Dustin Warbear challenges surveillance culture with “FLOCK”

Dustin Warbear’s “FLOCK” takes on the corruption of Flock cameras, making surveillance the subject of a defiant song. Its central hook makes clear what kind of resistance it is: a refusal to accept being watched as a normal condition of modern life. Its subject matter gives the track a pointed political edge, raising questions about privacy, power and the systems put in public spaces. “FLOCK” makes surveillance a foreground technology and opposition a matter of personal conviction and resistance, rather than a background technology.