base talk Realities that stans need to accept when it comes to the GP?

[Peak Now]

The GP is much, much, much larger in size than stan Twitter

[Marry The Gods]

The GP are aliens

 

[Erreur2 La Nature]

The general public would be incapable to name what songs/videios/performances/artists that are legendary/iconic. Their lists would probably be filled with some random ass things they think are important just because they enjoy(ed) it.

 

They also have zero knowledge about music sales, streams, peaks and all of this (which is good btw, cause it's not important).

[byzantium]

The idea of the GP is a myth.  Most people do not engage with the music industry and don't care about these artists.  All MPGs success is fan driven and the differentiating factor is more whether a MPG only has casual fans or a strong fanbase.  

[bielneira]

2 hours ago, liquiddiamonds said:

Most of the GP just uses music as background for other activities

The way this is SO true

[shyboi]

100 years from now, people will ONLY remember Britney as the defining pop star of this century

 

kinda like we remember Marilyn Monroe and Cleopatra now

[Meev]

16 minutes ago, byzantium said:

The idea of the GP is a myth.  Most people do not engage with the music industry and don't care about these artists.  All MPGs success is fan driven and the differentiating factor is more whether a MPG only has casual fans or a strong fanbase.  

I feel that this is not true. Everyone listens to music and engages with music in some shape or form. It is true that the GP tend not to care about individual artists other than hating on specific ones.

Spoiler

People are just haters 

 

[The7thStranger]

• Compromised creative autonomy is easily disguised, making you think your fave had more to do with their output than perhaps they did.
• Chris Brown will unfortunately always have a career.
• Charts don't mean anything and haven't been an indicator of quality in a very long time.
• Grammys and other music awards don't mean anything.
• People's opinions can be nuanced and unaffected by perceived stan wars.
  • Example: Critizing an artist's work does not mean that that person hates the artist or is throwing shade.
• Racism buoys certain Caucasian artists while keeping others firmly planted at the bottom of the ocean.
• Nobody cares about Witness (or any other album for that matter) bombing. Katy could have a come back tomorrow if the powers that be allowed it.

Edited June 11 by The7thStranger

[Wicked]

Most people listen to music casually, and as someone put it, for background noise. People that actively engage music are obviously going to be more critical/have stronger opinions on your fave than someone who only uses music for noise. That doesn't make them a hater either lol

 

The GP doesn't determine legacy contrary to popular opinion on here. That's always been the job of writers whether you like it or not.

[toast]

That the GP does not stand for "gay people"

[sweetkiss]

 i agree with someone saying GP just uses music as background 

 

realities i think stans need to accept when it comes to gp

1. they dont care about amount of talent (or lack of) your fave has

2. most artists ATRL talks about to GP is either nonexistent or has been

3. most albums sales are fan driven and not exact reflection of someones fame or impact

 

[kexin]

5 hours ago, TitanicSurvivor said:

They played You Lost Me week ago

You've lost me..

 

stream I Hate Boys tho 😘😘

[Relampago.]

The GP hates good music so if your fave is flopping that might be a good thing 

[BrokenMachine]

The GP also includes people over 40 who might not consume music as much as people under 20. Some ATRLers like to call 'the GP' but it's mostly crazy teenagers online 

[dirrtydiana]

Most of the GP will sadly be oblivious to what a masterpiece this is

 

[Nico Robin]

Most of the GP cannot name three songs of our fave artists. (Unless its Michael, Queen or maybe Madonna)

 

They might throw you a lyric that could relate to one

Edited June 12 by TSwiftie

[Soda Pop Queen]

11 hours ago, liquiddiamonds said:

Most of the GP just uses music as background for other activities

lol facts. Either background music or to underscore some life event of theirs so... background music lol. The casual music listener can name about 3-5 hits per popular act, depending on how long an artist has been around. Other than that, they don't care to keep up with stats or whole catalogs and the difference in record sales/streams between big acts from different decades is so minute in the grand scheme that it's not even worth arguing about.

[Soda Pop Queen]

Also, I think a distinction needs to be made between "GP" and a casual music listener. As members of society, we are technically also part of the general public. We just follow music (for some of us, the charts) more closely than casual listeners.