We teach POP stars to shrink themselves, to make themselves less ARTISTIC
We say to POP stars: "You can have POP, but not too much ART
You should aim to be successful, but not too ARTISTIC
Otherwise, you will threaten the GP"
Because I am a POP star, I am expected to aspire to success
I am expected to make my career choices always keeping in mind that album sales are most important
Now, album sales can be a source of joy and love and bandwagoners
But why do we teach POP stars to aspire to sales and we don't teach ARTISTS the same?
We raise POP stars to see each other as competitors
Not for ART or for #OnlineKindness, which I think can be a good thing
But for the attention of iTunes
We teach POP stars that they cannot be ARTISTIC beings in the way that ARTISTS are
ARTPOPist: a person who believes in the social
Political, and economic equality, and commercial viability of ART and POP
