unpopular opinion: we need more pop songs recorded in the studio with real instruments again. the song doesn’t have to be 100% completely performed by live instruments in the recording but i feel like it gives it a livelier and more timeless quality. it’s also why a tour is better with a live band than just performing to a backing track
Late but unpopular opinion: fun pop music is overhated. Not every song has to have a deep meaning or sad meaningful lyrics??? Sometimes i just wanna jam out to a song 🤷♀️
Unpopular opinion: the key to success in sexuality for all artists literally comes down to ‘freak in the sheets, lady in the streets’. The sheets being music videos and stage performances, the streets being social media/interviews. This is why Beyoncé gets a pass and Chloe Bailey does not. Folks find Chloe’s social media cringe, but they praise her very sexual music videos.
I don’t necessarily agree. I think it’s all about being honest about your image. For example Rihanna and Nicki don’t follow the “freak in the sheets lady in the streets” their instagram pages have been proactive for the past decade. Riri even wore almost nothing to an awards ceremony before.
I think the whole good girl gone bad thing is so played out and predictable. Chloe built a whole fanbase that consisted of Christians and women. And she had a HUGE shift that didn’t feel natural.
i’m not a fan of both the music videos and social media/performances because it seems like women are only allowed to be sexual beings in one way. when was the last time you saw a male artist grinding half naked with a camera zoomed in on his junk while singing a sexual song. women can be sexual without being objectified. it’s also getting boring because we’ve seen a million videos of women rolling around naked while singing already. at least have a storyline or something
I agree however If I can’t escape a song and it’s everywhere I’m probably going to end up not liking it because I’d get sick of it for example my sister puts on the same songs over and over again loudly songs I didn’t mind before I now cant stand because I didn’t have a choice because I could hear her music everywhere
I thought the mention of Janet Jackson's impact on the music industry being disregarded is a really good point. She was such a massive force from the Control era up to the misogynistic smear campaign after the Superbowl incident, so it's sad that her massive influence on future artists has been forgotten/downplayed/disregarded by a lot of people ever since. And I don't think that would've happened (at least to the extent that it did) if she had been a white woman
Janet portrays a type of sensuality where she gets as much pleasure as she is giving to the audience. For some reason human civilization has had an issue with that in women for many generations. Even with Britney Spears, apparently the public had to witness proof of her immense suffering in order to be kinder to her
Fans are using “iconic” to describe moments that the fandom enjoyed and reference which devalues the meaning of “iconic”. “Iconic” is supposed to mean easily identifiable and referenced by the general population. “Thriller” by Michael Jackson is iconic because everyone who was alive at the time remembers when that video premiered, what Michael was wearing in the video and the song. Anyone from around the world where there’s an internet connection, tv channels and an acceptance of western media knows “Thriller”. The same goes for a more contemporary example like Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It” where even though it was only released in 2008, everyone recognises the reference from the turning of the wrist. “About You Now” by Sugababes wouldn’t be considered “iconic” because yes, the song was very popular in the U.K., Europe and Australia in 2007 and the yellow outfits in the video are recognisable, this only goes for a limited section of the global population. People in the United States generally wouldn’t recognise the song, the music video or the artist even though people who are millennials, Gen Z or Gen X in the U.K. would. Most Americans who know the tune of “About You Now” only recognise Miranda Cosgrove’s version, not Sugababes’ original. “Iconic” is used too liberally nowadays and is used to describe a moment that fans remember very fondly but it’s not a moment that the general global population would know of or remember.
@@crystalsnow1138I honestly thought it was just me who was bothered by this. Too many people refer to insignificant moments as iconic when it’s only known throughout the fan base of the artist and nowhere else.
@@nicolefransch2118 because it’s not GLOBAL 🙄. They said the last example is only popular in some western countries but not all, whereas Single Ladies and Thriller would be recognisable in many across the globe. Hence why they’d be considered “iconic”. But even though America isn’t the world the US dominates a lot of contemporary media whether you like it or not. Many top selling artists doing global tours being from the US or other western countries kinda shows that. K-pop becoming as big as it has outside of Asia is in part through their reach to western audiences and collaborating with US artists.
That point about Janet was really good. If someone is inspired by Beyonce, they are inspired by Janet. Earlier in her career, Beyonce more openly admitted how influenced she was by Janet’s style and career trajectory.
Every artist that debuted at the end of the 90s and 00s and even recently they were mostly inspried by certain artist like diana ross donna summer Michael jackson prince madonna janet and more most female artistfrom the 00s were inspired from 2 mostly and those were madonna or janet and sum from whitney same goes for males to like micheal so if anyone now says they inspured from 00s artist they are of artists from the 80s and before
Unpopular opinion: a lot of ‘trash’ films or songs can be great if you’re on a plane lol. When you are on a 3-12hr flight with no wifi, your focus and attention span become a little different.
Here’s my unpopular opinion: Society handles things with celebrities on a case by case scenario. Instead of holding everyone to the same standards, some get major passes while others get crucified!
Celebrities that get passes for a lot of things, is often Taylor Swift gets away with a lot though, and I am getting a bit tired of hearing about Britney Spears right now. People the media cheerleads, and glosses over stuff they do, and I kind of hate it. It feels like mindless worship and pity-shilling. Selena Gomez is another one that people love giving a pass for, and they treat defending shitty things they do as just them "clapping back to haters". People don't seem to know the difference anymore between actually doing that, versus people that just deflect for them, because they stan them.
I agree. And people are quick to make up rationalities to excuse the celebrities they like, only in biases because they like them. They don't want to admit that the things the celebrities they like, are questionable unless its people they don't like.
Unpopular Opinion: there are no more "good girl gone bad" eras anymore. It seems that today every female artist debuts with a sexual image and don't have a major transitional era that people remember, e.g. Christina's Dirrty, Janet's self titled album, Nelly Furtado's Loose. I'd say the most recent "good girl gone bad" moment in music was when Ariana released Dangerous Woman
I agree! However I’m wondering if Doja Cat’s “scarlet” has been good girl gone bad? I mean, Doja has never seemed shy of being “bad” but I think how she’s acted leading up to the album cycle is definitely outlandish and rebellious in attitude similar to those other examples you mentioned. I know she’s said some controversial things and maybe that’s not the point of GGGB but idk
Thats because there is no need for it anymore. Most of that was due to artists being chosen by their label to be for an audience a lot younger than themselves, and older producers don't know what is relevant to them. Then when those artists get more creative control, they end up trying to change their image to fit how they feel, want to experiment or live up to their more adult transition because they find their old stuff beneath them. (Christina Aguilera was like 17 or 18 for her first album, but doing work for tweens. Then she was 20 when she did Dirrty and in your 20s, thats when you try hardest to feel adult.) A lot of them didnt want to be teeny boppers but were forced to. Like Britney Spears said her label forced her to, despite her not actually being one. Her label originally wanted her first video to be in space with the power rangers.. she didnt want that. She said she wanted her image to fit teenagers like her own age. They didnt want it. A lot of the time these artists are marketed to be younger than they actually are. Most female R&B artists don't need a "gone bad" era, because R&B was already mostly for adults (and somewhat a branch off of Hip-Hop, or was more so in the 2000s) so their image and songs already were for older people. (Brandy, Monica, Mary J Blige, Beyonce, etc never needed one.) It is also the reason a lot of pop female artists went to do R&B later when they were transitioning, because R&B is essentially "grown pop" in some aspects. Its also pretty evident. Christina started off doing bubblegum pop and Pop-R&B, but went toward more hip-hop, Latin-R&B and Soul for Dirrty. Miley Cyrus did Bangerz when she wanted to transition away from her Disney image that she disliked. Arianna Grande as well, to shake off Nickolodeon and expand her market. Even Mariah Carey wanted to do R&B instead of pop (especially when diva R&B was at its most popular during the 2000s-2010s). Rihanna is the only exception because she was marketed first during the teen R&B-pop era of the mid 2000s that kind of replaced bubblegum pop of the early 2000s. She transitioned from that, to her more edgier era, if not coincidentally during the time she was with/or a bit after she was with Chris Brown as her comeback from the incident.
@@sierramadison1279 Doja is a different case because she changed her image for personal reasons, and started to go through something, and it lead her to resent her music and her fandom. She is changing for her own reasons.
@@TurtleStormer I think Taylor Swift wanted to try an edgier image for a while with Reputation, but then reverted because of how heavily controlled her image is, who wanted her to represent the stereotypical, innocent blonde "Americana" look, and stopped her. Its only now she is a bit more in between. Her fanbase is also very picky about what she does and if she changed her image even slightly because (of whatever image they have of her in their minds) they complain and say the change in her work sucks. Taylor has to conform to what her people and her audience wants of her. Even if it makes her seem a bit fake. They tried this with Britney Spears who hated it far more.
Unpopular opinion: Other forms of media should take a note from K-Pop to how make buying physical copies worth it, whether it be music, video games and more. Just look at a TWICE album unboxing and see all that they put it in to give the fans a reason to buy physical, or æspa's amazing photobook for the Savage mini album. I mean, wouldn't it be so cool to have something like a photobook for a video game made of illustrations about the main characters and landscapes, and that it was included in the default physical package?
I would honestly say Thank U Next is probably the latest song I would consider Iconic. Just with how spoiled we are with charts and content, that buzz and it’s rollout of that song was insanely intense and rapid! From the records it broke, the news and subject surrounding the song, and then the Music Video!!! It literally helped Jennifer Coolidge revive her career. Just my opinion, but I feel like that’s the most recent song that led to so much
I finished reading "Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard" by Tom Felton earlier today. And Tom has every right to mention his time during the Harry Potter series era because this makes his autobiography genuine, heartfelt, and personal. People need to let (child) movie stars breathe and stop jabbing them with your poisonous words.
I haven't read it yet! I did watch the Boy Who Lived though and really enjoyed it. I think it's easy to forget how much time is spent on a film (or 8) even if the role we see edited down seems really small. The younger cast spent most of their childhood/ early adulthood on that set and promoting the movies
I grew up with Britney, i'm 3 years younger than her and back then the media definitely wanted to make Britney the next Madonna. But i never thought of Britney like that. Yes they are two amazing pop artists but they are very different to me. Christina Aguilera seems more inspired by Madonna and also reminds me of Madonna much more too.
I think they wanted to make her seem like Madonna in the tabloids more, where they tried to make everything she did seem controversial because it was part of Madonna's media cycle.
