Japanese pop culture

Meghan Trainor is a recent American pop star defined by her sense of empowerment as she urges listeners to reject body shaming. Encouraging positive body image is becoming a societal norm in the U.S. and the Nashville singer 2014 debut single, “All About That Bass,” help persuade her audience that bigger bodies are better. The objectification of larger bodies contribute towards a feeling that there is a criteria for beauty. Similarly, Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” is part of a tradition of hip hop…

John I want to apologize to you for that last letter I wrote. I knew as soon as I wrote it that I shouldn 't have done that, it was wrong. John it 's been a year and half since we have even talked about matters of faith and I have chosen not to bring it us because it only causes problems. I believe the only reason it came up this time was because there have been things that over the years have really aggravated me, but I don 't think till now I have quite understood why. John for the…

Korean pop music. Korean pop music, more widely known as K-pop, has been a driving force in the Hallyu 2.0 wave since the late 1990s. The Korean idol pop aspect of K-pop, in which performers sing and dance simultaneously, has grown into an international phenomenon, winning the hearts of countless people, both native and foreign to South Korea. These Korean idols are perceived as healthy and happy by the general public. However, due to their contracts, this may not be the case. Although Korean…

Andy Warhol is considered to be a renowned artist in the late 20th century. The most iconic piece is his ‘Campbell’s Soup Cans’ and was one of the leaders of the pop art movement. He did everything from painting to filmmaking to modeling. Looking at his life from a development psychological standpoint, would he consider to live a successful and meaningful life? By analysing his physical, cognitive, social, psychological development throughout his life, it can be determined if he lived a…

I am a green dragon living lonely in a mountain by a small town. I used to like looking down the town from the top of the mountain. People living in the town were living simply. They did not seem to have much stuff, Sometime they weeped when people died, yet the most of the time, they helped each other and looked happy. I started wondering what the true happiness is. So one day, I left for a journey to find the happiness. I flew over a couple mountains. I skipped some lakes. And I arrived an…

was fairly popular on the first three months of it’s release, but it really started booming when one very popular singer worldwide was put into the picture. This singer was no other than the one and only – Justin Bieber, who added a bit of English pop into the Spanish…

Why was Catsica created? Really, Catsica was only created to send some pictures from a birthday party. However, it became something much more than that. Catsica is more than just a club, a band, or texts. Catsica is a collaborative group that is constantly expanding. Catsica empowers and inspires its members. Catsica is about communication, risk-taking, and caring. Catsica is about balance, principles, reflecting, thinking, and being open-minded. The most important part of Catsica is dedication.…

Pop art is one of the defining art movements of the twentieth century; now being promptly recognisable and generally understood, it is much a part of popular culture as art history. Pop Art had a great number of artists who explored their work through this movement. One artist being David Hockney, who is an English Pop/Modernist Artist, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer born in 1937 Bradford, UK. During the Pop Art movement, Hockney painted his most recognisable and…

As a boy, Roy Lichtenstein was inspired by advertisements and comic strips. Lichtenstein was able to make his art work look like it was printed off a giant printer. He was recognized as one of the leaders in the Pop Art movement which included Andy Warhol, James Rosenquist, and Claes Oldenbirg. Lichtenstein’s art provoked debate over the ideas of originality and the fine line between fine art and entertainment. Roy Lichtenstein’s most famous works would be his collection of comic strips,…

show at the museums storefront window on Fourteenth Street. Showing off his early series including the ‘New Hover Convertibles, Green, Blue’. As well as this, he displayed the ‘New Hover Convertibles Green, Blue Double-Decker’. This show contained pop, conceptual and craft appropriation styles. Koons has also displayed solo shows throughout the world. Some of these include 2003 at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, 2004 at the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art in Oslo, 2005 at the…