THUMP to Relaunch as Politics Website, President Advisor

As the political climate worldwide becomes increasingly chaotic, fun can feel frivolous. With bombs falling from American drones onto innocent people in foreign lands, and politicians ignoring the fact that water supplies in our nation's heartland have become irreparably poisoned, how can we here at THUMP be expected to dedicate our mental and emotional energy to something as trivial as club culture?

Starting today, we'll be turning our attention to what really matters: not music, but the race for the next president of the United States. Between now and November, THUMP will be known as President Advisor, a new publication meant to cover the issues beyond bass drops and Twitter beefs. What that means immediately is less THUMP and more Trump, along with a dedication to covering the races through the winking, irreverent lens our readers have come to know and love. That means there'll be reports from the campaign trail as we roll closer to Election Day, deep dives into Mexican-American diplomacy, hard-hitting investigations of the drug wars, and, of course, wonderfully contrarian essays from THUMP UK Editor Josh Baines like "Oh Come on Americans, Ted Cruz Isn't as Bad as Live Techno."

Though we appreciate the musicians attempting to change the world for the better—like NON Worldwide's power structure-upending beats or Fatima Al-Qadiri, who's writing protest songs as vivid and world-shaking as anyone ever has—we still think that this is the only path forward, because whoever ends up being president will ultimately, unfortunately, have a more direct say on what actually ends up happening in our country. After all, The Guardian says that kids aren't going to clubs anymore anyway.

For a preview of President Advisor, check out some of our recent political content:

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