I think Christina doesn't get as many Madonna comparisons because people often focus on her vocals more than her songwriting and production. Artistically/musically, I'd definitely say she's more similar Madonna than she is to say, Whitney Houston
Christina and Madonna careers are not similar at all! Madonna was known for her performances! Christina does not have any iconic performances! Britney was know for being a performer and that’s why she was compared to Madonna
you know what's UNDERRATED when it comes to concerts. having the full show available to buy and download. whether it's the live versions of songs as an album or the actual concert footage. and i don't want to see anything behind the scenes or hear somebody talking in between each song. i want to experience the concert as is from the comfort of my bedroom
Physical sales do show a more loyal fan base with buying tickets, albums etc but we’re also living in a time where a lot of people are struggling financially. 2 years ago I was doing just fine and would’ve bought a bunch of albums and concert tickets, now I got wayyyy too many bills and responsibilities to buy them. I’m sure a lot of people relate to just not being able to buy these things
Another unpopular opinion I have is that some Disney channel and nick stars that still make music don’t get enough love. Before Sabrina carpenter blew up after nonsense with emails I can’t send she was underrated, Aly and Aj still make great music, Max, even Victoria Justice have a few good songs.The driver era with Ross Lynch, Laura Marano and Keke Palmer then some of the popular songs out there should get more love then the popular songs.
I’m pretty Max had some songs that had commercial success but he really roped having a steady fanbase after becoming friends with Suga of BTS. I already loved his voice and some songs but him being friends with Suga gave me more push to listen to him more tbh
And I think Keke is such a powerhouse in acting that people often forget she’s been making music since Jump In or before tbh. She’s in at least 3-4 movies that are either musicals or she’s done soundtracks for. I will admit as much as I love her, she’s one of my favorites, I do need to take thee time to support and listen to her music!
Unpopular opinion but I honestly thought the only good one off Nickolodeon was Arianna Grande. The rest of them have music that sounds so bland and generic, even fake to me. Like "Freak the Freak Out" from Victoria Justice or... any track from Miranda Cosgrove.... Their songs all sound like they were created to sell to kids by the network. Arianna Grande's music actually sounded real, and I was glad she went to R&B. It just sounds better than generic teen pop or teen pop-rock from those networks. Kind of like early Hilary Duff and Demi Lavato. I just can't get into them.
people don’t realize how many older popular songs were written by other songwriters it really isn’t that big of a deal singing and songwriting are two different things. id much rather have an artist use a songwriter if they can’t write a good song themselves anyway all it matters is that they can sing
This. I think assuming an artist writing all their own songs is overrated. Its pretty ridiculous, and people don't know how the industry works when they say this. Because song writing is a job. Other people pitch songs to management to get them heard and build careers through other artists, and when some songs get turned down they go to other artists (often up and coming, to use instead.) Its why I think its dumb people praise Taylor Swift specifically for writing her songs. Most new artists don't even get creative control to write their songs. They are given songs by their producers to craft their image first.
We definitely need a video on why we don’t have more groups/bands! I was just thinking the other day why we don’t have groups or supergroups like we did in the late 80s and early 90s. Imagine Jacob Lattimore, Diggy Simmons, Sammie and others that came up with them coming together. And there are a bunch of bedroom artist these days that play instruments, sing and produce like Chloe; and we know she and her sister were a dynamic duo. I’d love to see more groups and for them to show their individualism through their multiple talents.
Britney embodies elements from both Janet and Madonna imo. From Madonna's side, I think it reflects her controversial and outrageous image and her scandals, and I also notice Britney's sensual songs being inspired by some of Madonna's music. But that's definitely inspired by Janet as well.
I think Britney was supposed to be the Madonna for a younger generation at the time, after the Spice Girls broke up. Then after the more group-heavy pop era of the 90s, they started pushing solo female artists again. Her controversies were mostly stuff from paparazzi and purity culture conservative religious people that were worried about her teenage appeal. Most of Madonna' scandals were usually intentional (often to pushback against racism, homophobia and prudence. Madonna got banned for her video having and kissing a black Jesus character, and she was one of the most openly bi-sexual artists during the time it was seen as taboo or trashy to be LGBT in media.) The 2000s was also a time where everything was controversial, so Britney just became this by default due to it.
for me Britney music (at least her early stuff) sonds waaayy more like Janet than Madonna like from the way she sings and does ad libs and etc.. maybe i need to get into madonna discography more bcs i dont see that much influence on britney maybe their vocal tones are similar but the singing, dancing and the music are all giving janet to me
While it's nice that people are giving Janet her flowers, a lot of people are doing the most and straight up rewriting history to say that Britney took no inspiration from Madonna. Britney literally talked in her book about how Madonna's attitude about staying unapologetic in the midst of a moral backlash inspired her to try doing the same, and you can definitely hear elements of Madonna in Britney's sexier songs and even a lot of her dance cuts that sound reminiscent of Madonna during her Erotica era. Hell, we always talk about Britney's "baby voice" on her pop songs contrasted with her naturally deep singing tone, but you know who was doing that for decades before? Madonna. A lot of her biggest hits like Material Girl, Like a Virgin, Into the Groove, etc. were sung in a similar baby voice and then you'd hear a song like Live To Tell where she's singing a lot more naturally and her voice is actually pretty deep. Britney's "baby voice" style didn't come out of nowhere
@@cityboy2092 I hear you but I think the soft voice is more in line with Janet. Granted, Janet has more of a whisper. I wonder if Madonna and Janet have a few similarities because they were around each other (with the dating of the brother, etc) I don't think that people are saying that Britney took NO inspiration from Madonna, I think that due to racial issues, people have indeed rewrote history to discredit Janet. (which I think you already now so :)) From what I've read, most female singers, especially dancers, credit Janet. But Britney did, more than most. Her performance style definitely speaks to Janet's past. I think a main reason that people compare Brit and Madonna so much is because of the controversies, which is odd because Madonna chose controversy (rightfully) to make a statement whereas Britney was just living, and the world deemed her every move as such. It is crazy to say that she took no inspiration from her though. I think every singer out today had to take some inspo from Madonna.
Unpopular opinion: most new talent acts have NO idea how to perform live. Dead face. Dead eyes. Not connection to what they are actually singing about. Basic af "choreography". No aesthetic thought to the staging. Outfits/Costuming gives nothing. And on and on. Like Dua Lipa and Ice Spice for example. There is no "personality". And when there is its not authentic. Like you can FEEL the label of old men controling them.
These unpopular opinions are getting more and more delusional ☠️. To say no iconic song came out after 2005…..there are numerous icons that debuted after 2005. And life b4 the internet was HELL, social media is a very incredible tool!
i definitely agree that there haven't been many super smashes of the 2010s/20 as compared to like, songs that were played a lot. BUT, tik tok, call me maybe and rather be from 2010-2014 were gigantic and are certainly iconic / smashes
Unpopular opinion I think people canceling on celebrities opinions is weird like fans would force celebrities to talk about certain stuff and when they do they want to say oh I’m not going to support them anymore because it’s not what they thought they would say. Do these celebrities actually need to give them opinions or certain things?
Unpopular Opinion: Sza is the best songwriter of this generation. Not to discredit Taylor but I find Sza’s writing and sequencing to be creative and genius. The emotion she puts in her songs as well omgg. I also love how her songs aren’t always so simple and you gotta piece it together what you think she means. Were not trying to figure out who’s she’s talking about the lyrics are so good, it feels like we’re living in real time with the song😅
I think Tiktok by Kesha can become an iconic song. Like at my graduation it came on and everyone even the people who arent into music or only listen to like older stuff knew every word this might be biased bc im a swede but Wake me up by Avicii also has that potential imo
I love that you talked about Janet as Tinashe’s influence because Tinashe always says her biggest inspirations are Janet and Britney. As a Tinashe fan who has gone back to listen to both Janet and Britney’s music, I cant help but hear and see the parallels that these 3 women share. Janets level of influence will forever be unmatched in my eyes.
Britney Spears also chose Tinashe as her successor and the general public didn't want her to be the pop princess. RCA never helped her. They chose Doja Cat.
Unopular opinion: Janet's catelog after 2004(Damita Jo, 2.0. Y.O., Discipline and Unbreakable as well as their visuals are extremely influential to what we see pop girls doing today
@@YXA_YXA Indeed Feedback influenced the visuals for Commander by Kelly Rowland, Doja Cat's Grammy Performance, wild by namie amuro and Magic by Robin Thcike!!!!!!!
this is so random but knowing twice was the last artist you watched perform live made me so happy. knowing that the youtuber you look up to enjoys the same artist as you do made me so happy lol. great video as always! 🫶🏼
Some things to keep in mind with the "cowriters" opinion is that, (i think it was Tayla Parx who said this) according to an old law a producer will almost always get a writing credit. Also if a song is sampled then all the writers of the sampled song are credited. So a pop song written by the artist with another writer and coproduced by lets say 2 producers (not uncommon for big songs) will have 4 writing credits and then when sampled will double. Obviously all these numbers can fluctuate but yeah....
On the reboot topic, the new Mean Girls movie is a musical. The marketing around it is weird because it’s not just a reboot, it’s a movie adapted from the broadway musical based on the 2004 movie, but if you’ve only seen the trailers, you wouldn’t know it’s a musical because they don’t show any of the singing
Naomi I felt the same way about Country music never existing. Now I love genre. What I did was made a Playlist of popular songs that are country coded like Daddy's Lessons (Beyonce); Four 5 Seconds (Rihanna); Party in the USA (Miley) and that helped me open my mind to the genre and start supporting it. Breland right now is my favorite artist
Ai Artistis is the record labels dream, bild someone from the ground up, make them have whatever look or sound is on trend, can easily control what they gonna say and do, also is great for brand deals they just have to give something to sell and their gonna put all money on it.
Why do people want to spend money and attention on AI artists tho? Obviously labels want what is most profitable, they're more invested in the money side than the art side. The public isn't earning money from AI artists however, in fact they would be spending their money and attention on them. And why would people prefer that over actual humans? The labels are simply following what the public pours their money and attention into. Also what about live shows? I just went to one today, it was great vibes. Can't get that from AI lol
@@amethystdream8251 Great point. But when you consider we are already very streams based consumers is not far fetch to think that we won't consume live shows, we barely do actually, since not everybody can afford to go to a live concert epically internationally, also, is likely the possiblity that live shows might get more expensive than before, also in Japan virtual Artists like Hatsune Miku and the whole vocaloid gander are a thing and they make billions on it till this day. All I'm saying that's it's not hard to think that we won't consume music the same way and that record labels undeniably will want to make money with AI artists since they care more about the profitable part of things, but definitely, will have people who crave and want for the human artistry and fairly so as well as human artists won't disappear completely from the industry.
yeah im not sure if i agree with there's been no "iconic" music since 2005 because, like you said, it really is a generational thing. We belong together is a successful song but since im pretty young it means nothing to me.
