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Discussion: The most manufactured pop star
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Originally posted by Eternium
Right now, Beyonce and Taylor Swift. They put the most care in to their images, have the strongest PR teams, etc. I'd kill for my fave to have their marketing campaigns.
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Taylor's yes, but to have Beyoncé's all you have to do is just drop things whenever you want.
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Britney, taylor and Beyonce
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Originally posted by PULSE.
Britney. Everything was build and told to Britney by her label. The whole bubblegum sweet girl next door that wouldn't hurt a fly, I'm a virgin, like omgosh. I never seen a penis, crap. Britney is told what to do and what to say. The meaning of manufactured pop star is Britney Spears.
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She did really say this?
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Also I don't think Taylor is manufactured. She's EXTREMELY calculated and I have a hard time believing all the things she does for her fans are 100% genuine but I think she's in control of her career.
Manufactured to me means cookie-cutter, no artistic control, etc.
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Originally posted by PULSE.
Britney. Eveything was build by her label. The bubblegum sweet girl next door that wouldn't hurt a fly, I'm a virgin, like omgosh. I never seen a penis crap. The meaning of manufactured pop star.
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She was 16/17 when she said that WTF did you honestly expect, for her to lie and say she wasn't a virgin on television? I seem to remember your fave doing the exact same thing back in the day (isn't "Yes" on Dangerously In Love?). And the more sexual aspects of her career, i.e. the BOMT music video, the iconic Rolling Stones cover (which her team wasn't even there for), the Toxic video, etc. were solely her idea.
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Originally posted by bey0nce
Britney as a whole, although not so much now since she's been doing her little thing in Vegas
Being a control freak about your brand and image doesn't make you manufactured, considering it's her decision to do those things, not her team suggesting it/doing it without her permission
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So manufacturing a false image is not the same thing as being manufactured? What kind of reverse Warholian teas
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Britney used to be, now it must be Katy.
Beyonce is not manufactured You can call her fake etc. but just because she is obsessed with being perfect (probably because of the public and the expectations) has a strong PR team etc. doesn't mean she is manufactured...
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Originally posted by hardbrit
Without Britney, NONE of your faves would exist, so bow the **** down. She broke records and cleared the path for pop stars.
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And don't try it with that BS you as well as everybody knows damn well that Madonna and Janet are the Blue print not Britney.
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It's of course Beyonce.
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Originally posted by theworldfamous
I don't think you understand what manufactured means.
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mte lmao
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Originally posted by hardbrit
Britney Spears? She was unique and that set her apart. MANUFACTURED? Britney Spears IS Pop Music. Avril Lavigne and Ashley Simpson were manufactured as the anti-Britney, while Jessica Simpson, Mandy Moore, and MANY others were a replica of her.
So don't come here saying Britney SPEARS is a manufactured pop act.
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But it's not as if she invented pop music, or teen pop for that matter. She merely took the place of the Spice Girls.
Maybe she had more involvement when she was young, but today she is manufactured in that she is not very actively involved in her music or image (you just have to watch the I Am Britney Jean documentary to see that) and is merely a body associated with a brand. There isn't any personality to her anymore, she's a product on stage.
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Originally posted by hardbrit
Without Britney, NONE of your faves would exist, so bow the **** down. She broke records and cleared the path for pop stars.
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The pop world would have been fine without Britney She just had cute catchy songs, that's it.
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Beyoncé is the most manufactured star of this century, she is talented but that doesn't mean she ain't manufactured
I mean the image they try to build with her is the most manufactured in the industry I've ever seen.
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I can see why people say Beyoncé but her level has been something she's strived for since she was a child. In that way she has manufactured a star, but she is also the CEO of her own production company at this point. She is very involved and for all the PR and branding efforts she does, at the end of it she is still much more than a single product that was created by label masterminds. She is a bonafide talent that was brought to stardom through her father, and made even more famous after splitting with him to manage her own career. When I think manufactured I think of executives in a board room looking for the next hot thing, not a girl who has worked her whole life to get where she is.
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Originally posted by h.u.r.r.i.c.a.n.e
She did really say this?
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Also I don't think Taylor is manufactured. She's EXTREMELY calculated and I have a hard time believing all the things she does for her fans are 100% genuine but I think she's in control of her career.
Manufactured to me means cookie-cutter, no artistic control, etc.
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I was just saying that's how her label made it seem. I agree. And that is Britney Spears. No control. No say. Told what to do and how to do it. Basic bubble pop songs. etc.
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Originally posted by Planet Mars
And don't try it with that BS you as well as everybody knows damn well that Madonna and Janet are the Blue print not Britney.
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JUST the way they were the blue print for Britney, Britney is the blue print for the new generation of artists like Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Hilary Duff, etc. EVERYONE has been influenced by Britney.
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taylor swift.
manufactured cuz she literally just fits the pop star bill and does nothing risky or anything to separate herself, she literally plays by the pop star book. britney's too robotic these days to even be manufactured lmao
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Originally posted by swissman
I can see why people say Beyoncé but her level has been something she's strived for since she was a child. In that way she has manufactured a star, but she is also the CEO of her own production company at this point. She is very involved and for all the PR and branding efforts she does, at the end of it she is still much more than a single product that was created by label masterminds. She is a bonafide talent that was brought to stardom through her father, and made even more famous after splitting with him to manage her own career. When I think manufactured I think of executives in a board room looking for the next hot thing, not a girl who has worked her whole life to get where she is.
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Well said
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Originally posted by hardbrit
Without Britney, NONE of your faves would exist, so bow the **** down. She broke records and cleared the path for pop stars.
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My fave was around YEARS before yours so how on earth does that make any sense? Britney had a few pop hits in 1999-2001 but she has no influence on Beys career.
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Another contender would be Katy Perry. Her image to me is incredibly gimmicky and thus manufactured. She's nearly 30 but is styled like a host of a children's TV show. It's incredibly engineered pop music to simply appeal to as many people as possible, and especially to those who are buying pop music: young people. There's no risk involved and so it feels very by-the-numbers.
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