Radical musicians being radical enough to conflict with the state and gain national attention is unironically the best method for them to blow up.

Punk can and will make a come back if the state wants to start a fight with musicians over it. What’s even more interesting is that British cultural rebellion through music leans into supporting it too. People on this island do not like music or artist censorship, even when they’re controversial artists, let alone when they’re saying something most of the country agrees with like right now.

This is not a battle the state can win. They are much better off leaving the music industry to be quietly coopted by radio and record companies so that this all sits at the niche fringe, all they’re doing is catapulting fringe artists into mainstream recognition.