“It happens in every generation,” Alfred Cochran, the head of music history and professor of music history and music theory at Kansas State, said. On social media sites like TikTok and Instagram, creators are using short-form video content to share their interpretations of the political landscape. “With social media, music dissemination is very fast,” associate professor Colleen White said. — Alfred Cochran, the head of music history and professor of music history and music theory at Kansas State. From the Hutchinson Family Singers to Billie Holiday to TikTok’s up-and-coming artists, musicians have long found ways to capture the complex anxieties, hopes and outrage of the eras.