The question is: Will pop culture remember, or will pop culture want to forget? A pandemic that has so far killed 300,000-plus in America — and is on track to kill who knows how many more — is clearly a defining event for our generation, maybe a defining event in human history. Right now, we can't stop thinking about it, and we're sick of thinking about it. Pop culture has responded in an equally schizoid way. On the one hand, albums by Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, BTS, Charli XCX and other artists touch — directly or obscurely — on the crisis. Films like the TV version of Stephen King's "The Stand," were clearly created with this moment in mind.