suburbannature Posted March 26 Posted March 26 13 minutes ago, BrandNewBrandon said: https://www.vice.com/en/article/pakq59/lady-gaga-online-fandom-culture-little-monsters "But it wasn't until the summer of 2009 that these aforementioned kids were given a name: "Little Monsters", which she began calling out to the crowd during her live shows. Giving a whole fandom a nickname of sorts was already commonplace in K-pop, but Gaga was the first to do it on such a grand scale in a western context – using it to describe the way fans would writhe, scream and dance in the pits of her high-octane performances. Naming her fans did two things. First, it created an "us" and "them" narrative. You were either a true Gaga fan, or you weren't. And second, it grouped them all together in a way that made sense online. For a generation of kids who existed on the internet, being a Little Monster meant more than going to a few gigs. It meant having a support network of like-minded people from around the world that you could interact with, like an extended family. Finally, there was a name for all the people who spent their waking hours immersed in the online world of Lady Gaga; one that was getting bigger by the year." It has always been about popularizing it. Mariah had it but she did factually not make a trend as in most artist post-Mariah didn't do it until 2009 after Gaga. That is also untrue. 2
GraceRandolph Posted March 26 Posted March 26 26 minutes ago, ericcartman said: She may have popularized it but Mariah did it first with Lambs even if it didn't become a trend. 25 minutes ago, Popboi. said: One could say Little Monsters and Believers made it a "trend" in the mainstream. Some like Mariah already had established fanbase names since the 90s. 25 minutes ago, jezebelvictoria said: No. I'll always think of Mariah when it comes to this subject. 24 minutes ago, suburbannature said: The way that's literally untrue. 8 minutes ago, BnPac said: Maybe in the mainstream but Hive and Lambs were already a thing way before that. Barry Manilow had the Fanilows before Mimi. Gaga definitely popularized the trend. Not sure why the OGHs are having a conniption fit. 3 1 2
BrandNewBrandon Posted March 26 Author Posted March 26 The amount of negativity in here for something that anyone who didn't live under a rock before 2009 can confirm It was popularizing, not inventing. 1 1
suburbannature Posted March 26 Posted March 26 (edited) 2 minutes ago, BrandNewBrandon said: The amount of negativity in here for something that anyone who didn't live under a rock before 2009 can confirm It was popularizing, not inventing. because she wasn't the first to popularize it Lambs weren't even first. DeadHeads in the 70s were enormous. Edit: BeatleManiacs too. Edited March 26 by suburbannature 1
BrandNewBrandon Posted March 26 Author Posted March 26 Just now, GraceRandolph said: Gaga definitely popularized the trend. Not sure why the OGHs are having a conniption fit. But like... the whole culture before 2009 confirms this Almost no artist had a fandom name except for a few but post-Gaga even the ones who came before her suddenly had a fandom name. Because of who? Mariah's decade old fandom name suddenly started creating trends? I don't get it. 2
GraceRandolph Posted March 26 Posted March 26 3 minutes ago, BrandNewBrandon said: The amount of negativity in here for something that anyone who didn't live under a rock before 2009 can confirm It was popularizing, not inventing. I swear ATRL is allergic to giving Gaga any credit. You could start a thread saying Gaga influenced electropop trends on radio and the thread will be flooded with people talking about Madonna and arguing over how electronic music already existed. None of the threads crediting Mariah or Britney for more superfluous or debatable trends seem to receive the same amount of scrutiny. 1 1 1
suburbannature Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Just now, BrandNewBrandon said: But like... the whole culture before 2009 confirms this Almost no artist had a fandom name except for a few but post-Gaga even the ones who came before her suddenly had a fandom name. Because of who? Mariah's decade old fandom name suddenly started creating trends? I don't get it. Girl, you are playing dense. It wasn't "decades old" in 2008 and it was commonly used in the media by that point after originating around 1999/2000. And fan names were mainstream long before Lambs even. 1
GraceRandolph Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Just now, suburbannature said: Girl, you are playing dense. It wasn't "decades old" in 2008 and it was commonly used in the media by that point after originating around 1999/2000. And fan names were mainstream long before Lambs even. Can you name ten fandom names that predate 1997?
