Working on the classwork post about the theory of stardom helped me understand how a music artist is not just defined by their music, but by a carefully constructed image that is shaped through media representation. This was especially useful for my music video project, as I am creating a made-up artist and needed to think deliberately about how their star image would be presented to the audience. One problem was that while Ariana Grande has many scandals, none of them caused a huge downfall. Ariana Grande remains very popular no matter what she does, even through her countless scandals. To solve it, I just researched her “mini-downfalls”and analyzed the impact they had on her career. Though it’s not career ending, it still got her some backlash and made her lose fans. Next time, I would research a wider range of artists from different genres and eras to avoid over-reliance on one star which was Ariana Grande in this case. This would help me get more inspiration to create a more unique and well-rounded star image and strengthen my understanding of how stardom is constructed across different media contexts because not all stars share the same story. Maybe researching stars with downfalls would be more beneficial to me, but I choose Ariana Grande because she is the original singer of the song we chose.
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