Micro-Music Genre - Political Values

Certain electro house musicians are getting involved with political sphere but in terms of the music itself. They're taking their own views to their performances. Dave Clarke announced he would no longer perform in the US, citing the "misogynist narcissist racist president in office" as the main factor to his decision. Which sparked the response from people such as “Sorry, thought this was the Dave Clarke page, must have stumbled onto Billy Bragg by accident! What’s all this Politics doing here?” and “Keep politics out of house”. the comments from the backlash didn't come with the fact that he was deciding not to perform in the US, but about the fact that he was involving himself with any type of politics, to begin with.

A similar response occurred when Zedd,  tweeted a Thomas Jefferson quote and followed this up with a post showing solidarity to the airport protests in America. It’s clear why a Russian-born, German living in the US on a visa would have concerns about policy targeting immigrants, which is something that he should be allowed to voice. But not so according to some of Zedd’s followers. “Stick to music instead of spouting political shite,”

This shows if anything the fans of the music wish to be separated from politics entirely and maybe see the genre as a way of getting out of 'real life'. Giving them the opportunity to escape through listening to the music.