Can the music world learn from Hollywood?

Pop Music Critic Last month, before stories of Harvey Weinstein’s long history of alleged sexual misconduct triggered an unprecedented outpouring in Hollywood, the disgraced movie mogul responded to accusations against him by invoking the words of Jay-Z. But fans gave Brown another chance: Since 2009, he’s released five major-label albums, including a 45-song set that came out Tuesday with the cuddly title “Heartbreak on a Full Moon.” Another recent example is the 19-year-old Florida rapper XXXTentacion, whose first studio album debuted at No. On his album, “17,” XXXTentacion hardly tries to make himself look like a good guy; the record begins with a chilling spoken intro in which he describes a life of “nightmares” and warns away listeners “not willing to accept my emotion.” But by framing the acts he’s accused of as a product of his environment, XXXTentacion is following the path of Weinstein, only here an audience appears willing to listen. By many accounts, Justin Bieber had little that was serious to atone for when he began work on his most recent album, 2015’s “Purpose”; the pop singer’s tabloid shenanigans included urinating in a restaurant mop bucket and egging a neighbor’s home in Calabasas. As it happens, there is just such a ballad on the pop chart right now, and that’s “Praying” by Kesha, whose ordeal illustrates the perverse flip side of guilt laundering.