We belong together came out when I was 3, but me and my friends still hear it a lot and can recognize it, even if they aren’t fans of Mariah like I am. That has staying power imo.
Unpopular opinion (maybe a popular one): I hate that people who are in a younger than 20 are assuming that "radio" music is bad. I dislike when people are biased towards artists whose songs were playing on the radio and just assuming they are bad, unoriginal etc. I truly enjoy "radio" music (mostly pop) music and it doesn't deserve the chop and bad opinions as it does currently. For example Dua Lipa or INNA had many songs on the radio and people assuming they make "basic white girl" music. Their songs slap and are good. Basically "radio" music is overhated.
Groups need to come back! I would even love artists teaming up to do more duo albums. Some people really need the support of a group before making it big and standing alone. I think Coco Jones and Renee Rapp sounded soooo amazing together on the Tummy Hurts remix. I think both could benefit from a collab album in terms of introducing more fans to each person. I think Victoria Monét and Megan Thee Stallion would kill on a 3 song EP that has southern influence. If Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter would stop the pop world if they collabed together on a song
@@Robynrrrr Unpopular opinion but I hate when artists these days get popular only off social media, and have no musical background. Or rappers who never had any rap battles to prove their lyricism, get famous, and then the stuff they come out sounds terrible, like off beat mumble trash. Artists with no musical background shouldn't be famous.
Unpopular opinion: they don’t give my girl Janet enough credit. She’s the blueprint before Beyonce and everybody else that came in after her. Just my opinion
kinda related to the nostalgia opinion (+also before your time), but i remember watching an interview from the cast of a different world and the host was mad that the new generation of fans called whitley and dwayne's relationship "toxic" and pointed out the bad aspects of their romance because "it would ruin the show for her" and "kids today are always so pc" or something. it always made me mad because it's like ... girl. you're mad that college-aged individuals are able to point out unhealthy relationships and dynamics so that they can avoid it in their own personal life. even then, the two cast members also hated their storyline as well
Unpopular Opinion: you might’ve talked about this but ICU by Coco Jones should not be her only big song. Double Back, Crazy For Me, Caliber (which dropped before ICU) just to name a few off her album were so much better. However, I am happy it secured her a spot as an R&B artist.
As someone who’s trying to develop as an artist rn, I wish people could grasp that for a label to put money behind you, they have to have faith that you can excel in all the aspects of the job, as well as be marketable. So you’ve got to be pretty f’cking good at minimum bc despite industry plants, nepotism and cash grab songs being a thing, artists need much more than a publicist and a generic catchy ghostwritten song to be deemed a worthwhile investment for the industry. However generic cliche corporate songs will always exist and there isn’t a single undiscovered artist that wouldn’t take an opportunity to enter the industry, even at the cost of being creatively stifled in the beginning. Most artists have songs in their discography they hate but the more mainstream music plays a crucial role in propelling artists into world. Unfortunately it’s one of the only ways you can gain the authority to take creative risks and eventually make music thats more authentic. Streaming has made music such a disposable commodity that people lose sight of the work and talent that goes into music, even the most mainstream. I liked that you touched on the heavy expectations people have of musicians bc it’s something few people can do.
My should be popular opinion is; The reason music is over saturated is because alot of artists are in it for the lifestyle and music seems like am easy way to get to that rich, celeb lifestyle. (Or atleast easier than acting or modeling in terms of successfully blowing up)
Definitely agree that Britney is more influenced by Janet than Madonna, at least performance wise. Also the word iconic is so grossly overused, the word itself has different meanings for people. Personally I hate how it's used for everything/everyone nowadays!
I'm glad someone brought up NMIXX. I didn't think O.O was good at all but it saddens me that they dropped the Mixpop concept entirely instead of trying to iron it out more. The follow up DICE wasn't perfect but it was a step in the right direction and I would've hoped they could've continued to get better with each attempt. I know a lot of artists who do the multiple-songs-in-one thing really well so it's a shame NMIXX were never allowed to keep experimenting until something worked. And congrats on the playbutton I'm so happy for you!!!
No iconic songs after 2005?! BABE. Now that’s a TRUE unpopular opinion. Gaga literally changed the pop GAME when The Fame dropped. She had the other main pop girls SCRAMBLING. We’ve had SO many iconic songs after 2005, here’s some off the top of my head: Fergalicious, 2006 - ICONIC I Kissed a Girl, 2008 - ICONIC Call Me Maybe, 2012 - ICONIC Say So, 2019 - ICONIC
Okay but Gaga also went out of her way to work with multiple sex offenders to social climb and put her female assistants at risk and almost her fans? So . . . ? But I will say iconic songs after 2005 definitely happened. " Call Me Maybe " did make me cringe, but I guess iconic doesn't have to mean good. I mean I guess it can be there with " Party Rock Anthem " and " Gangnam Style "
@@RihannaChristina I'm talking about the fact that she went out of her way to work with R. Kelly and bring him out of retirement. She was selling LESS THAN HALF the albums EVERY ALBUM for MULTIPLE Albums in a row. She was losing interest. Only the gays cared about her for a minute. So she tried to revive her career with controversy, which didn't work but her career was so dead at the point no one cared / it didn't become a big deal? But she tried doing a song called " DO WHAT U WANT WITH MY BODY " with R. Kelly, knowing he had +30 charges including sex trafficking and more being added while she was working with him. and she wanted to be respected by the big names in fashion and also be EDGY so she became VERY friendly with Terri Richardson, who also had over 2-dozen accusations against him. She stayed friends with him until he got REALLY black-balled by the industry for like 8-9 yrs? She let him into her home or whatever place she was staying in at the time, while female employees were there and had no locks on their doors. She put them at risk of a sexual predator and didn't let them know
Years ago Kylie Minogue responded that actors don't get accused of not writing their own films, when an interviewer mentioned her not being a song writer. Thought it was a good point, but only if the singer is something special!
I don’t get why people make such a big deal about it especially if the person can PERFORM (like Beyoncé). It gives people a job. I’m not a song writer (I mean I am but I ain’t trying to sell it) but just a writer in general but I like doing that because I’m introverted and shy. I can NOT see myself on stage singing, but if I wrote a damn good song and BEYONCÉ wanted the song hell I’m gonna write for her. Now I do wish more writers got notoriety like Victoria Monet for example. She’s just now getting buzz with on my mama but she literally wrote half of Ariana grandes biggest hits. I don’t even get it for hip hop anymore. Like back in the day when people wrote about actual struggles of life and what they went through blah blah yeah but if you rapping about throwing ass and drinking sizurp and being gang gang why only matter if you write your own raps. And some people NEED songwriters im tired of hearing some sounds and random words from shuffle dictionary word picker thrown together
Love these videos! I think the Madonna comparisons go way harder between her and Gaga. That animosity from Madonna always rubbed me the wrong way. Gaga even had her gap closed (at least at the time) because of the comparisons just to visual aesthetic.
I find Stadium and Arena tours to be fantastic in my opinion. When I was at The Weeknd’s stadium tour, he did look tiny because of the distance, but I didn’t feel like I was far away from the whole production. When I bought my ticket, I thought I was going to be far away, but then when I got to my seat, I was surprised how close I was. As of the parking, parking may be a pain, but I don’t think it’s a big issue. You just need to be prepared to walk a lot, and just focus on the fun you will have once you get there.
Yes, and added on to that, they can do a whole production with lights setpieces more elements which can make for a more fun show! I've never driven to a concert (i would lose my mind/ go out of town for them a lot) but it's also hell trying to catch an uber after. like no matter what you have to sacrifice something lol
Groups and bands are more expensive and unfortunately music doesn't bring in the money to match the level of money going out… think about the budget for 1 artist (everything from wardrobe, makeup, hair to hotels and travel tickets, etc) then multiply that by 3 - 5.
Bands also tend to devolve over spotlight, drama, (sometimes racism or colorism or abuse), some members doing more work than others, and management paying them unequally. Bands never last today because of too much backstage drama and then the one who goes solo tends to over take the band behind. All of the ones that did, fell apart due to jealousy or differences of direction.
On the topic of co-writing: I also get the impression that different artists have very different politics when it comes to giving credit. Some will credit a person basically for simply being present during the creation of the song (that's hyperbole, but you get what I mean) and some will be more stingy with giving credit. Plus - and this is pure speculation - I think a certain fallen from grace producer who is (or was) involved in multiple lawsuits with a female singer may potentially have a newer female singer contractually obligated to credit him in songs even when he didn't contribute anything. So potentially this is also a tactic that's being (ab-)used.
32:22 Honestly, it would be such a waste of talent if a vocalist with no writing ability wasn't allowed to sing, because they didn't write the songs and vice versa. There's beauty in collaboration, bringing our best qualities together to create. I'm really so tired of this discourse.
What i love is that Britney Spears always put Janet Jackson in the forefront. Britney always credited black artists, which is why she will alway be amazing to me. And they tried to zap her intelligence away. She was always talking about media contradictions and double standards with such a sassy cadence. 😊
I want to comment on the writers thing. Something that a lot of people don’t know is that a lot of artists who are considered to be the most influential of all time never wrote their own songs. Artists actually being the writers of their music has actually become a lot more common than people think
“If you try to be a hammer, everything is going to look like I nail” Geez! That’s a bar. Can’t believe I never heard that before but I’m using it. Thank you lol
This is such a late comment but I hope whoever is reading can hear me out: Ppl always credit Madonna for influencing Selena Quintanilla, but ppl often forget that Janet Jackson was also a contributor who heavily influenced Selena. If you asked Selena, she would've always mentioned she was influenced by both Madonna AND Janet Jackson but for some reason I mostly see ppl crediting Madonna more than Janet Jackson. It doesn't make sense bc you see so much of Jackson in Selena's legacy as well and it would make sense if Selena felt connected to Jackson due to having a similar upbringing (coming from a family of musicians, having a father who pushed you to become a musician, etc.). Janet Jackson was also a big influence on Selena as much as Madonna was and that is a fact. Is time to give Jackson the flowers she deserves, she is truly the Queen of Pop.
