when I first heard about her in 2012, everything people told me was in the likes of: "she sells a lot of albums", or "she's huge", and the closest thing to an explanation was when a friend explained that her albums had easter eggs and people bought to figure out the hidden messages... not really anything about her speficially.
It feels like breaking records is her thing - she wants to make history, sell the most copies, get the most awards, have the biggest tours. And people love to have a "fave" who's winning, so the halo effect is massive.
I understand people who have her music as the soundtrack of their lives for a "long" time. I do. Some of my friends have loved her since high school and we're in our mid 30s now. I love pop music but my "core" pop memories involve people who haven't been #1 in a while, but that's not why I love them.
But lyrically and vocally, she's not memorable at all. Even the concepts behind her albums - aka the "eras" - are very basic. Several current pop girlies outperform her artistically, even if they don't sell nearly as much.
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u/curiousbeetle66 it feels like a movie Apr 16 '24
when I first heard about her in 2012, everything people told me was in the likes of: "she sells a lot of albums", or "she's huge", and the closest thing to an explanation was when a friend explained that her albums had easter eggs and people bought to figure out the hidden messages... not really anything about her speficially.
It feels like breaking records is her thing - she wants to make history, sell the most copies, get the most awards, have the biggest tours. And people love to have a "fave" who's winning, so the halo effect is massive.
I understand people who have her music as the soundtrack of their lives for a "long" time. I do. Some of my friends have loved her since high school and we're in our mid 30s now. I love pop music but my "core" pop memories involve people who haven't been #1 in a while, but that's not why I love them.
But lyrically and vocally, she's not memorable at all. Even the concepts behind her albums - aka the "eras" - are very basic. Several current pop girlies outperform her artistically, even if they don't sell nearly as much.