discussion Why were pop girls so obsessed with circus in 2008-9?

[kellebrity98]

So Britney released an album called Circus in 2008 and P!nk released an album called Funhouse in 2008 and then Kelly Clarkson wanted to name her early 2009 album Masquerade but changed the title because of these similarities. What is the reason behind this?

[satellites.™]

Copying Xtina who did it first a few years before.

[GraceRandolph]

Maybe because paparazzi culture peaked a few years before 2009 so the idea of a media frenzy/circus was a common theme or phrase.

[Vixen Eyes]

Oh masquerade would have been a better title

[Stankonia]

Christina's impact

 

 

 

 

 

[kellebrity98]

2 minutes ago, Vixen Eyes said:

Oh masquerade would have been a better title

agreed and the unreleased title track also good

[Cheers]

 

Copying Legend X

[Revolution]

they were all copying xtina

[Vixen Eyes]

1 hour ago, kellebrity98 said:

agreed and the unreleased title track also good

ive never heard it

[Vixen Eyes]

1 hour ago, kellebrity98 said:

this is fan made

https://www.pophatesflops.com/topic/17450-kelly-clarkson-masquerade/

[Legend E]

2 hours ago, kellebrity98 said:

agreed and the unreleased title track also good

huh? this doesn't exist

[Xtina23]

They were all kissing Xtina's ring

[Yoko]

xtina impact of course and she still did the concept best  

Edited November 26, 2023 by Yoko

[Mr. Mendes]

Actually you'll notice it goes back even before this. 

 

Xtina had some circus themed visuals during Back to Basics, Madonna used the circus theme heavily during The Girlie Show, Cher used the circus theme a lot across her various shows. There are just certain aesthetics that are very evergreen in the pop world. Most pop girls have done a circus theme, a Latin theme, a sex theme, etc. 

[Punky Rooster]

1 hour ago, Yoko said:

xtina impact of course and she still did the concept best  

A pop girlie will never do better than Hurt

[Dark Phoenix]

Add Miley in (2011) with can’t be tamed video too

[BrokenMachine]

Weren't all of them under Sony? Maybe Sony had some share in Cirque Du Soleil and started their 'make circus great again' campaign 

 

P!nk explained it like this:

Spoiler

"There is a lot of that [break-up], but there is fun happening too and that's why I named it Funhouse in the end." Pink has also stated that she sees life as a carnival: "Clowns are supposed to be happy, but they are really scary. Carnivals are supposed to be fun, but really they are kind of creepy." [...] "and that's like life to me, and love. Love is supposed to be fun, but it can sometimes be really scary. And the funhouse mirrors that make you look so distorted that you don't recognize yourself and you ask yourself, 'How did I get here? How do I get out of here?' But, you think that you want to do it again. That is the same as love and life. It's a metaphor for being in love and for life."

[Abracadabra]

8 hours ago, kellebrity98 said:

So Britney released an album called Circus in 2008 and P!nk released an album called Funhouse in 2008 and then Kelly Clarkson wanted to name her early 2009 album Masquerade but changed the title because of these similarities. What is the reason behind this?

Not just pop girls too, Take That released an album called The Circus on the very same day as Britney's

 

[kellebrity98]

59 minutes ago, Miichael said:

Not just pop girls too, Take That released an album called The Circus on the very same day as Britney's

 

wow, never heard of them, are they good tho?

 

[Abracadabra]

13 minutes ago, kellebrity98 said:

wow, never heard of them, are they good tho?

 

well they are huge in the UK (this album opened with 432k in the UK, the third biggest opening week ever), but maybe not to ATRL's taste

[ReH2o]

 

impact 

[superben]

16 hours ago, Vixen Eyes said:

Oh masquerade would have been a better title

The final version has the worst title out of all her albums  

[descg]

15 hours ago, Legend E said:

huh? this doesn't exist

 

[Legend E]

2 minutes ago, descg said:

 

this should not exist  

[Vixen Eyes]

12 hours ago, Dark Phoenix said:

Add Miley in (2011) with can’t be tamed video too

that wasnt a circus? lol that was more of a wealthy crowd ogling at miley as some "rare creature".

no clowns and no circus tents lol