Selena’s favorite song was Janets “black cat.” Janet was also brought up a lot in Selena’s Netflix show. I wonder how Janet feels towards Selena bc I don’t think she’s ever publicly mentioned her.
Yesss she’s always said Janet too!! I love that they even confirmed that in the biopic and show. You can see it in the moves, the fashion, and even a lot of her covers she did live. Enamorada de Ti always gave Janet to me
Unpopular opinion. I hate the terms "mother, mothering, father, fathering". I just think it's cringe and weird to call someone your mother who isn't your actual mother or grandmother and sometimes it's someone close to your own age. I just hold mothers and fathers with so much respect (the good ones at least) so to throw that term around at anyone takes away the meaning of the word.
there are venues in between large stadiums and club shows though. like 5000 ppl capacity with ticketed seating. that’s the perfect option to me. you have a guaranteed seat where you can sit down and chill and there’s not that many ppl trying to leave a single area at once after the show. also i like that there are wtf songs in kpop. that’s what makes it stand out from the western music industry like exo’s wolf or red velvet zimzalibim besides individualism i agree that a lot of western artists don’t want the pressure to dance, and they also have a certain creative image they want to execute. if you’re in a group you have to make compromises to make everyone happy but if you’re a soloist youre more likely to have complete creative control. for a group it’s better to just have people that like to sing or dance but don’t necessarily have a strong desire to project a message or concept, or you’re going to have more disputes. although nowadays in kpop you have group members releasing solos that better match their personal tastes and then they rejoin their group for promotions after. also agree that ticket sales are a better metric of determining how many loyal fans you have. nowadays artists release multiple versions of the same album with photocards or bonus songs, so it could just be the same person buying multiple copies of the same album and then throwing them in a landfill
I think not everyone should have access to the Internet. 😂 I know that's probably not an 'Unpopular opinion', but some people really do need to not only touch grass, but live in the wilderness, cause some faceless trolls on the web are animals, & have no right in society.
Both artists are great in their own ways. In terms of songwriting, both Taylor and SZA approach the art of songwriting in two different ways. Taylor Swift's songwriting styles are more descriptive, narrative-driven (more prominent with her country songs) with detailing touch to add to its storytelling building (time and place settings but of course not with all of her songs but more prominent with her earlier stuff). It shouldn't come as a surprise for Taylor to adopt these styles as country songwriting relies a lot on those traits and she grew up listening to music ranging from country, folk and of course pop genres in cultivating her songwriting knowledge. On the other hand, with SZA, her songwriting is more direct and confessional in styles. She doesn't use much "decoration" on her lyricism (less literary devices and poetic words) and opts onto the act of painting the narration of her lyrics with the most minimal filters and instead catering into writing her thought process which comes off unapologetically honest and relatable for the audience to truly understand the point of views that she comes from. Her songwriting styles are able to make her audience to closely relate with the emotions that she tries to convey in her lyrics. It reminds me of Mary J. Blige's and Alanis Morrisette's writing styles that showcase similar traits. I believe that both Taylor Swift and SZA are two artists who belong in separate categories of songwriters and both have their own respective appeals within the music audience groups. I would also say the same thing about their artistry appeals too. I'm obviously more of a Swiftie but i do enjoy a lot of SZA's music too.
I didn’t know we could put food unpopular opinions! Because the rant I could go on about the henny-lemon pepper-hot honey-old bay sauce on every single food item is long and it’s deep.
Artists who are influenced by Madonna are influenced by Janet Jackson as well. Janet Jackson has the same level of influence as Madonna. Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Pink, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Rihanna, etc. have mentioned that they are influenced by both Madonna and Janet Jackson.
Unpopular opinion, but in retrospect kind of think Britney Spears is a bit overrated. Aside from maybe some very casual bops here and there but I don't really see what made her all that as an artist. She has a lot if not mostly nostalgia that people hold her up for. Most people don't even really remember much of her general songs, and I know she isn't really a strong vocalist and most of her dances weren't her own. There were also a lot of R&B dancers doing what she did (a lot of them were her choreographers), so I honestly cant think of what made Britney Spears all that. Most people who came out after her, are better than her.
I know it’s late, but an unpopular opinion to me is that streaming services in most cases have better biopics than theaters. I tried to get with the Priscilla hype (it’s a fine movie) but it just didn’t hit with me idk…
Priscilla herself approved the film, and I really think that's all that matters. Because we rarely get biopics that are enjoyed by the person they're based on.
@pettylisa5599it pissed me off how many people were mentioning how she didn’t look like her, like there is just so many people just sitting on the street that look like Whitney Houston /s
I saw BTS at Soldier Field stadium and was in the middle 1st or second tier I can’t remember. I had great seats and could see them on stage very well and on the screens. I’m short so sometimes standing only shows don’t do it for me. I’ve also been to arenas and have been/felt far away from an artist
To your point about the songs you stream that aren’t by choice (like the automated radios Spotify make) they are counted as non-interactive streams and artists actually make less from them and they count less for billboard
I’m ready to be stoned for saying this, and I want it to known that I hate this song, have always hated this song, and will talk crap about it whenever I can: Thrift Shop is an iconic song from the 2010s. Something shifted in pop and rap when Macklemore dropped that song and we’re still trying to recover
o.o was so terrible. for starters, i don't like the way the girls sound on the song. i don't know what it is, but their producers tend to make them sing in a range that doesn't sound comfortable, making their voices so unbearable. they found a good pocket for them with "love me like this," "roller coaster," and even "party o'clock" but for the majority of their songs, it sounds so .. idk screechy and obnoxious to me. additionally, the two songs don't blend together very well but it's not like the producers attempted to do so. its clear that the company took inspiration from sm's "beat switch" songs after seeing the success of aespa's "next level" and "savage," and then repackaged it into "mixxpop." however, i don't think the producers have been able to grasp what makes those songs work well.
When it comes to stadium shows in baseball ones, there’s usually a high fee associated with taking the nets down and the issue on having to rent the screens at Sofi when the artist’s has to already rent the stadium is whack. When I went to see Twice in Atlanta at Truist Park this year, people complained to the box office weeks before the show to try to get the nets down which unfortunately didn’t work. Idk if that could be a ploy to drive up the floor seat demand.
The AI thing got stuck in my head because Pabllo Vittar (brazillian drag queen superstar) has been struggling to get a viral hit recently. However, someone made an AI song of her singing a song by another artist and it went VIRAL. This wasn't her song, wasn't her real voice. It was AI. That's scary.
Not country! Lol I never liked country but my boyfriend has been playing it a lot lately and I’m not against it lol. was actually refreshing hearing something a bit more organic and different from your traditional sounds ❤️
Here’s a hot take, I do believe that many of our favorite idols are in fact queer. And the reason why many of them aren’t out is because of South Korea’s conservative culture, and because K-Pop heavily plays into parasocial relationships
even hetero kpop artists aren’t open about their relationships with the public. they have to always keep that image of availability for the fans and act like they live for the fans. it def makes the companies a lot of money but ends up harming the artists psychologically. i think they could create a balance though
unpopular opinion: we need more pop songs recorded in the studio with real instruments again. the song doesn’t have to be 100% completely performed by live instruments in the recording but i feel like it gives it a livelier and more timeless quality. it’s also why a tour is better with a live band than just performing to a backing track
Late but unpopular opinion: fun pop music is overhated. Not every song has to have a deep meaning or sad meaningful lyrics??? Sometimes i just wanna jam out to a song 🤷♀️
And also just because it’s “deep” doesn’t mean it’s good
I agree 100%
@@CosmicCherry1 The saturation of empowerment anthems in the mid 2010s comes to mind lol
Agreed. Pop music is meant to be escapism from the problems of the world.
@@aavan2345I hated those lol
Unpopular opinion: the key to success in sexuality for all artists literally comes down to ‘freak in the sheets, lady in the streets’. The sheets being music videos and stage performances, the streets being social media/interviews. This is why Beyoncé gets a pass and Chloe Bailey does not. Folks find Chloe’s social media cringe, but they praise her very sexual music videos.
Also I should mention, I meant artists in their pop/rb genre, as well as country etc. I think the politics are little different in rap.
I don’t necessarily agree. I think it’s all about being honest about your image. For example Rihanna and Nicki don’t follow the “freak in the sheets lady in the streets” their instagram pages have been proactive for the past decade. Riri even wore almost nothing to an awards ceremony before.
I think the whole good girl gone bad thing is so played out and predictable. Chloe built a whole fanbase that consisted of Christians and women. And she had a HUGE shift that didn’t feel natural.
@@fan7708agreed and that’s why it turned people off. To them, it just didn’t feel natural. But I think this is who she really is.
i’m not a fan of both the music videos and social media/performances because it seems like women are only allowed to be sexual beings in one way. when was the last time you saw a male artist grinding half naked with a camera zoomed in on his junk while singing a sexual song. women can be sexual without being objectified. it’s also getting boring because we’ve seen a million videos of women rolling around naked while singing already. at least have a storyline or something
Another unpopular opinion: It is okay to like popular songs. Songs that get overplayed or are very popular arent necessarily "bad songs".
I"ve always said this lol the song is popular for a reason😭
yes! specifically when it comes to an artist’s most popular wellknown song. it’s popular for a reason
Fr they’re popular for a reason, making catchy earworms is hard. If it weren’t, everyone would do it
that’s a good one
I agree however If I can’t escape a song and it’s everywhere I’m probably going to end up not liking it because I’d get sick of it for example my sister puts on the same songs over and over again loudly songs I didn’t mind before I now cant stand because I didn’t have a choice because I could hear her music everywhere
I thought the mention of Janet Jackson's impact on the music industry being disregarded is a really good point. She was such a massive force from the Control era up to the misogynistic smear campaign after the Superbowl incident, so it's sad that her massive influence on future artists has been forgotten/downplayed/disregarded by a lot of people ever since. And I don't think that would've happened (at least to the extent that it did) if she had been a white woman
also congrats on the play button!!
Exactly!
