From rumors of making deals with devils to make your music better and spread your fame, to artworks inspired by creatives claiming they saw dreams or visions from hell. The idea of inculcating the original sinner in your art just makes it all the more appealing to the crowd. It’s like Jack Black, the actor that played the musician in School of Rock, said: “Satan sells tickets” and I couldn’t agree more.

The myth or the reality of Satan has been a debate for centuries, that overtime its influence has spilled over into music and has gone on to be a very controversial topic among songwriters, music fanatics and basically everyone that has at one time listened to a song. Whether it’s in country music like “The Devil Came Down to Georgia” by Charlie Daniels or love songs using the devil as an imagery to make the song more powerful to rock musicians and heavy metal bands like The Rolling Stones and Metallica making use of stage paraphernalia, conjuring the devil in their performances and bearing nicknames like ‘The Prince of Darkness’ and now modern hip-hop and rap artist like Lil Nas X and Lil Uzi Vert embracing or referencing Satan themed images in their aesthetics, music videos and branding. The Devil apparently continues to have a hold on music and surprisingly appeals to the listeners.