Iggy Azalea's Effect On Social Media

From wearing cupcake bra outfits to performing in a lavish swimsuit, Katy Perry has demonstrated how women in the music industry use sex appeal to captivate their audience. In today’s society, it isn’t uncommon to see female artists in revealing, flashy outfits surrounded by flashing lights and steam. Artists such as Miley Cyrus and Nicki Minaj have certainly made news headlines for their audacious performances. In many cases, artists are presenting false images to their fans as an investment for future sales. Female artists continue to be sexually objectified by their audience, which increase their viewership, which leads to record labels pressuring artists to keep a sexy image.

making it seem like it was her recovery song or letting her world of fans know she was

The Sociocultural Perspective explains Britney Spears’s case because she grew up in a bad home environment. Spears grew up with an alcoholic and verbally abusive father (Surge, 2016). This event led to her picking up the same bad habits of her father, and become an alcoholic. Instead of the rage, she just lost herself. It is hard to imagine being in that position. Everyone’s eyes always on everyone else’s, their every move being monitored, making sure they do not say anything irreversible. Due to her manager, the paparazzi were always around her. At the time, her manager would leak her location to the paparazzi, knowing that she was having a

Beautiful. Booming. Brilliant. All words to describe Brooklyn-born multi-platinum selling pop star and actress, Aaliyah. The year was 2001 and Aaliyah was having a fabulous year in all aspects. Musically, she had been nominated for a BET Award, four Billboard Awards, a Grammy Award, and a World Music Award (“About Aaliyah: Awards”). Personally, she had just been engaged to Damon Dash, co-CEO of Roc-a-Fella Records, and they planned to have a wedding when her schedule permitted (Farley 19). Because of Aaliyah’s continuous success in the music industry, her schedule was brutal. She dedicated much of her life to her music. After weeks of preparation, it was the 22nd day

Shares) Through the song, she said, “I’m so confused, and I may never understand that my

At the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, pop icon Madonna joined two of the biggest pop stars at the time, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, on stage and would share a buzzworthy performance that kept the world talking and cemented the performers as some of the greatest MTV has ever seen. At the time, Spears was about to release a new album. She was still in the only years of her career, but with this performance, where the three female pop stars exchanged open mouth kisses on national television, critics began to wonder- could Britney Spears be the new Madonna of the

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The social media firestorm rages on between supporters and opponents of a Portland diner owner who admits to screaming at a toddler to stop the child from screaming.

Mr. Marantz begins his article by stating how Iggy Azalea is nothing she claims to be. The hypothesis is the most likely truth being Iggy Azalea is everything an entertainer should be, because some entertainers make a good living pretending to be someone they are not.

Comparing traditional country from the likes of Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, and Waylon Jennings to the music available in the country mainstream, there is an obvious digression. The new term for todays emerging country is ‘bro’ country, coined by Jody Rosen of New York Magazine. Along with this ‘bro’ country, most of what’s readily available can more easily be defined as pop rather than country, and people have noticed. Looking deeper into the genre, there is a divide between those who have gone ‘bro’ and ‘pop’, and those who have stayed more along the lines of traditional country. While there are plenty of debates being waged on social media by both fans and artists, the evolving country genre has never had a stronger presence in mainstream

When Cohen flash out how the couple’s vow renewals were massively publicized, the “Kiss from a Rose” singer said, “That’s the thing I disliked most about it.”

Australian female rapper, Iggy Azalea, is a popular hip hop artist for her song “Work” and he #1 billboard chart song “Fancy.” The issue with Azalea’s music is the lack of authenticity. She takes certain aspects of black culture and profits over these assets, when other female rappers of color are constantly berated for the same features. Black female artist receive criticism for deal with their body, sexuality, tone of voice, and beauty. For example, Nicki Minaj and Lil Kim were call out for their sexual album covers and performances. Although Iggy receives criticisms, it is not as harsh as her female counterparts.

“This is our only comment on this private matter,” her statement reads. Then, she goes on to add “… unless we get the right offer.” This minor alteration has then since inspired many speculations as to why the two broke up.

Entertainment Weekly featured the artist's new work, as she revealed to the public her dark past of being sexually abused at the early age of 3. The singer/actress explained the video through her Twitter about some of the scenes and how it represents "a purging of anger, grudge, pain, low self esteem, self-deprecation or any negative emotion." She also said that she even got a letter of apology from her rapist, but in the video, that letter was written

In early 2007, Britney Jean Spears became very overwhelmed with stress and power. Although it looks very effortless, being an influential role model is a lot of hard work. All individuals have duties to fulfill in order to complete their personal responsibilities. Celebrities must follow very stern rules that are mainly arranged by their managers. They must act a certain way in public, on stage, around fans, and during interviews. Over time, these guidelines can cause great harm to one’s self-respect. All people should have the right to reveal who they really are on the inside (Joyner).

These days it seems that the Internet, a post-modern medium, something so complex and vital to our society as being reduce to a mere antiquity of personal feuds and interactive relationships (or at least the satisfaction of what seems like a relationship) between people. The rise of social media applications like Twitter and Facebook allows people to voice their opinions to wider audience, creating a pluralist, postmodern medium in which questions raised about the impact of mediated relationships have surely increased. What is particularly interesting about Twitter (and to a lesser extent Facebook) is the newfound proximity we ‘normal people’ have to modern