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Discussion: Why does Katy Perry always get **** for being generic?
Member Since: 9/27/2011
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Originally posted by Eternium
Because people are jealous of her commercial success.
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Originally posted by DivaDown
Because real artists strive to advance music, have record-setting tours, Diamond certified albums, ICONic status, a damn GRAMMY  |
Katy strives for those things (well, some of them, who the hell cares about "record-setting tours"?), it's not like she's Miranda Cosgrove or Selena Gomez who are just the voices of a team of people trying to capitalize on today's youth. Considering the fact that she keeps getting bigger with every era, it's likely she will get a GRAMMY someday. Right now, she is largely singles-based, so her amazing success with singles may keep her from becoming a diamond-selling album artist, but her album sales are improving, and today's album climate is poor so the fact that she is the #2 album seller right now behind Beyonce says a lot.
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Originally posted by Smithy
Because it's boring, if you're making generic music, literally anyone can take your place and nobody will care
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Sadly this hasn't happened to Katy! Not everyone can say that!
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Originally posted by JonnyϟLightning
Sadly this hasn't happened to Katy! Not everyone can say that!
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Alol
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Every time Katy does something that seems like a threat to the careers of others, a thread about Katy being generic always comes up. Why are you guys so insecure?
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Originally posted by DivaDown
So... 3 years?
Paula Abdul, Debbie Gibson, Sean Cassidy, New Kids On the Block, Rick Springfield, Ricky Martin... do you want more?  |
I Kissed a Girl was in 2008, I thought we were arguing with someone intelligent, my bad
Katy's path is not comparable to any of those artists. She went from a nobody to a star with I Kissed a Girl and Hot 'N Cold and then got bigger with Teenage Dream's eight Top 3 singles, and then has become the world's biggest pop star with Roar (one of the biggest hits in years) and PRISM years later. None of those were as consistent as she has been.
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Member Since: 8/3/2012
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Originally posted by ethan
Katy strives for those things (well, some of them, who the hell cares about "record-setting tours"?), it's not like she's Miranda Cosgrove or Selena Gomez who are just the voices of a team of people trying to capitalize on today's youth. Considering the fact that she keeps getting bigger with every era, it's likely she will get a GRAMMY someday. Right now, she is largely singles-based, so her amazing success with singles may keep her from becoming a diamond-selling album artist, but her album sales are improving, and today's album climate is poor so the fact that she is the #2 album seller right now behind Beyonce says a lot.
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Miranda Cosgrove... Selena Gomez... y'all Katy Perry fans are so dramatic 
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Why is everybody dragging each other ? I'm scared 
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Originally posted by ethan
I Kissed a Girl was in 2008, I thought we were arguing with someone intelligent, my bad
Katy's path is not comparable to any of those artists. She went from a nobody to a star with I Kissed a Girl and Hot 'N Cold and then got bigger with Teenage Dream's eight Top 3 singles, and then has become the world's biggest pop star with Roar (one of the biggest hits in years) and PRISM years later. None of those were as consistent as she has been. |
He is so pathetic trying to discredit her, not worthy.
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When you have reserved parking at the #1 spot and all the waiters already know your order, people tend to get pressed.
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But to answer the question, just because her music is popular and considered mainstream doesn't mean it's generic. Roar pretty much sounds different than the rest of the musical landscape -> she took a chance and it still went number one. The similar-sounding Brave just rode its success. Was the music industry prepared for pop-meets-trap music? Was there any indication that Katy was just riding the success of trap music on the charts when DH was released? Pretty much no.
Just because somebody is making pop music doesn't mean it's generic. Yes, her songs were crafted to smash, but that's not being generic, that's being a pop artist who wants to stay on top.
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Member Since: 8/3/2012
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Originally posted by ethan
I Kissed a Girl was in 2008, I thought we were arguing with someone intelligent, my bad
Katy's path is not comparable to any of those artists. She went from a nobody to a star with I Kissed a Girl and Hot 'N Cold and then got bigger with Teenage Dream's eight Top 3 singles, and then has become the world's biggest pop star with Roar (one of the biggest hits in years) and PRISM years later. Nobody has been as consistent as she has. |
You said for how long Katy's been BIG. #sorrynotsorry
And Katy is right on track with every single one of those artists... except some of them were able to snag a Grammy when they were big.
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Because her music clearly isn't mentally challenging, but it's definitely not a bad thing, people are just jealous she gets number ones so easily.
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Originally posted by JonnyϟLightning
Sadly this hasn't happened to Katy! Not everyone can say that!
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The Katy drag tho.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Beyonce kept releasing the same type of songs so why bothered only with KP.
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Originally posted by DivaDown
You said for how long Katy's been BIG. #sorrynotsorry
And Katy is right on track with every single one of those artists... except some of them were able to snag a Grammy when they were big. |
Why are you so worried about the amount of grammy's she has as if that has stopped her from becoming one of the most successful female artists atm.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by DivaDown
You said for how long Katy's been BIG. #sorrynotsorry
And Katy is right on track with every single one of those artists... except some of them were able to snag a Grammy when they were big. |
You drag Katy too much. If the industry considers her as badly generic as you make her seem to be, why is she getting nominated for big Grammys? You know that she has more Grammy nods for her 3 albums than Britney in her lifetime, right? Katy gets recognized for her vocal performance since her start in 2009; and her album and songs have snagged nods in Record and Song too. For a "generic" artist like you say, that sounds pretty accomplished. She's only 3 albums from her debut, give her time and she may snag one soon.
Off-topic: Elvis is known as king of rock and roll, but he never got a grammy for rock and roll in his lifetime. The inarguably talented Diana Ross has no grammys at all. You can't really use amount of grammys for this kind of argument.
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Because she is, and her having success doesn't change that. Name a single that she's released in the last couple of years that was innovative, boundary-pushing, or a risk in any way. I actually enjoy a lot of her music, but it doesn't change the fact that with Katy's music, there's not much beyond the surface.
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Originally posted by OnlyManInTheWorld
Because her music clearly isn't mentally challenging, but it's definitely not a bad thing, people are just jealous she gets number ones so easily.
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Which pop star is seriously challenging the mental state of every one though?
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Originally posted by Benghazi82
Which pop star is seriously challenging the mental state of every one though?
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Well, good question.
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