This article gives insight into the search for the "real" Lady Gaga, and discusses how she is a manufactured performance artist. The story adds some depth to Paglia's article and discusses Lady Gaga's references to Madonna as well.
This is one of P!nks early video. She's singing about wanting 'real love', which is very different to her more recent music. Her image here is more mainstream and it appears her 'real' image was not presented until she became more popular in the industry. This could perhaps be compared to Miley Cyrus' recent transformation however P!nk was arguably less shocking and more mature.
Get the scoop on Nicki, Miley and Charlie Sheen! It amused me that this came up on my newsfeed on facebook and it quite simply gives the real name of pop stars and their origins
This article in xxl magazine discusses rapper Childish Gambino's recent Instagram pictures, handwritten notes explaining his fears, "I'm afraid of the future" for example, and how this "real" moment affects the potential of his forth coming album, and whether it makes him seem more genuine or not
I also liked this video, i thought it was obviously a story in which the reporter didn't want to cover. But i would love to see her full reasoning behind why she refused to do so.
This post shares images from Project Unbreakable, an exhibit of photos that feature people holding signs with words their rapists said. The signs show a lot of similarity to Thicke's lyrics.
I love this song, this is when I feel Lilly Allen was at her prom dress and nike airmax wearing best. Lilly Allen used to sing about her real personal experiences such as 'my little brothers in his bedroom smokin weed!'. I feel she was always a very authentic artists however I feel in recent years she has lost some of that authenticity my distancing herself from that side of her past and singing about more mainstream things such as love which she does when featuring in Pinks recent song 'True Love'.