She deserves her flowers
@@kevinm7517 thank you 💕
Janet portrays a type of sensuality where she gets as much pleasure as she is giving to the audience. For some reason human civilization has had an issue with that in women for many generations. Even with Britney Spears, apparently the public had to witness proof of her immense suffering in order to be kinder to her
Fans are using “iconic” to describe moments that the fandom enjoyed and reference which devalues the meaning of “iconic”. “Iconic” is supposed to mean easily identifiable and referenced by the general population.
“Thriller” by Michael Jackson is iconic because everyone who was alive at the time remembers when that video premiered, what Michael was wearing in the video and the song. Anyone from around the world where there’s an internet connection, tv channels and an acceptance of western media knows “Thriller”.
The same goes for a more contemporary example like Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It” where even though it was only released in 2008, everyone recognises the reference from the turning of the wrist.
“About You Now” by Sugababes wouldn’t be considered “iconic” because yes, the song was very popular in the U.K., Europe and Australia in 2007 and the yellow outfits in the video are recognisable, this only goes for a limited section of the global population. People in the United States generally wouldn’t recognise the song, the music video or the artist even though people who are millennials, Gen Z or Gen X in the U.K. would. Most Americans who know the tune of “About You Now” only recognise Miranda Cosgrove’s version, not Sugababes’ original.
“Iconic” is used too liberally nowadays and is used to describe a moment that fans remember very fondly but it’s not a moment that the general global population would know of or remember.
I agree. How many of these "iconic" moments will be remembered 50 years from now.
@@crystalsnow1138I honestly thought it was just me who was bothered by this. Too many people refer to insignificant moments as iconic when it’s only known throughout the fan base of the artist and nowhere else.
So you're saying that something isn't iconic because it's not American 🤣🤣 wow you guys really are annoying
@@nicolefransch2118 because it’s not GLOBAL 🙄. They said the last example is only popular in some western countries but not all, whereas Single Ladies and Thriller would be recognisable in many across the globe. Hence why they’d be considered “iconic”. But even though America isn’t the world the US dominates a lot of contemporary media whether you like it or not. Many top selling artists doing global tours being from the US or other western countries kinda shows that. K-pop becoming as big as it has outside of Asia is in part through their reach to western audiences and collaborating with US artists.
I feel like a whole bunch of terms are used too liberally now.
That point about Janet was really good. If someone is inspired by Beyonce, they are inspired by Janet. Earlier in her career, Beyonce more openly admitted how influenced she was by Janet’s style and career trajectory.
Every artist that debuted at the end of the 90s and 00s and even recently they were mostly inspried by certain artist like diana ross donna summer Michael jackson prince madonna janet and more most female artistfrom the 00s were inspired from 2 mostly and those were madonna or janet and sum from whitney same goes for males to like micheal so if anyone now says they inspured from 00s artist they are of artists from the 80s and before
Unpopular opinion: a lot of ‘trash’ films or songs can be great if you’re on a plane lol. When you are on a 3-12hr flight with no wifi, your focus and attention span become a little different.
You know what, you're 100% correct. The first movies I gravitate to on a long flight are the easy entertaining ones, even animated ones.
Here’s my unpopular opinion: Society handles things with celebrities on a case by case scenario. Instead of holding everyone to the same standards, some get major passes while others get crucified!
Fr! Like with colleen Ballinger and lizzo. Sienna Mae is also a good case.
Celebrities that get passes for a lot of things, is often Taylor Swift gets away with a lot though, and I am getting a bit tired of hearing about Britney Spears right now. People the media cheerleads, and glosses over stuff they do, and I kind of hate it. It feels like mindless worship and pity-shilling. Selena Gomez is another one that people love giving a pass for, and they treat defending shitty things they do as just them "clapping back to haters". People don't seem to know the difference anymore between actually doing that, versus people that just deflect for them, because they stan them.
I agree. And people are quick to make up rationalities to excuse the celebrities they like, only in biases because they like them. They don't want to admit that the things the celebrities they like, are questionable unless its people they don't like.
Unpopular Opinion: there are no more "good girl gone bad" eras anymore. It seems that today every female artist debuts with a sexual image and don't have a major transitional era that people remember, e.g. Christina's Dirrty, Janet's self titled album, Nelly Furtado's Loose. I'd say the most recent "good girl gone bad" moment in music was when Ariana released Dangerous Woman
I think Taylor Swift's reputation era leaned into the tropes but also wasn't a full transformation into her later work
I agree! However I’m wondering if Doja Cat’s “scarlet” has been good girl gone bad? I mean, Doja has never seemed shy of being “bad” but I think how she’s acted leading up to the album cycle is definitely outlandish and rebellious in attitude similar to those other examples you mentioned. I know she’s said some controversial things and maybe that’s not the point of GGGB but idk
Thats because there is no need for it anymore. Most of that was due to artists being chosen by their label to be for an audience a lot younger than themselves, and older producers don't know what is relevant to them. Then when those artists get more creative control, they end up trying to change their image to fit how they feel, want to experiment or live up to their more adult transition because they find their old stuff beneath them. (Christina Aguilera was like 17 or 18 for her first album, but doing work for tweens. Then she was 20 when she did Dirrty and in your 20s, thats when you try hardest to feel adult.)
A lot of them didnt want to be teeny boppers but were forced to. Like Britney Spears said her label forced her to, despite her not actually being one. Her label originally wanted her first video to be in space with the power rangers.. she didnt want that. She said she wanted her image to fit teenagers like her own age. They didnt want it. A lot of the time these artists are marketed to be younger than they actually are.
Most female R&B artists don't need a "gone bad" era, because R&B was already mostly for adults (and somewhat a branch off of Hip-Hop, or was more so in the 2000s) so their image and songs already were for older people. (Brandy, Monica, Mary J Blige, Beyonce, etc never needed one.) It is also the reason a lot of pop female artists went to do R&B later when they were transitioning, because R&B is essentially "grown pop" in some aspects. Its also pretty evident. Christina started off doing bubblegum pop and Pop-R&B, but went toward more hip-hop, Latin-R&B and Soul for Dirrty. Miley Cyrus did Bangerz when she wanted to transition away from her Disney image that she disliked. Arianna Grande as well, to shake off Nickolodeon and expand her market.
Even Mariah Carey wanted to do R&B instead of pop (especially when diva R&B was at its most popular during the 2000s-2010s). Rihanna is the only exception because she was marketed first during the teen R&B-pop era of the mid 2000s that kind of replaced bubblegum pop of the early 2000s. She transitioned from that, to her more edgier era, if not coincidentally during the time she was with/or a bit after she was with Chris Brown as her comeback from the incident.
@@sierramadison1279 Doja is a different case because she changed her image for personal reasons, and started to go through something, and it lead her to resent her music and her fandom. She is changing for her own reasons.
@@TurtleStormer I think Taylor Swift wanted to try an edgier image for a while with Reputation, but then reverted because of how heavily controlled her image is, who wanted her to represent the stereotypical, innocent blonde "Americana" look, and stopped her. Its only now she is a bit more in between. Her fanbase is also very picky about what she does and if she changed her image even slightly because (of whatever image they have of her in their minds) they complain and say the change in her work sucks. Taylor has to conform to what her people and her audience wants of her. Even if it makes her seem a bit fake. They tried this with Britney Spears who hated it far more.
how could that person say no iconic songs have been released since 2005 when bad romance is right there…
Unpopular opinion: Other forms of media should take a note from K-Pop to how make buying physical copies worth it, whether it be music, video games and more. Just look at a TWICE album unboxing and see all that they put it in to give the fans a reason to buy physical, or æspa's amazing photobook for the Savage mini album. I mean, wouldn't it be so cool to have something like a photobook for a video game made of illustrations about the main characters and landscapes, and that it was included in the default physical package?
exactly, the posters, stickers, photo cards and other things make it worth the price
I AGREE!!! They are slacking!
I would honestly say Thank U Next is probably the latest song I would consider Iconic. Just with how spoiled we are with charts and content, that buzz and it’s rollout of that song was insanely intense and rapid! From the records it broke, the news and subject surrounding the song, and then the Music Video!!! It literally helped Jennifer Coolidge revive her career.
Just my opinion, but I feel like that’s the most recent song that led to so much
I finished reading "Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard" by Tom Felton earlier today. And Tom has every right to mention his time during the Harry Potter series era because this makes his autobiography genuine, heartfelt, and personal. People need to let (child) movie stars breathe and stop jabbing them with your poisonous words.
I haven't read it yet! I did watch the Boy Who Lived though and really enjoyed it. I think it's easy to forget how much time is spent on a film (or 8) even if the role we see edited down seems really small. The younger cast spent most of their childhood/ early adulthood on that set and promoting the movies
I grew up with Britney, i'm 3 years younger than her and back then the media definitely wanted to make Britney the next Madonna. But i never thought of Britney like that. Yes they are two amazing pop artists but they are very different to me.
Christina Aguilera seems more inspired by Madonna and also reminds me of Madonna much more too.
I think they wanted to make her seem like Madonna in the tabloids more, where they tried to make everything she did seem controversial because it was part of Madonna's media cycle.
@@GeteMachine yes that's true.
I think Christina doesn't get as many Madonna comparisons because people often focus on her vocals more than her songwriting and production. Artistically/musically, I'd definitely say she's more similar Madonna than she is to say, Whitney Houston
Christina and Madonna careers are not similar at all! Madonna was known for her performances! Christina does not have any iconic performances! Britney was know for being a performer and that’s why she was compared to Madonna
you know what's UNDERRATED when it comes to concerts. having the full show available to buy and download. whether it's the live versions of songs as an album or the actual concert footage. and i don't want to see anything behind the scenes or hear somebody talking in between each song. i want to experience the concert as is from the comfort of my bedroom
I’d be willing to pay good money for that. I love when celebrities have live albums but I feel like it’s very few mainstream artists now
Genius actually
Physical sales do show a more loyal fan base with buying tickets, albums etc but we’re also living in a time where a lot of people are struggling financially. 2 years ago I was doing just fine and would’ve bought a bunch of albums and concert tickets, now I got wayyyy too many bills and responsibilities to buy them. I’m sure a lot of people relate to just not being able to buy these things
Another unpopular opinion I have is that some Disney channel and nick stars that still make music don’t get enough love. Before Sabrina carpenter blew up after nonsense with emails I can’t send she was underrated, Aly and Aj still make great music, Max, even Victoria Justice have a few good songs.The driver era with Ross Lynch, Laura Marano and Keke Palmer then some of the popular songs out there should get more love then the popular songs.
