe Called Quest let us know “We Got It From Here.” - While I’m still dizzy from this year’s debates, the guys from A Tribe Called Quest wrote to cut through the thick space in protest of the election topics and sent out their message using their art as best they could. Also all highly anticipated-these three were all albums that generated memes and trending conversations on Twitter as fans waited with bated breath. ![]() Like any device we have, there’s always something that can be updated.įrank Ocean, Childish Gambino and J.Cole’s album drops - Each unique to their usual approaches to creating music. I find that the ephemeral approach to creating this album shows how significant edits and evolutions of work are. Kanye West’s “The Life of Pablo” - while Kanye is known for changing up his sound on each album, the release at NYFW was a first-ever streaming album drop + fashion performance, a “living” album according to Complex. Coupled with the inevitable, soul-draining presidential debates and losing Prince, 2016 served as a catalyst for many to speak up, innovate and use their medium to react in a way that they may not have considered before.Īs I learn to cope with this year’s series of events and personally adapt to the balance of changing cities and jobs, I find comfort in knowing I too have the ability to reinvent the wheel in my creative approach to designing my life’s mosaic in 2017.Īs I’m a hip hop and funk music junkie, here are a few music moments from this year that were rich with unpredicted styles and reactions where we saw people dig deep into their work: It startled us, rattled our bones and moved us to the point where we needed to hit a serious refresh in our approach to creating. Pop culture-particularly in the last year-was riddled with tragedy. His music could not be defined by a single word or sound and his style was like nothing you or I could ever dream. ![]() A pioneer in music, art, fashion, etc-the legacy this human left behind truly embodies how life is an ever-constant journey of transition. I’d argue he was the master of change, and the origin of most trendsetters we see today. Tessellate: to create a mosaic using triangles.īeginning in January, the world took a blow with the death of beloved creative genius David Bowie. When paired with other symbols, it can also read as a reaction when under heat.Ģ016 was the year in which we all carried our own delta signs and tessellated. In math/science (not my forte but I dig it when I can speak in symbolisms) the delta sign means change. ![]() This shape carries major significance to me. Yes, the three points where three lines meet. Like alt-J sings, “triangles are my favorite shape”.
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