By the Water Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Does anyone outside of gay forums even know what a little monster is? 1 7 1
Breathe On Moi Posted March 26 Posted March 26 you can tell a stan group is aging by threads like these being made 1 13
GraceRandolph Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Just now, By the Water said: Does anyone outside of gay forums even know what a little monster is? Probably because the name is in a league of its own in terms of creativity compared to names like Arianator, Selenator and Swifty. 1 1
GraceRandolph Posted March 26 Posted March 26 1 minute ago, Breathe On Moi said: you can tell a stan group is aging by threads like these being made
suburbannature Posted March 26 Posted March 26 1 minute ago, GraceRandolph said: Can you name ten fandom names that predate 1997? That's a completely arbitrary number when it is factual that enormous stars had contemporaneous fandom names reported in the mainstream media regularly YEARS before Gaga ever did it. BeatleManiacs, DeadHeads, Lambs, KISS Army off the top of my head. Your fave didn't invent or popularize it - nothing to cry about. 3 1
GraceRandolph Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Just now, suburbannature said: That's a completely arbitrary number when it is factual that enormous stars had contemporaneous fandom names reported in the mainstream media regularly YEARS before Gaga ever did it. BeatleManiacs, DeadHeads, Lambs, KISS Army off the top of my head. Your fave didn't invent or popularize it - nothing to cry about. Okay so you can't name ten fandom names before Gaga but I can name dozens after Gaga. Seems she did popularize it.
PoisonPill Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Little Monsters definitely were far from the first, but there's really no debate that they popularized the trend of every pop girl having a fanbase name. 1
suburbannature Posted March 26 Posted March 26 1 minute ago, GraceRandolph said: Okay so you can't name ten fandom names before Gaga but I can name dozens after Gaga. Seems she did popularize it. DeadHeads were an entire fan CULTURE. Lambs were a thing just a few years before Monsters and Gaga herself has acknowledged Mariah's influence. Your fave didn't invent it. Please stop grasping at straws it's embarrassing 1 1
BrandNewBrandon Posted March 26 Author Posted March 26 (edited) 12 minutes ago, suburbannature said: because she wasn't the first to popularize it Lambs weren't even first. DeadHeads in the 70s were enormous Popularizing it as in making it a trend. It wasn't a trend because of Mariah or the Grateful Dead. 1970: The Grateful Dead dubs their fans "Deadheads". Michael Jackson fans are still "Michael Jackson fans". Barbra Streisand fans were "Barbra Streisand fans". 1999: Mariah Carey dubs fans "Lambs". Britney fans are still named "Britney fans". Christina Aguilera fans are still named "Christina Aguilera fans". Michael Jackson fans were called "Michael Jackson fans". 2009: Lady Gaga dubs her fanbase "Little Monsters". Britney fans are called "Army". Christina Aguilera fans are now "Fighters". Michael Jackson fans are now called "Moonwalkers". Like, it's about popularizing. Not inventing. Edited March 26 by BrandNewBrandon 2 2
GraceRandolph Posted March 26 Posted March 26 (edited) 1 minute ago, suburbannature said: DeadHeads were an entire fan CULTURE. Lambs were a thing just a few years before Monsters and Gaga herself has acknowledged Mariah's influence. Your fave didn't invent it. Please stop grasping at straws it's embarrassing Inventing something, doing something and popularizing something are three different things. What's not clicking girl? Edited March 26 by GraceRandolph Typo 1 1
suburbannature Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Just now, GraceRandolph said: Inventing something, doing something and populating something are three different things. What's not clicking girl? DeadHeads, BeatleManiacs and Lambs were already popular girl are you 13 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadhead# 1 1
GraceRandolph Posted March 26 Posted March 26 1 minute ago, suburbannature said: DeadHeads, BeatleManiacs and Lambs were already popular girl are you 13 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadhead# Jesus had the disciples so he came first. Sorry. 7
pisuke Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Y'all talking as if it wasn't an embarrassing and infantilising thing to do. There is nothing to be proud or cocky about. 4 2 2 1
Karla Cabello Posted March 26 Posted March 26 18 minutes ago, Perfect Blue said: LADY GAGA was the first Italian, non-kpop, non-Mariah Carey, non-rock artist from New York to popularize fandom names. Give credit where credit is due.
GraceRandolph Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Just now, pisuke said: Y'all talking as if it wasn't an embarrassing and infantilising thing to do. There is nothing to be proud or cocky about. Gaga had a lot of fans who were young. What's infantilizing about a name? It was an instantly recognizable monicker for die hard Gaga fans, and became a huge part of pop girl branding afterwards whether we like it or not. 2 1
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