I’m pretty Max had some songs that had commercial success but he really roped having a steady fanbase after becoming friends with Suga of BTS. I already loved his voice and some songs but him being friends with Suga gave me more push to listen to him more tbh
And I think Keke is such a powerhouse in acting that people often forget she’s been making music since Jump In or before tbh. She’s in at least 3-4 movies that are either musicals or she’s done soundtracks for. I will admit as much as I love her, she’s one of my favorites, I do need to take thee time to support and listen to her music!
Ross Lynch is so talented
Unpopular opinion but I honestly thought the only good one off Nickolodeon was Arianna Grande. The rest of them have music that sounds so bland and generic, even fake to me. Like "Freak the Freak Out" from Victoria Justice or... any track from Miranda Cosgrove.... Their songs all sound like they were created to sell to kids by the network. Arianna Grande's music actually sounded real, and I was glad she went to R&B. It just sounds better than generic teen pop or teen pop-rock from those networks. Kind of like early Hilary Duff and Demi Lavato. I just can't get into them.
people don’t realize how many older popular songs were written by other songwriters it really isn’t that big of a deal singing and songwriting are two different things. id much rather have an artist use a songwriter if they can’t write a good song themselves anyway all it matters is that they can sing
Right decades ago people would've laughed at us for this convo... would've been more rare that the artist DID write the song!!
This. I think assuming an artist writing all their own songs is overrated. Its pretty ridiculous, and people don't know how the industry works when they say this. Because song writing is a job. Other people pitch songs to management to get them heard and build careers through other artists, and when some songs get turned down they go to other artists (often up and coming, to use instead.) Its why I think its dumb people praise Taylor Swift specifically for writing her songs. Most new artists don't even get creative control to write their songs. They are given songs by their producers to craft their image first.
12:37 I wish Britney and Janet collaborated on Me Against the Music instead of Madonna, imagine the choreography
We definitely need a video on why we don’t have more groups/bands! I was just thinking the other day why we don’t have groups or supergroups like we did in the late 80s and early 90s. Imagine Jacob Lattimore, Diggy Simmons, Sammie and others that came up with them coming together.
And there are a bunch of bedroom artist these days that play instruments, sing and produce like Chloe; and we know she and her sister were a dynamic duo. I’d love to see more groups and for them to show their individualism through their multiple talents.
Omg Sammie 😍 lmfao I would LOVE to see this!!
Britney embodies elements from both Janet and Madonna imo. From Madonna's side, I think it reflects her controversial and outrageous image and her scandals, and I also notice Britney's sensual songs being inspired by some of Madonna's music. But that's definitely inspired by Janet as well.
I think Britney was supposed to be the Madonna for a younger generation at the time, after the Spice Girls broke up. Then after the more group-heavy pop era of the 90s, they started pushing solo female artists again. Her controversies were mostly stuff from paparazzi and purity culture conservative religious people that were worried about her teenage appeal. Most of Madonna' scandals were usually intentional (often to pushback against racism, homophobia and prudence. Madonna got banned for her video having and kissing a black Jesus character, and she was one of the most openly bi-sexual artists during the time it was seen as taboo or trashy to be LGBT in media.) The 2000s was also a time where everything was controversial, so Britney just became this by default due to it.
for me Britney music (at least her early stuff) sonds waaayy more like Janet than Madonna like from the way she sings and does ad libs and etc.. maybe i need to get into madonna discography more bcs i dont see that much influence on britney maybe their vocal tones are similar but the singing, dancing and the music are all giving janet to me
While it's nice that people are giving Janet her flowers, a lot of people are doing the most and straight up rewriting history to say that Britney took no inspiration from Madonna. Britney literally talked in her book about how Madonna's attitude about staying unapologetic in the midst of a moral backlash inspired her to try doing the same, and you can definitely hear elements of Madonna in Britney's sexier songs and even a lot of her dance cuts that sound reminiscent of Madonna during her Erotica era. Hell, we always talk about Britney's "baby voice" on her pop songs contrasted with her naturally deep singing tone, but you know who was doing that for decades before? Madonna. A lot of her biggest hits like Material Girl, Like a Virgin, Into the Groove, etc. were sung in a similar baby voice and then you'd hear a song like Live To Tell where she's singing a lot more naturally and her voice is actually pretty deep. Britney's "baby voice" style didn't come out of nowhere
Definitely I see more Janet in her than Madonna in her music, but her image is more Madonna esque
@@cityboy2092 I hear you but I think the soft voice is more in line with Janet. Granted, Janet has more of a whisper. I wonder if Madonna and Janet have a few similarities because they were around each other (with the dating of the brother, etc) I don't think that people are saying that Britney took NO inspiration from Madonna, I think that due to racial issues, people have indeed rewrote history to discredit Janet. (which I think you already now so :)) From what I've read, most female singers, especially dancers, credit Janet. But Britney did, more than most. Her performance style definitely speaks to Janet's past. I think a main reason that people compare Brit and Madonna so much is because of the controversies, which is odd because Madonna chose controversy (rightfully) to make a statement whereas Britney was just living, and the world deemed her every move as such. It is crazy to say that she took no inspiration from her though. I think every singer out today had to take some inspo from Madonna.
Unpopular opinion: most new talent acts have NO idea how to perform live. Dead face. Dead eyes. Not connection to what they are actually singing about. Basic af "choreography". No aesthetic thought to the staging. Outfits/Costuming gives nothing. And on and on. Like Dua Lipa and Ice Spice for example. There is no "personality". And when there is its not authentic. Like you can FEEL the label of old men controling them.
These unpopular opinions are getting more and more delusional ☠️. To say no iconic song came out after 2005…..there are numerous icons that debuted after 2005. And life b4 the internet was HELL, social media is a very incredible tool!
i definitely agree that there haven't been many super smashes of the 2010s/20 as compared to like, songs that were played a lot. BUT, tik tok, call me maybe and rather be from 2010-2014 were gigantic and are certainly iconic / smashes
how could i forget Call Me Maybe!
i think Gangnam Style is an iconic song honestly lol, maybe the most of the 2010s
Womanizer by Britney Spears is iconic
Agreed!
Unpopular opinion I think people canceling on celebrities opinions is weird like fans would force celebrities to talk about certain stuff and when they do they want to say oh I’m not going to support them anymore because it’s not what they thought they would say. Do these celebrities actually need to give them opinions or certain things?
So true!
Unpopular Opinion: Sza is the best songwriter of this generation. Not to discredit Taylor but I find Sza’s writing and sequencing to be creative and genius. The emotion she puts in her songs as well omgg. I also love how her songs aren’t always so simple and you gotta piece it together what you think she means. Were not trying to figure out who’s she’s talking about the lyrics are so good, it feels like we’re living in real time with the song😅
I agree completely
I agree. She’s a beast at songwriting
so true
exactly like just cause you pull out random smart-sounding words from the dictionary it doesn’t make you a good writer
i love SZAs pen sm
I think Tiktok by Kesha can become an iconic song. Like at my graduation it came on and everyone even the people who arent into music or only listen to like older stuff knew every word
this might be biased bc im a swede but Wake me up by Avicii also has that potential imo
I love that you talked about Janet as Tinashe’s influence because Tinashe always says her biggest inspirations are Janet and Britney. As a Tinashe fan who has gone back to listen to both Janet and Britney’s music, I cant help but hear and see the parallels that these 3 women share. Janets level of influence will forever be unmatched in my eyes.
Britney Spears also chose Tinashe as her successor and the general public didn't want her to be the pop princess. RCA never helped her. They chose Doja Cat.
Unopular opinion: Janet's catelog after 2004(Damita Jo, 2.0. Y.O., Discipline and Unbreakable as well as their visuals are extremely influential to what we see pop girls doing today
Feedback is a hit that got away!!
@@YXA_YXA Indeed Feedback influenced the visuals for Commander by Kelly Rowland, Doja Cat's Grammy Performance, wild by namie amuro and Magic by Robin Thcike!!!!!!!
this is so random but knowing twice was the last artist you watched perform live made me so happy. knowing that the youtuber you look up to enjoys the same artist as you do made me so happy lol. great video as always! 🫶🏼
Some things to keep in mind with the "cowriters" opinion is that, (i think it was Tayla Parx who said this) according to an old law a producer will almost always get a writing credit. Also if a song is sampled then all the writers of the sampled song are credited. So a pop song written by the artist with another writer and coproduced by lets say 2 producers (not uncommon for big songs) will have 4 writing credits and then when sampled will double. Obviously all these numbers can fluctuate but yeah....
On the reboot topic, the new Mean Girls movie is a musical. The marketing around it is weird because it’s not just a reboot, it’s a movie adapted from the broadway musical based on the 2004 movie, but if you’ve only seen the trailers, you wouldn’t know it’s a musical because they don’t show any of the singing
Naomi I felt the same way about Country music never existing. Now I love genre. What I did was made a Playlist of popular songs that are country coded like Daddy's Lessons (Beyonce); Four 5 Seconds (Rihanna); Party in the USA (Miley) and that helped me open my mind to the genre and start supporting it.
Breland right now is my favorite artist
yesss im def still in that country adjacent space lol
mind you, whitney houston wrote a total of 5 songs in her entire career
Ai Artistis is the record labels dream, bild someone from the ground up, make them have whatever look or sound is on trend, can easily control what they gonna say and do, also is great for brand deals they just have to give something to sell and their gonna put all money on it.
Why do people want to spend money and attention on AI artists tho? Obviously labels want what is most profitable, they're more invested in the money side than the art side. The public isn't earning money from AI artists however, in fact they would be spending their money and attention on them. And why would people prefer that over actual humans? The labels are simply following what the public pours their money and attention into.
Also what about live shows? I just went to one today, it was great vibes. Can't get that from AI lol
@@amethystdream8251 Great point. But when you consider we are already very streams based consumers is not far fetch to think that we won't consume live shows, we barely do actually, since not everybody can afford to go to a live concert epically internationally, also, is likely the possiblity that live shows might get more expensive than before, also in Japan virtual Artists like Hatsune Miku and the whole vocaloid gander are a thing and they make billions on it till this day.
All I'm saying that's it's not hard to think that we won't consume music the same way and that record labels undeniably will want to make money with AI artists since they care more about the profitable part of things, but definitely, will have people who crave and want for the human artistry and fairly so as well as human artists won't disappear completely from the industry.
yeah im not sure if i agree with there's been no "iconic" music since 2005 because, like you said, it really is a generational thing. We belong together is a successful song but since im pretty young it means nothing to me.
