This is an article from the British magazine "Look", Its dicussing how Adele turned down an 12 million pound deal to replace Cheryl Cole as the face of Loreal. Adele says no because she doesn't want to be associated with a brand for fear of 'selling out'. I though this went well with our discussions of authenticity; unlike other artists Adele money comes 100% from the sale of her music which I think is both impressive and admirable.

I posted this article in response to the articles about Miley Cyrus smoking weed on stage. This is Lady Gaga doing the same thing and like Cyrus she is also in Amsterdam. I don't understand what the fuss is about it's legal in the Netherlands so really why bother? These artist never smoke tobacco or drink alcohol on stage and these are legal substances in most places, plus they would impare their performances which fans pay money to see. I would be so annoyed that I payed money to watch an artsist get high on stage and then perform not because its predominately an illegal substance but surely they want to be at their best and their fans want to see them at their best.

I thought I would post this version as we were discussing it today in class. We were saying how this version is more emotional because it is about an individuals story unlike Macklemores's version 'Same Love' which generalizes to everyone in the gay and lesbian community.

I found this article on buzz feed that compares Lady Gaga in her many bizarre outfits to random objects. You will be surprised at the the likeness of some such as the outdoor heater or the weight loss pill!!

I found this hilarious parody of Taylor Swift and her song Trouble. This Parody focuses on Taylor Swift's love life and sees her ex-boyfriends speaking out against the fact she constantly writes about her break ups. I thought it was a fun way to show how Taylor Swift is represented in the media.

We talked briefly about this song in class so I thought I would post it for those who had not heard it or seen the video.As someone who is not really a fan of Bieber I do enjoy this particular song; a guilty pleasure like we discussed in class.

I think this is interesting, Miley Cyrus has become the butt of many jokes recently however she is now the butt of a joke by Paris Hilton. I'm not sure what you think but this is very scary indeed, very fitting for Halloween!

This is in article regarding Miley Cyrus' recent photograph of herself in a wing. Her long mouse brown hair is reminiscent of her Hannah Montana days. Perhaps Miley herself is tiring of being some one she is not? Or it could be yet another publicity stunt, just as the hype around her begins to die down she releases the photo.

I chose to post this because it is a brilliant break up song from Lily Allen, it is blunt and to the point whilst still remaining fun. In my opinion this is the ultimate break up song and makes Break up songs by Taylor swift seem very immature.

This is the BBC news article from 2009 which goes into more detail about how Rage against the machine beat Xfactor for the UK christmas number one spot, in case anyone was interested in knowing more about it.

In December 2009 a Facebook campaign was set up in the attempt to put Rage Against the Machines song 'Killing In the name of' as christmas number 1 in the UK. This was attempted as many had become disallusioned with the idea of the Xfactor winner dominating the charts for the previous four years; many felt X factor was runing the christmas chart and was purely linning Simon Cowell's pocket! I can recall when the video came on christmas day and my mum said 'why is it that song that is christmas number one' to which my brother made the interesting point that ' its not about the song the point is it had to be anything but an Xfactor song'. I think this is an interesting show of the consumer taking back control.

This video is in response to Emily's post regarding Katy Perry and the back lash she faces after agreeing to do a pepsi commercial. I absolutly loved this commerical with Beyonce, Pink and Britney but hate pepsi therefore I was in no way encouraged to buy. The point I am trying to make is that the consumer groups in Emilys article seem to disrigard the fact that some people enjoy seeing there favourite artist anywhere and when an awesome video (in my opinon) like this is made I would not want to see it cancelled purely beacuse some people think Pepsi is bad for you. Surely having fun watching you three favourite singers is good for you?

Another Miley Cyrus Parody! I find these hilarious and I would be interested to see what Miley herself would think of these. Is this the way she wanted this video to appear? However like they say no publicity is bad publicity!

This is Rihanna's new song and video, I thought it was interesting as I feel it is a good example of how ratchet cultural as gone mainstream.

I did see someone had already posted some of these photos but here are a few more from the same photo shoot. Once again Cyrus is using the same shock tactics that appeared in her wrecking ball video and VMA performance.

I thought I would post this as it was menitone in class. This is a clip of Lady Gaga at a festival, she gets of the motorbike a shows what appears to be a penis. What do you think was this just a publicity stunt?

This artical discusses how Lady Gaga carefull creats her image through social media and youtube, this has enabled her to be so successfull. Lady Gaga is a brand and herself and her team work hard at promoting the brand.

A video of two Irish guys taking the mick out of Miley Cyrus' video. With this video Miley wanted to be taken seriously but instead has been mocked many times over!

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.