Grumpy Young Lady

Kate Brunotts
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Hi! My name is Kate and I'm an artist and musician. I like to share my creations, and I also have a video essay series called Grumpy Young Lady. I post them here for convenience, sometimes it's about art, othertimes it's about culture and *society* at large. Thanks for listening.

  1. 11/13/2025

    Pluribus, Anti Intellectualism, and the Celebration of Ignorance

    Pluribus has emerged and wow it feels so nice to have another Vince Gilligan show to watch. We're only a couple of episodes in, but I'm loving some of themes especially around how we treat intellectualism, ignorance, and fighting for the friction that is everyday life. 0:00 - Pluribus is here! 0:40 - Nothing like a grumpy lady1:10 - Episode 1 Pluribus recap3:00 - Pluribus episode 2 recap 4:40 - Why is discomfort important 7:00 - AI Alignment and it's roll in putting on the brakes9:15 - Individualism or "pick me" syndrome is not the same as critical thought10:01 - Humanity does not lie in ignorance12:14 - The rise of anti-intellectualism13:50 - The signs of anti intellectualism16:06 - Learned helplessness and the atrophy of AI Referenced links:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6lzvWby9UE- https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-fed-sloppy-code-it-turned-into-something-evil-20250813/- https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openais-smartest-ai-model-was-explicitly-told-to-shut-down-and-it-refused - https://gizmodo.com/utopia-equals-dystopia-in-pluribus-apple-tvs-latest-sci-fi-standout-2000680460- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKSyWqcKing- https://www.politico.com/video/2016/02/donald-trump-i-love-the-poorly-educated-044575 - https://time.com/7295195/ai-chatgpt-google-learning-school/ Find me elsewhere: Listen to Grumpy Young Lady on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/11FX5G68eYPdSlnrZYq7To?si=d9258268798b4b0aFind me elsewhere: https://linktr.ee/katebrunotts Spotify (Music): https://open.spotify.com/artist/1vV2HAeSNkp97JK2tPpEoN?si=WzRT4xYLTi6uQOG4mn2aiA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katebrunotts/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@katebrunotts

    19 min

  2. 11/03/2025

    Massive Attack, Mass Surveillance, and the Panopticon

    Massive Attack dares to say something in a performance. What a beautiful thing. Surveillance via Flock cameras, Ring, AI, etc. is kinda spooky. Blob tracking, Andy Warhol, and Noah Dillon all have their hand in aestheticizing our spooky world.  Chapters: 0:00 - Massive Attack, the Triphop legends behind Teardrop and Mezzanine 0:18 - Facial recognition performance 0:55 - The death of privacy  2:22 - Hypereal consequences 3:19 - Art serves as a very important mirror 4:11 - The cameras you can't escape 5:03 - The rules no longer exist  6:02 - Home invasion 6:11 - Recession art  6:57 - A lot of art is not challenging us  8:00 - Lady Gaga's Swine during Artpop 9:07 - Surveillance art and digital critique  10:30 - Why you should care about your data and resisting the pantopticon Referenced Links:  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDrfisZP-Us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6UW4CFz71s - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ&t=281s  - https://deflock.me/ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyjSl2aqUq0 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPRL2bFNKrk - https://ifa.nyu.edu/avitalmeshi/catalog.html  - https://artbreath.org/coffee-talk/art-the-surveillance  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_art  - https://pitchfork.com/news/39905-watch-new-interactive-arcade-fire-video-for-we-used-to-wait/ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8fFj4-CKY8 - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgjdlx92lylo - https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1l6qq94/why_should_i_care_that_my_online_activity_is/ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReIwYj7BACM Listen to Kattle Considerations on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/11FX5G68eYPdSlnrZYq7To?si=c10ebb89d0a842ff  Find me elsewhere: https://linktr.ee/katebrunotts  Spotify (Music): https://open.spotify.com/artist/1vV2HAeSNkp97JK2tPpEoN?si=vjGI6UlqSMa0G8ReQieLeQ  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katebrunotts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@katebrunotts

