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Originally posted by ifyouseekLEM
People not paying their respects to the best music video of our Millenium.....
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I'm embarrassed for the ignorant in this thread tbh.
Toxic broke boundaries & revitalized the art of the music video.
The song itself was one of the first mainstream, electro-pop tracks to hit airwaves & it was a hugely risky song to release at the time - which is why Britney had to fight for it. It's sleek, sophisticated production & sinister synths were trend-setting & it still sounds fresh to this day. What is playing on radio these days? Oh look. It's electro-pop. The same genre that Britney's empire paved the way for.
The video stirred up everything from drama & shock to admiration & lust & reassured Spears' place as the trend-setter of pop, once again.
You 9 year olds fail to understand that it's because of videos & songs such as Toxic that the likes of Bad Romance can exist & succeed.
Nothing released post-2005 will ever reach iconic levels like Toxic, Thriller or Vogue, simply because pop & it's imagery is so over-saturated. Nobody gives a flying **** or thinks twice about seeing a half-naked woman dancing around in her bikini, or acting in blasphemy anymore - it's been done. And in classier & more original/memorable ways.
Pay your dues or suck a big dick.