We belong together came out when I was 3, but me and my friends still hear it a lot and can recognize it, even if they aren’t fans of Mariah like I am. That has staying power imo.
royals by lorde IS iconic 14x platinum!
Unpopular opinion (maybe a popular one): I hate that people who are in a younger than 20 are assuming that "radio" music is bad. I dislike when people are biased towards artists whose songs were playing on the radio and just assuming they are bad, unoriginal etc. I truly enjoy "radio" music (mostly pop) music and it doesn't deserve the chop and bad opinions as it does currently. For example Dua Lipa or INNA had many songs on the radio and people assuming they make "basic white girl" music. Their songs slap and are good. Basically "radio" music is overhated.
Groups need to come back! I would even love artists teaming up to do more duo albums. Some people really need the support of a group before making it big and standing alone.
I think Coco Jones and Renee Rapp sounded soooo amazing together on the Tummy Hurts remix. I think both could benefit from a collab album in terms of introducing more fans to each person. I think Victoria Monét and Megan Thee Stallion would kill on a 3 song EP that has southern influence. If Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter would stop the pop world if they collabed together on a song
Here is an unpopular option; I like singing Nicki Minaj more than rapping Nicki Minaj. I love her ballads more than her hard rap. But that just me.
This is definitely an unpopular opinion! I like that
i totally agree!!
I think you'd like songs like ' Last time I saw you '
I wish she would take some singing lessons because she could easily be a pop star.
@@Robynrrrr Unpopular opinion but I hate when artists these days get popular only off social media, and have no musical background. Or rappers who never had any rap battles to prove their lyricism, get famous, and then the stuff they come out sounds terrible, like off beat mumble trash. Artists with no musical background shouldn't be famous.
Unpopular opinion: they don’t give my girl Janet enough credit. She’s the blueprint before Beyonce and everybody else that came in after her. Just my opinion
I never saw Britney as a Madonna copy
Me neither, I think people and the media just tried to put that on her, as they do with many.
Britney was more Janet Jackson. Lady Gaga was more Madonna.
Neither did Britney. She always credited Janet. 😊
kinda related to the nostalgia opinion (+also before your time), but i remember watching an interview from the cast of a different world and the host was mad that the new generation of fans called whitley and dwayne's relationship "toxic" and pointed out the bad aspects of their romance because "it would ruin the show for her" and "kids today are always so pc" or something. it always made me mad because it's like ... girl. you're mad that college-aged individuals are able to point out unhealthy relationships and dynamics so that they can avoid it in their own personal life. even then, the two cast members also hated their storyline as well
I’d say Old Town Road is Iconic, and original.
Absolutely
Unpopular Opinion: you might’ve talked about this but ICU by Coco Jones should not be her only big song. Double Back, Crazy For Me, Caliber (which dropped before ICU) just to name a few off her album were so much better. However, I am happy it secured her a spot as an R&B artist.
As someone who’s trying to develop as an artist rn, I wish people could grasp that for a label to put money behind you, they have to have faith that you can excel in all the aspects of the job, as well as be marketable. So you’ve got to be pretty f’cking good at minimum bc despite industry plants, nepotism and cash grab songs being a thing, artists need much more than a publicist and a generic catchy ghostwritten song to be deemed a worthwhile investment for the industry. However generic cliche corporate songs will always exist and there isn’t a single undiscovered artist that wouldn’t take an opportunity to enter the industry, even at the cost of being creatively stifled in the beginning. Most artists have songs in their discography they hate but the more mainstream music plays a crucial role in propelling artists into world. Unfortunately it’s one of the only ways you can gain the authority to take creative risks and eventually make music thats more authentic. Streaming has made music such a disposable commodity that people lose sight of the work and talent that goes into music, even the most mainstream. I liked that you touched on the heavy expectations people have of musicians bc it’s something few people can do.
The thing you said about hyper individualism among westerners is so true
My should be popular opinion is; The reason music is over saturated is because alot of artists are in it for the lifestyle and music seems like am easy way to get to that rich, celeb lifestyle. (Or atleast easier than acting or modeling in terms of successfully blowing up)
Definitely agree that Britney is more influenced by Janet than Madonna, at least performance wise.
Also the word iconic is so grossly overused, the word itself has different meanings for people. Personally I hate how it's used for everything/everyone nowadays!
You are looking so good. Your hair is gorgeous.
I really appreciate this type of vídeos. They are so fun.
Thank you 💕 honestly they’re my fave too
I'm glad someone brought up NMIXX. I didn't think O.O was good at all but it saddens me that they dropped the Mixpop concept entirely instead of trying to iron it out more. The follow up DICE wasn't perfect but it was a step in the right direction and I would've hoped they could've continued to get better with each attempt. I know a lot of artists who do the multiple-songs-in-one thing really well so it's a shame NMIXX were never allowed to keep experimenting until something worked.
And congrats on the playbutton I'm so happy for you!!!
Not a huge fan of O.O at all but i genuinely like Dice alot!
No iconic songs after 2005?! BABE. Now that’s a TRUE unpopular opinion. Gaga literally changed the pop GAME when The Fame dropped. She had the other main pop girls SCRAMBLING. We’ve had SO many iconic songs after 2005, here’s some off the top of my head:
Fergalicious, 2006 - ICONIC
I Kissed a Girl, 2008 - ICONIC
Call Me Maybe, 2012 - ICONIC
Say So, 2019 - ICONIC
Gimme more by Britney
Okay but Gaga also went out of her way to work with multiple sex offenders to social climb and put her female assistants at risk and almost her fans? So . . . ?
But I will say iconic songs after 2005 definitely happened. " Call Me Maybe " did make me cringe, but I guess iconic doesn't have to mean good. I mean I guess it can be there with " Party Rock Anthem " and " Gangnam Style "
@@iTeacupPandagirl shut up
@@iTeacupPanda girl what are you talking about?
@@RihannaChristina I'm talking about the fact that she went out of her way to work with R. Kelly and bring him out of retirement.
She was selling LESS THAN HALF the albums EVERY ALBUM for MULTIPLE Albums in a row. She was losing interest.
Only the gays cared about her for a minute.
So she tried to revive her career with controversy, which didn't work but her career was so dead at the point no one cared / it didn't become a big deal?
But she tried doing a song called " DO WHAT U WANT WITH MY BODY " with R. Kelly, knowing he had +30 charges including sex trafficking and more being added while she was working with him.
and she wanted to be respected by the big names in fashion and also be EDGY so she became VERY friendly with Terri Richardson, who also had over 2-dozen accusations against him. She stayed friends with him until he got REALLY black-balled by the industry for like 8-9 yrs?
She let him into her home or whatever place she was staying in at the time, while female employees were there and had no locks on their doors. She put them at risk of a sexual predator and didn't let them know
Years ago Kylie Minogue responded that actors don't get accused of not writing their own films, when an interviewer mentioned her not being a song writer. Thought it was a good point, but only if the singer is something special!
I don’t get why people make such a big deal about it especially if the person can PERFORM (like Beyoncé). It gives people a job. I’m not a song writer (I mean I am but I ain’t trying to sell it) but just a writer in general but I like doing that because I’m introverted and shy. I can NOT see myself on stage singing, but if I wrote a damn good song and BEYONCÉ wanted the song hell I’m gonna write for her. Now I do wish more writers got notoriety like Victoria Monet for example. She’s just now getting buzz with on my mama but she literally wrote half of Ariana grandes biggest hits. I don’t even get it for hip hop anymore. Like back in the day when people wrote about actual struggles of life and what they went through blah blah yeah but if you rapping about throwing ass and drinking sizurp and being gang gang why only matter if you write your own raps. And some people NEED songwriters im tired of hearing some sounds and random words from shuffle dictionary word picker thrown together
Love these videos! I think the Madonna comparisons go way harder between her and Gaga. That animosity from Madonna always rubbed me the wrong way. Gaga even had her gap closed (at least at the time) because of the comparisons just to visual aesthetic.
I find Stadium and Arena tours to be fantastic in my opinion. When I was at The Weeknd’s stadium tour, he did look tiny because of the distance, but I didn’t feel like I was far away from the whole production. When I bought my ticket, I thought I was going to be far away, but then when I got to my seat, I was surprised how close I was.
As of the parking, parking may be a pain, but I don’t think it’s a big issue. You just need to be prepared to walk a lot, and just focus on the fun you will have once you get there.
Yes, and added on to that, they can do a whole production with lights setpieces more elements which can make for a more fun show! I've never driven to a concert (i would lose my mind/ go out of town for them a lot) but it's also hell trying to catch an uber after. like no matter what you have to sacrifice something lol
@@naomi.cannibal yes exactly
No iconic songs since 2005 … is a wild statement. Party in The U.S.A came out in 2009
Lady Gaga debuted in 2009! I meeeeaaaannnn
Groups and bands are more expensive and unfortunately music doesn't bring in the money to match the level of money going out… think about the budget for 1 artist (everything from wardrobe, makeup, hair to hotels and travel tickets, etc) then multiply that by 3 - 5.
Bands also tend to devolve over spotlight, drama, (sometimes racism or colorism or abuse), some members doing more work than others, and management paying them unequally. Bands never last today because of too much backstage drama and then the one who goes solo tends to over take the band behind. All of the ones that did, fell apart due to jealousy or differences of direction.
On the topic of co-writing:
I also get the impression that different artists have very different politics when it comes to giving credit.
Some will credit a person basically for simply being present during the creation of the song (that's hyperbole, but you get what I mean) and some will be more stingy with giving credit.
Plus - and this is pure speculation - I think a certain fallen from grace producer who is (or was) involved in multiple lawsuits with a female singer may potentially have a newer female singer contractually obligated to credit him in songs even when he didn't contribute anything. So potentially this is also a tactic that's being (ab-)used.
32:22 Honestly, it would be such a waste of talent if a vocalist with no writing ability wasn't allowed to sing, because they didn't write the songs and vice versa. There's beauty in collaboration, bringing our best qualities together to create. I'm really so tired of this discourse.