    14 min

  3. 09/22/2025

    Kate Explains 2020s Music: Bandsplaining Guest Episode

    Hey yall! Did a fun little episode discussing the music of yesteryear and today with the lovely folks @Bandsplaining. Enjoy! ____ When you spend your days researching music history, it's tough to track what's happening right now. Fortunately @KateBrunotts from our Most/Least American series has the answers. She has scoured TikTok so the rest of us don't have to, and shares her theory on the 4 categories of modern pop. 0:59 - "Ever Fallen In Love" (2004) - Pete Yorn1:40 - "Projections" (2021) - Kate Brunotts7:52 - "7 Rings" (2020) - Only Fire10:21 - "Where's My Juul??" (2019) - Full Tac; Lil Mariko15:18 - "PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN" (2023) - QUEEF JERKY; ethan is online17:38 - "FAMILY GUY" (2023) - QUEEF JERY; ethan is online18:37 - "Судно (Борис Рижий)" (2018) - Molchat Doma20:03 - "Jealous" (2019)- Eyedress24:20 - "Hide - Slow" (2024) - Dorian Concept25:36 - "When I'm Small" (2010) - Phantogram29:34 - "I'm Good (Blue)" (2023) - David Guetta; Babe Rexha31:21 - "Big Energy" (2022) - Latto; Mariah Carey; DJ Khaled34:32 -  "Marea (we’ve lost dancing)" (2021) -  Fred Again; The Blessed Madonna35:41 - "RLLYNICE" - THE HELLP (2024)41:32 - "Mannequin Love (The Dare Remix)" (2025) - Justice; The Flints; The Dare42:27 - "Girls" (2023) - The Dare44:37 - "Locals (Girls like us) [with gabby start]" (2023) -  Underscores; gabby start49:22 - "Customer Service" (2023) - Sugar Pit

    1h 12m

  4. 08/09/2025

    Welcome to Technofuedalism: Own Nothing and Be Happy

    serf life chose us I guess

    12 min

  5. 07/29/2025

    Gen Z: Unavoidable Nihilism from the Most Rejected Generation

    Hot take but I think the Gen Z stare mightttt just be a result of being the most rejected generation and an increasing sense that the bar is getting lower for what we can hope and expect for in the future. yipeee highly recommend checking out the full piece. 0:00 - The Gen Z stare is well deserved 0:16 - Open to work!!!! 0:43 - Sincerity is scary 1:24 - Absurdity in the face on uncertainty 1:48 - The most rejected generation 2:49 - premature specialization 4:02 - The abysmal job market 6:02 - College 6:40 - Social rejection 8:15 - What happens to rejected people 9:06 - Short term planning 10:57 - Careless people 13:21 - Comedy and resistance Referenced media:- https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/opinion/rejection-college-youth.html - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZO1B4fZlOw&t=207s Find me other places:https://linktr.ee/katebrunotts

    15 min

  6. 07/15/2025

    Context Collapse As Currency: Kyla Scanlon’s End of Predictable Progress

    Oh man Ezra Klein and Kyla Scanlon’s latest chat got me thinking about context collapse surrounding betting and how we relate to it in an economy where attention is the foundation to change. Also take a shot every time I say “himself”. Would love your thoughts, thanks for watching 3  0:00 - We’ve built an attention lottery 1:21 - Attention is the new loss leader1:50 - Entertain or Perish2:29 - Rizz marketing and embracing cheating (trolling for gain) 4:27 - Sabrina Carpenter’s controversial Man’s Best Friend5:57 - Betting on our literal future 6:25 - Context collapse: betting markets and flattening importance

    11 min

  7. 07/11/2025

    RIP to customer service: it’s designed to be bad

    Customer service is bad and it's going to get worse with the AI upheaval. Say it with me: ✨ REPRESENTATIVE ✨0:00 - Customer service is a dying art0:46 - We are all upset1:30 - AI deception storytime3:26 - Customer service is designed to be bad4:16 - Sending consumers down dead ends5:24 - Talking with agents is a full-time job5:42 - Customer service sludge7:00 - Profit over people 8:36 - Lagging legislation9:43 - Black Mirror is my president10:42 - Businesses created by businesses underperforming

    13 min

  8. 06/27/2025

    criterion closet but it’s actually just mine with music (small artists you should be listening to)

    Welcome to Kloset with a K today I'm featuring tracks from Sara Gray, After, Wallace, Grace Ives, Pip Bloom, Jenny Hval, A/S/L, 3I3d3p, Dafna, and Ella Woolsey. How delightful. Tell me your underrated favs immediately! artists you should be listening to vol.1: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4YzLhYGv5AjVyNiw7VmWtm?si=a0f1070b95794a1c Listen to Kattle Considerations on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/11FX5G68eYPdSlnrZYq7To?si=c10ebb89d0a842ff Find me elsewhere: https://linktr.ee/katebrunotts Spotify (Music): https://open.spotify.com/artist/1vV2HAeSNkp97JK2tPpEoN?si=vjGI6UlqSMa0G8ReQieLeQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katebrunotts/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@katebrunotts

    8 min
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Hi! My name is Kate and I'm an artist and musician. I like to share my creations, and I also have a video essay series called Grumpy Young Lady. I post them here for convenience, sometimes it's about art, othertimes it's about culture and *society* at large. Thanks for listening.

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  • Creator
    Kate Brunotts
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Kate Brunotts
  • Show Website
    Grumpy Young Lady