New writer Jocelyn Molina has an important message for the DJs at frat parties.

Alas, rush szn has swept over Columbia’s campus yet again. For three weekends, frat houses have been bursting at the seams with brothers, prospective pledges, their female friends, and nearly every first-year that can manage to get in. Messy memories will be made—and rightfully so!

But as you’re drinking/dancing/ragecage-ing your perpetually stressed-out souls away to the remix of Ignition, I just have one request:

Please don’t.

To whichever frat-brother-disc-jockey is in charge of the aux, please take Ignition_(Remix).mp3 out of your Spotify repertoire.

Hear me out: my reasoning goes far beyond the fact that it’s tired, and you’ve been playing it for years. But like, seriously… There are so many more great throwbacks out there that aren’t Hollaback Girl and some sh*t made by a pedophile. I’m not here to grill you; I’m here to spread the knowledge, and ensuring you’re not being complicit in giving a terrible human being your streams.

#MuteRKelly has been a movement brewing since 2017, started by two women of color out to lay the artist completely fucking bare by denouncing him publicly, asking that both the legal and commercial stratospheres do the same. The movement was reinvigorated via Twitter a couple weeks ago in response to the Lifetime docu-series “Surviving R. Kelly”, which is centered around exposing the artist’s history with women— many of them which were underaged. A range of voices from Grammy-award winning celebrities to literally women everywhere have all joined the movement in denouncing R. Kelly, breaking associations and boycotting all of his music. Because who’s really trying to support a pedophile, in these trying-but-still-woke times?

This past year has reignited the ongoing conversation of separating the art from the artist, (such as Kanye West’s descent from the rocker and all.) To this I say: take it on a case-to-case basis. But in this case specifically— you just can’t. Literally all of his songs are about sex. If you can track down R. Kelly’s muse for Ignition_(Remix).mp3 and guarantee me she was old enough to consent, then go off. But in the meantime, your resident NYC nightlife baddie™ shall put you on some bangers that’ll guarantee your next frat party gets 4.5-star reviews (if Instagram models can get lit to this, so can you.)

Travis Scott / Drake — Sicko Mode

Khia — My Neck, My Back (Lick it)

Nio Garcia, Bad Bunny, etc — Te Bote (Remix)

Riton, Kahlo — Fake ID

50 Cent — In Da Club

I strongly believe that underneath your Patagonia anoraks and your overwhelming bro-ness lie some young, fine gentlemen. Thus, I have faith that you will heed my advice.

Ignition isn’t even fresh out the kitchen anymore, anyways!

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