Rockowe klimaty? Muzyka popularna wobec antropocenu

This article analyses Western popular music in terms of content related to climate change. While references to nature have been present in song lyrics and various artistic at least since the 1960s, they seem to be gaining momentum in the view of the current ecological crisis. The discussion focuses on the ecological dimensions of rock defined also as a record of the cultural function of popular music, allowing us to take a closer look at the applications, description methods, and the purpose of environmental references. The aim of this article is not only to identify artists who address these issues, but also to reflect on the actual effects of incorporating the environmental content into popular music and its potential to express the cultural resistance. The paper is not so much interested in the recognition and cataloguing of references to the biosphere and its state or listing protest songs that call for greater care for the environment, but in how these issues have been exploited in recent cultural productions. The discussion focuses on popular music in English-speaking cultures, putting particular emphasis on broadly defined rock music recognised as largely responsible for the globalisation of many stereotypes and lifestyles so willingly copied and developed in other parts of the world.