Yep. She's leaping to try and piggyback on meme culture as a shortcut to maintaining relevance and it couldn't be more transparent. Comes off about as well as it does when brands on Twitter do it too.I think she's done silly and cartoonish well in the past (California Girls, Roar), but there's a glint of desperation this time around, and the video really isn't focused. It smacks of desperately throwing a dozen different ideas at the wall and hoping one of them sticks.
I was gonna say the same. The video is the visual epitome of throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks, it's exhausting to watch and not very rewarding.Trying to channel MEME CULTURE in a music video is such a terrible idea. Half the jokes in the video are already dated and it's only just been released.
A friend of mine's advised watching it to the video for Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax with the sound turned offThat really is a TERRIBLE video. The song's whole ETHOS is lost entirely...
Things started fairly well with "Chained to the Rhythm" but it all went to shit as soon as she cut her hair and dwelled on the Taylor feud.
I think she's done silly and cartoonish well in the past (California Girls, Roar), but there's a glint of desperation this time around, and the video really isn't focused. It smacks of desperately throwing a dozen different ideas at the wall and hoping one of them sticks.
I do like the song, but it's already dead and buried and I can't see this reviving it.
All three singles are fucking MARVELLOUS. She's gone loop-the-loop and looks a STATE, and god I love it
I was listening to Bon Appetit yesterday and I really like the production, but the lyrics are terrible and I think the video falls onto the wrong side of uncomfortable to watch.
Fucking hell - she's 32!II can't make out what caused such a backlash hit-wise for her. Age perhaps?
Fucking hell - she's 32!
HARDLY! Beyoncé's "36", Nicki Minaj is 34, Pink at 38 I'd say is the closest to feeling like age might catch up with her. I think the line on these things before industry types and listeners start thinking on those lines is somewhere between 35 and 40.PRECISELY! That's like 50 in the POP WORLD.
HARDLY! Beyoncé's "36", Nicki Minaj is 34, Pink at 38 I'd say is the closest to feeling like age might catch up with her. I think the line on these things before industry types and listeners start thinking on those lines is somewhere between 35 and 40.
2015/16 with Runnin
Roar was a massive hit for the basics and Dark Horse was pretty out there for a big pop artist and still a huge hit. Both get played about as much these days as most of Teenage Dream's hits, Firework aside.I don't think age in itself is a problem other than the fact that she was a late starter by comparison. Look at the amount of material the others have under their belts (albeit Nicki Minaj is a bit of a misnomer there as a rap artist).
Katy's last two albums haven't really added THAT much to her canon, which at this point is still very much centered around Teenage Dream.
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And Pipo kindly wash your mouth out because Birthday was and remains AMAZING