Sure, pop stars with a huge audience, like Taylor Swift or who hold cultural sway across cultures outside of the US, like Dua Lipa, would certainly be tools to use. This also factors into why more pop elements are being worked into metal, as it makes them more digestible to the Tiktok crowd while continuing to emasculate a genre that pushes a high testosterone energy that is harder to control. Do you think soldiers are listening to Sabrina Carpenter or Pantera when they ride tanks over the deserts of the Middle East? I mean, what music are you listening to at the gym?
Taking the teeth out of music has been going on since the PMRC got cranked up in the 80s, run by Al Gore's wife Tipper, wait, what a Democrat supporting censorship? Not just any Democrat, but one who would become Vice President under Bill Clinton, they went after Ozzy, Judas Priest, WASP, Twisted Sister, Mercyful Fate, Slayer, etc, putting the Parental Advisory labels on albums which turned into a more marketing tool since, as a teenager, I did not want to buy albums without it. But political parties are all playing for the same side, and much like Professional Wrestling, beat each other up in a steel cage when the camera is on, but go out to get a beer once with each other when the camera is off, one of the real reasons we will never see the Epstein files.
The band President came out and said they were not an industry plant, which is obviously what an insutry plant would say. They made our top 10 pop albums of the year, so I don't care if they are, but if you see them as silly pop candy and don't take them seriously as artists, then you can enjoy them like a Twinkie, ok, every now and then, but not something that is the staple of a healthy diet. You can apply this rule to Sleep Token, Yungblud, Babymetal, Poppy, Ghost, and an over-the-top pop-laced project that uses a gimmick-forward marketing approach with a huge push on social media, as the tech companies are involved in this and have a ton of money behind them. So, suddenly blowing up or in your face all the time is not just luck. Who passed putting in the miles on the road, playing shows, and grinding it away with PR Companies that take a few years to reach larger audiences, and who is suddenly headlining festivals based on hype alone and playing stadiums?
Things don't just happen; they guilty dogs will always bark the loudest and open their mouths to defend themselves or the target of accusations, spreading doubt about the marketing machine, since company men will defend other company men for being company men. Though if you need further proof, just Google up the aftermath of the band Dogma, the Satanic Nun gimmick band that was a construct of business management. If you want the back story on the industry plant scheme check out the video below.

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