Powter's values are very similar to our generation's

In Daniel Powter’s songs it becomes evident through his song “Hollywood” that he values fame and power. In our world today it seems that everything ends up revolving around money and fame. We see children fighting for designer items, just like the hottest celebs. It is very clear that our generation values expensive things and fame. Every little girl wants to be like Hannah Montana and in Daniel Powter’s songs he definitely brings up the fact that money is very prevelent and buying things. In his song he sees a good-looking girl and wants her like Hollywood. The fact that he titles a song “Hollywood” shows that in our world Hollywood is very important.
He also presents some social issues that are occurring. For example, one song is “Lost on a stoop” which talks about “rejects.” He describes how soon your life is lost on a stoop and in disrepair. He portrays this as bad when you fall off your course. It shows that in our world we value and when something goes wrong it is looked down upon and upsetting. Along with “Bad day” another song of upset and despair, it seems like anything can get you down and that in our world we value trying to avoiding failure.
He also, presents our world’s obsession of avoiding our problems and just getting high to avoid it. In the song “Jimmy Gets High” he describes a boy who just drowns in his problems by getting high. When people disapprove he just gets high. I think that Daniel is criticizing people who hide behind drugs to avoid problems, an issue that is prevalent among many celebs and important, I hope that our generation values the distance from drugs and I think that that is what Daniel is trying to do through his song.