When words become too weighted and statements too fraught, some artists turn to older languages — the pixelated, the absurd, the deliberately unserious — to say what cannot be said plainly. Jonathan Mann's Super Macklemore 64 arrives in that tradition, translating the removal of a politically outspoken rapper from Ed Sheeran's tour into a retro video game where giant pop stars chase you and billionaires are things you dodge. It is a small act of cultural commentary, but it points toward something larger: the music industry's deepening struggle to hold entertainment and conscience in the same h