celeb news Simon Cowell wants to create new megastar boyband for new generation

[punisher]

5 hours ago, imabadkid said:

Older people are so out of touch... now more than ever. Talk to teens and tweens, they don't care about boybands, actors, etc. They follow influencers... that's where the $$$$ is nowadays.

fr i was just about to say this, nobody finds pop cool anymore tbh especially if it comes from a cringe boy band

[AvadaKedavra]

If i were a label head-ceo-a&r i would look for some sort of American Justin Bieber mixed with Avril Lavigne-Billie Eilish with a very cool Stage Name for my roster.

He needs to be good lookin to appeal to the Gen Alpha-Betta Horny Teen Girls and have a 4-5 octaves voice and Charisma
I would market him as an Urban R&B, Bedroom Pop(Olivia teas) and Pop Punk Star / As a Songwriter too
But i would give him a less "sanitized" "clean" image than biebs, so straights dont bully him. He would also get great media training

He would sing about American Issues, Social Media,Sex-Weed/Drugs-Depression-Rebellion to Authority-Technology-Peer Pressure, Global Warming, Videogames and all the things the teens go through in high school-middle school today 


Once he's a global phenomenon i would buy a beautiful mansion in california




then he gets angry about all the control we have in the label over his career and we get cancelled 

 

 

Edited June 5 by AvadaKedavra

[JO1s]

Who needs that mediocrity when we have JO1

 

[applestar]

PLEASE AND PUT JOHNNY ORLANDO IN IT

[Broken]

3 hours ago, Asscatchem said:

Nicole Scherzinger created 1D so I don't know what he's going on about.

Came here to post this. Lol.

 

Time to call Nicole, Simon.

 

 

[Exodus]

I'm here for it. People seem to forget his influence over 1D, 5H, CNCO and PRETTYMUCH. Were they all hyper successful? Maybe not. But I enjoyed all the content.

 

The narrative that this kind of pop is out is ridiculous especially with the "trendy" Y2K resurgence right now.

[aotwbys]

It's been a decade+ since Bieber/1D. How hard is it to find moderately attractive guys who can actually sing in a world of billions of people. 

[nicholas]

idk if boy bands work anymore or at least to the level of 1D.. everyones to accessible nowadays 

[IBeMe]

Kpop is here for that. They just know how to make not so cheesy boy groups and if they do the kpop model for american artists it just wont work. for some reason the english language and westernized vibes dont work with the whole k pop aesthetic even though k pop clearly is inspired by the west...it's just something about it is unique and idk what it is and the west hasnt been able to emulate that vibe. 

[Just a Gay on ATRL]

Why don't these big wigs EVER think to try to form a mixed gender and genre group? I feel like this would not only be fresh but would make a group easily stick out? You could even have one rap, one sing, one play an instrument or two, one do both, etc. Think BEP but younger. I just don't get it. Be CREATIVE, stop trying to fit formulas.

[Cesar]

25 minutes ago, aotwbys said:

It's been a decade+ since Bieber/1D. How hard is it to find moderately attractive guys who can actually sing in a world of billions of people. 

the thing is people don't only want attractive nowadays, they also want relatability atleast from new acts. i don't mean in a way of "i'm just like you!!!!" 

[Happylittlepunk]

19 minutes ago, Cesar said:

the thing is people don't only want attractive nowadays, they also want relatability atleast from new acts. i don't mean in a way of "i'm just like you!!!!" 

I think the era of relatability will start to die down any year now. I see more videos online of people asking to bring back fun pop music back again. The 2000s nostalgia is making people miss pop stars as performers again.  I mean look at Ed Sheeran he was massively relatable and he flopping to oblivion. You see younger fans complaining about too much sad girl music. 

[Mephisto]

2 hours ago, Just a Gay on ATRL said:

Why don't these big wigs EVER think to try to form a mixed gender and genre group? I feel like this would not only be fresh but would make a group easily stick out? You could even have one rap, one sing, one play an instrument or two, one do both, etc. Think BEP but younger. I just don't get it. Be CREATIVE, stop trying to fit formulas.

I was gonna say that. We need some mixed-gender groups for a change. UK had Liberty X, Steps, S Club 7 in the early 00s. Maybe an evolved formula would work now? 

[Exodus]

21 hours ago, IBeMe said:

Kpop is here for that. They just know how to make not so cheesy boy groups and if they do the kpop model for american artists it just wont work. for some reason the english language and westernized vibes dont work with the whole k pop aesthetic even though k pop clearly is inspired by the west...it's just something about it is unique and idk what it is and the west hasnt been able to emulate that vibe. 

Except it's not lol.

 

It doesn't work in America because it's extremely cookie cutter and lacking in overall talent. America values individualism. They like to have options to pick their fave (IE people with different looks and talents). They prefer vocal talent.

 

Kpop is full of the same thing over and over again with relatively weak vocals. It works in collectivist cultures in Asia but not in the West.

[Exodus]

19 hours ago, Mephisto said:

I was gonna say that. We need some mixed-gender groups for a change. UK had Liberty X, Steps, S Club 7 in the early 00s. Maybe an evolved formula would work now? 

I've been stanning S Club 7 and A*Teens since the beginning of time.

 

Wish Simon Fuller hadn't fumbled the bag with Now United.

 

Edited June 6 by Exodus

[Gesamtkunstwerk]

22 hours ago, Just a Gay on ATRL said:

Why don't these big wigs EVER think to try to form a mixed gender and genre group? I feel like this would not only be fresh but would make a group easily stick out? You could even have one rap, one sing, one play an instrument or two, one do both, etc. Think BEP but younger. I just don't get it. Be CREATIVE, stop trying to fit formulas.

I agree 

 

Unfortunately, this is about making money and you can't add girls into the mix. The way to profit from girls aged 10-15 is to keep them delulu that they'll eventually date one of the members  Having a mixed group won't reach the same market as a pure boy band

[goverm3nth0ker]

he shouldn't be canceled atp?

[hétérosexuelle]

On 6/4/2024 at 10:13 PM, Gui Blackout said:

Kpop has completely swallowed the market for boy/girl groups, even in the west. Labels need to let this go, it's not gonna happen anytime soon.

Yeah like give it up deleeshus 

[Gui Blackout]

Update

 

 

 

[glitch]

Apparently this has been cancelled?