Bubblegum pop

Colbie Caillat is a pop artist who loves to love love, and she’s not afraid of letting the whole world know all about it repeatedly in her 2007 hit album, Coco. Her work was far from enjoyable, but in order to fully dislike her for her work on this album, and to prevent you from picking it up, or listening to another album like it, it’s important to understand some of her past history, such as the reasons that explain her desire to get into the music business in the first place. For instance,…

Online trolls are at it again, and this time Amanda Bynes is the target of bullying from social media. https://pagesix.com/2017/10/01/amanda-bynes-looks-different-in-rare-outing/ Amanda Laura Bynes, 31, stepped out for errands over the weekend in Los Angeles. Photographers managed to capture pictures of Amanda at Kroger subsidiary, Ralphs grocery chain. According to New York's Page Six, the former "troubled" actress appeared healthy as she went about her shopping jaunt. The "All That" star,…

For instance, the hip-hop and pop genres can be analyzed. The visual essay “Reading Labels, Selling Water” displays many different brands of water bottles, and it is stated that they appeal to certain audiences. Rappers are like these water bottles in the sense that they are trying…

“Nowhere is masculinity more put-on-display than in the masquerade of pop” (Hawkins, 2009, pg. 93). The sexualities and love lives of celebrities are a common topic of interest and discussion among both the journalists who write about them and the fans that read about them. Artists like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Mick Jagger, and Annie Lennox queered their image, which generated a lot of questions about gender and sexuality as early as the 1970s. In the United Kingdom, these displays of…

The first impression one would usually get after watching K-pop music videos that it feels very commercial. Commercial not in the sense that is a profitable business, which indeed it is. In fact, Hallyu, also known as K-pop is becoming one of South Korea’s largest exports (Leong). Therefore, there is a national effort to maintain this profitable brand. First, it is important to understand that K-pop is not just lyrics and melody, it is also about the beautiful people who perform these lyrics. So…

Aguilera began her career as the epitome of what it meant to be a teen pop star. She was the blond hair, blue eyed, Barbie doll every teenage girl wanted to be like. The media labeled her as the sweet, innocent pop artist, along with her former co-stars from the Mickey Mouse Club, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. Her first debut album featured her number one hit single, “Genie in a Bottle” which gave her the image of her teen pop identity. Yet, Christina never liked the image her label was…

The Kings of the Music Industry Two of America’s all time music icons, Elvis Presley “The King of Rock and Roll” and Michael Jackson “The King of Pop” and how they changed the music industry. Elvis Presley was born on Jan 8, 1935 to Gladys and Vernon Presley in East Tupelo, Mississippi. Unfortunately at the time of birth Elvis’s twin brother Jesse was stillborn, and Elvis grew up an only child. While Michael Jackson was born on Aug 29, 1958 to Katherine and Joe Jackson in Gary Indiana.…

INTRODUCTION The daughter of housewife Avie Lee Parton and tobacco farmer Robert Lee Parton, Dolly Rebecca Parton, came into this world on January 19, 1946, in Pittman Center, Tennessee. She spent her childhood in Sevierville, Tennessee. Beginning her television career at the tender age of twelve, she went on to perform at the Grand Ole Opry and record for a tiny label by the time she was thirteen years old. She relocated to Nashville to begin her career as a country singer in 1964, after…

specifically teens and pre-teens. Colgate has excellent children’s toothpastes, and excellent adult toothpastes, but the 9-16 year olds are ignored. Many children this age find the strong mint flavour overwhelming, but feel too mature to use a bubblegum flavoured children’s toothpaste. By making a like specifcally for this age group, with milder mind flavours, and “fun” flavours, and by repackaging them into cool, teen-friendly boxes, Colgate could open up it’s market to new ages, and help form…