GraceRandolph Posted March 5 Posted March 5 Is Roar to blame for the influx of childish hits that we saw throughout the 2010s with songs like Shake It Off, ME!, Happy, etc? Or is someone or something else to blame? 1 1
Kiss It Better Posted March 5 Posted March 5 wasn't Roar itself a copy of Brave by Sara Bareilles? 12
Gelato Posted March 5 Posted March 5 (edited) As much as I dislike them, I don't see Roar, Happy and Shake It Off as childish - just the kind of inane inspirational/power pop that was popular at the time. ME! is definitely childish though. Edited March 5 by Gelato 4
Outlaws Posted March 5 Posted March 5 No, plenty of mature bops were released after. I'll blame it on any Lover song.
GraceRandolph Posted March 5 Author Posted March 5 6 minutes ago, xokuba said: Happy was for a kids' movie, so... Not all songs for kids' movies are childish to be fair. 1
Blue Monday Posted March 5 Posted March 5 Roar is more soccer mom pop than childish which was bigger at the time than it is now. Same with Happy (though the Despicable Me connection definitely helped it become as huge as it was). ME! is both though, wish there was a way to delete a song from the public consciousness because it’s just that bad
Into The Void Posted March 5 Posted March 5 1 hour ago, GraceRandolph said: Not all songs for kids' movies are childish to be fair. yes but they are meant for kids
JC. Posted March 5 Posted March 5 (edited) 3 hours ago, Kiss It Better said: wasn't Roar itself a copy of Brave by Sara Bareilles? Sonically, they are similar. Lyrically, Brave is just a self empowerment anthem, while Brave is like a civil rights anthem () (per Jack Antonoff) Edited March 5 by JC.
DoubleRainbow! Posted March 5 Posted March 5 Yes and Dark Horse started the trap trend but y'all ain't ready for this conversation
MusicLoverDude Posted March 5 Posted March 5 No. Roar isn't even a bad song. It's a standard pop song. Who Says, Fuckin' Perfect, Skyscraper and even Firework fall under similar themes anyway. 1
ohwow Posted March 5 Posted March 5 it may have opened the doors for certain brands called pop stars to emerge in the early 2020s yes whose lyrical themes seem to be most palatable to tweens at best... the kidz popification era i fear
Just a Gay on ATRL Posted March 5 Posted March 5 3 hours ago, DoubleRainbow! said: Yes and Dark Horse started the trap trend but y'all ain't ready for this conversation Everytime someone says this I am baffled. She may have made trap-pop more popular with Dark Horse, but she absolutely did not START the trap trend. Trap had been increasing in popularity for years prior to pop artists ever noticing and incorporating it into their own records. If any artists are to be credited as pioneers of trap music, it’s better to name artists like DJ Toomp, Shawty Redd, Migos, Chief Keef, Future, Waka Flocka Flame, producers Metro Boomin & Mike Will Made It, etc. Pop artists didn’t do anything with bringing trap to the masses - they followed a trend that already existed with proven success. 1
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