I hope O.O and Brazilian Funk in general is a pocket you guys will get into one day
kpop is highly influenced by brazilian music these days
What i love is that Britney Spears always put Janet Jackson in the forefront. Britney always credited black artists, which is why she will alway be amazing to me. And they tried to zap her intelligence away. She was always talking about media contradictions and double standards with such a sassy cadence. 😊
I want to comment on the writers thing. Something that a lot of people don’t know is that a lot of artists who are considered to be the most influential of all time never wrote their own songs. Artists actually being the writers of their music has actually become a lot more common than people think
Rumors by Lindsay Lohan is iconic
Unpopular opinion, kill bill is an iconic song, also sos is an iconic album. I love your videos naomi🫶🏽
And it will be crowened that upon her winning Album of the Year.
“If you try to be a hammer, everything is going to look like I nail” Geez! That’s a bar. Can’t believe I never heard that before but I’m using it. Thank you lol
This is such a late comment but I hope whoever is reading can hear me out:
Ppl always credit Madonna for influencing Selena Quintanilla, but ppl often forget that Janet Jackson was also a contributor who heavily influenced Selena. If you asked Selena, she would've always mentioned she was influenced by both Madonna AND Janet Jackson but for some reason I mostly see ppl crediting Madonna more than Janet Jackson. It doesn't make sense bc you see so much of Jackson in Selena's legacy as well and it would make sense if Selena felt connected to Jackson due to having a similar upbringing (coming from a family of musicians, having a father who pushed you to become a musician, etc.). Janet Jackson was also a big influence on Selena as much as Madonna was and that is a fact.
Is time to give Jackson the flowers she deserves, she is truly the Queen of Pop.
Selena’s favorite song was Janets “black cat.” Janet was also brought up a lot in Selena’s Netflix show.
I wonder how Janet feels towards Selena bc I don’t think she’s ever publicly mentioned her.
Yesss she’s always said Janet too!! I love that they even confirmed that in the biopic and show. You can see it in the moves, the fashion, and even a lot of her covers she did live. Enamorada de Ti always gave Janet to me
Unpopular opinion. I hate the terms "mother, mothering, father, fathering". I just think it's cringe and weird to call someone your mother who isn't your actual mother or grandmother and sometimes it's someone close to your own age. I just hold mothers and fathers with so much respect (the good ones at least) so to throw that term around at anyone takes away the meaning of the word.
Yes!
I kinda agree, especially as a kpop stan
there are venues in between large stadiums and club shows though. like 5000 ppl capacity with ticketed seating. that’s the perfect option to me. you have a guaranteed seat where you can sit down and chill and there’s not that many ppl trying to leave a single area at once after the show. also i like that there are wtf songs in kpop. that’s what makes it stand out from the western music industry like exo’s wolf or red velvet zimzalibim
besides individualism i agree that a lot of western artists don’t want the pressure to dance, and they also have a certain creative image they want to execute. if you’re in a group you have to make compromises to make everyone happy but if you’re a soloist youre more likely to have complete creative control. for a group it’s better to just have people that like to sing or dance but don’t necessarily have a strong desire to project a message or concept, or you’re going to have more disputes. although nowadays in kpop you have group members releasing solos that better match their personal tastes and then they rejoin their group for promotions after.
also agree that ticket sales are a better metric of determining how many loyal fans you have. nowadays artists release multiple versions of the same album with photocards or bonus songs, so it could just be the same person buying multiple copies of the same album and then throwing them in a landfill
I think not everyone should have access to the Internet. 😂 I know that's probably not an 'Unpopular opinion', but some people really do need to not only touch grass, but live in the wilderness, cause some faceless trolls on the web are animals, & have no right in society.
Unpopular opinion: SZA is better than Taylor swift for me as a songwriter and artist in general
Both artists are great in their own ways. In terms of songwriting, both Taylor and SZA approach the art of songwriting in two different ways. Taylor Swift's songwriting styles are more descriptive, narrative-driven (more prominent with her country songs) with detailing touch to add to its storytelling building (time and place settings but of course not with all of her songs but more prominent with her earlier stuff). It shouldn't come as a surprise for Taylor to adopt these styles as country songwriting relies a lot on those traits and she grew up listening to music ranging from country, folk and of course pop genres in cultivating her songwriting knowledge. On the other hand, with SZA, her songwriting is more direct and confessional in styles. She doesn't use much "decoration" on her lyricism (less literary devices and poetic words) and opts onto the act of painting the narration of her lyrics with the most minimal filters and instead catering into writing her thought process which comes off unapologetically honest and relatable for the audience to truly understand the point of views that she comes from. Her songwriting styles are able to make her audience to closely relate with the emotions that she tries to convey in her lyrics. It reminds me of Mary J. Blige's and Alanis Morrisette's writing styles that showcase similar traits. I believe that both Taylor Swift and SZA are two artists who belong in separate categories of songwriters and both have their own respective appeals within the music audience groups. I would also say the same thing about their artistry appeals too. I'm obviously more of a Swiftie but i do enjoy a lot of SZA's music too.
Demi Lovato beats both
I’m sorry the way u just causal dropped the fact u went to a twice concert I’m jealous
the perfect in between for concerts is a arena show. it's perfect distance wise and just small enough to get a good seat wherever u can
I didn’t know we could put food unpopular opinions! Because the rant I could go on about the henny-lemon pepper-hot honey-old bay sauce on every single food item is long and it’s deep.
Artists who are influenced by Madonna are influenced by Janet Jackson as well. Janet Jackson has the same level of influence as Madonna.
Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Pink, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Rihanna, etc. have mentioned that they are influenced by both Madonna and Janet Jackson.
Janet deserves her flowers
Congratulations! Been a casual subscriber for quite some time. You have helped me add a lot many songs to my recommendations. Love from India.
Also Mean Girls isn’t a reboot. It’s a live adaptation of the Broadway musical. So kinda but not really.
Unpopular opinion, but in retrospect kind of think Britney Spears is a bit overrated. Aside from maybe some very casual bops here and there but I don't really see what made her all that as an artist. She has a lot if not mostly nostalgia that people hold her up for. Most people don't even really remember much of her general songs, and I know she isn't really a strong vocalist and most of her dances weren't her own. There were also a lot of R&B dancers doing what she did (a lot of them were her choreographers), so I honestly cant think of what made Britney Spears all that. Most people who came out after her, are better than her.
I know it’s late, but an unpopular opinion to me is that streaming services in most cases have better biopics than theaters. I tried to get with the Priscilla hype (it’s a fine movie) but it just didn’t hit with me idk…
I haven’t seen a good biopic in years I don’t think… but to be fair bc of that I haven’t seen a lot of the recent ones either
I thought the King Richard film was pretty good! (Venus and Serena Williams)
Priscilla herself approved the film, and I really think that's all that matters. Because we rarely get biopics that are enjoyed by the person they're based on.
@@AisleofSosu oh wait I did see that-
@pettylisa5599it pissed me off how many people were mentioning how she didn’t look like her, like there is just so many people just sitting on the street that look like Whitney Houston /s
I saw BTS at Soldier Field stadium and was in the middle 1st or second tier I can’t remember. I had great seats and could see them on stage very well and on the screens. I’m short so sometimes standing only shows don’t do it for me. I’ve also been to arenas and have been/felt far away from an artist
To your point about the songs you stream that aren’t by choice (like the automated radios Spotify make) they are counted as non-interactive streams and artists actually make less from them and they count less for billboard
Ah this makes sense. Thanks for explaining!
I’m so happy for you, congratulations on the UA-cam Play Button 💛
thank you so much!!
I’m ready to be stoned for saying this, and I want it to known that I hate this song, have always hated this song, and will talk crap about it whenever I can: Thrift Shop is an iconic song from the 2010s. Something shifted in pop and rap when Macklemore dropped that song and we’re still trying to recover
It was catchy as hell but it was like a bomb going off
Most AI "musicians" last one buzzfeed article long and get forgotten. The only one I ever see successfully is hatsune miku and she reigns supreme
Yes Miku reigns supreme!!!
those are more 'virtual artists', aka not really 'sentient' wo human intervention. i hope AI artists dont become prevalent tho...
@@naomi.cannibal fair point! I tend to group the two together but I understand the division.
o.o was so terrible. for starters, i don't like the way the girls sound on the song. i don't know what it is, but their producers tend to make them sing in a range that doesn't sound comfortable, making their voices so unbearable. they found a good pocket for them with "love me like this," "roller coaster," and even "party o'clock" but for the majority of their songs, it sounds so .. idk screechy and obnoxious to me. additionally, the two songs don't blend together very well but it's not like the producers attempted to do so. its clear that the company took inspiration from sm's "beat switch" songs after seeing the success of aespa's "next level" and "savage," and then repackaged it into "mixxpop." however, i don't think the producers have been able to grasp what makes those songs work well.
More Iconic song that came out after 2005. “Call me maybe” Carley Ray, and “What makes you beautiful”, LMFAO “Party Rock Anthem”, Pharrell “Happy”.
When it comes to stadium shows in baseball ones, there’s usually a high fee associated with taking the nets down and the issue on having to rent the screens at Sofi when the artist’s has to already rent the stadium is whack. When I went to see Twice in Atlanta at Truist Park this year, people complained to the box office weeks before the show to try to get the nets down which unfortunately didn’t work. Idk if that could be a ploy to drive up the floor seat demand.
heyyy we were at the same show!!
I’m been waiting ever since the community thing came out so exited
The AI thing got stuck in my head because Pabllo Vittar (brazillian drag queen superstar) has been struggling to get a viral hit recently. However, someone made an AI song of her singing a song by another artist and it went VIRAL. This wasn't her song, wasn't her real voice. It was AI. That's scary.
Not country! Lol I never liked country but my boyfriend has been playing it a lot lately and I’m not against it lol. was actually refreshing hearing something a bit more organic and different from your traditional sounds ❤️
Here’s a hot take, I do believe that many of our favorite idols are in fact queer. And the reason why many of them aren’t out is because of South Korea’s conservative culture, and because K-Pop heavily plays into parasocial relationships
even hetero kpop artists aren’t open about their relationships with the public. they have to always keep that image of availability for the fans and act like they live for the fans. it def makes the companies a lot of money but ends up harming the artists psychologically. i think they could create a balance though
It’s so funny literally the other day I was telling my bf that they need to stop putting shit in them egg rolls😂
Also, if we didn't have the Internet, we would NOT have this lovely girl in front of us sharing our unpopular opinions.
thank you
You should do a ranking of pop star Christmas songs/ popular covers !
Gangnam style
Normally I listen to your video in the background but watching now and have to say you have beautiful eyes 😍😍
Congratulations on your play button!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🌹