P!NK star construction analysis

1. Star Construction – P!NK
Music artists are constructed in a way that reflects their character and, stereotypically, the type of music
genre that they work in. As an example, a music artist such as PINK represents herself through being
rebellious and the fact that she is being original. She is assigned by LaFace Records and Arista Records
which are both a unit of Sony Music Entertainment. Even though, personally, these record labels are
unpopular, the fact that they belong to Sony promotes her star image and persona.
Over time, her image has essentially changed due to how amplified
her music videos are to the lyrics. In one of her earlier music videos,
‘Don’t let me get me’, she presents herself with a rock icon image
through the use of her costume, behaviour and the fact that she has
her own magazine in her music video. She also conveys that
everyone is different which is accepted.
She also stereotypically presents the pop genre in this way
and even though this may be the case, there are still some
areas in which the genre is vaguely different, shown through
how the music video is essentially staged as a short narrative.
As well as this, some of her lyrics are explicit which also
portrays her image of being rebellious. Some of her more
recent music videos, such as ‘Blow me (one last kiss)’,
vaguely tells a narrative which is shown by the visuals and
some of the lyrics. This music video portrays her as being an
unforgiving character, and near the end of the video she’s had
enough of all the drama. Compared to her earlier videos,
PINK’s rebellious image has rapidly changed to a more calm
and composed image. The image that she recently depicts
herself through isn’t stereotypical as in her more recent
videos; she’s not partying all the time and is essentially telling
a narrative in most of her music videos.