The Bold & Revolutionary Young Teenie Floozie Pop Star is Actually Tired & Predictable

Don’t get me wrong, I love me a great pop song. I mean who doesn’t, right?

Just kidding, I don’t listen to much top 40 radio. I don’t listen to much CCM. I’ve never really been one to listen to what the masses do. Well, not much anyways.

Maybe it’s because I studied music for so long.

Maybe it’s because I write music.

Maybe it’s because I see music as more than a commodity. More than just a stepping stone to a paycheck.

Sure I’d love to make a living (and some) with my music, but at the same time I’m so turned off by “business” music. You know the kind that is manufactured for the sole purpose of making record labels rich? That’s really what pop is. Most people think pop is based on what people actually like, but it’s not. It’s carefully and strategically written and marketed to certain segments of the population that spend the most money. It’s a business.

Bold & Revolutionary?

That being said, seems like a few days ago, I was talking to someone about how you can almost predict what a young female “pop” star will do as she grows through her phases. First you’ve got innocent tv show actress (or singer). Then they move onto love sick tweeny bopper. Then they move into angst-ridden boy hating older teen.

And then finally, the moral meltdown: they become a slut.

Nope: Tired & Predictable

It’s so predictable and I’m tired of it. It’s not bold and revolutionary. It’s your record label telling you to shed some clothes and show some skin so you’ll make more money. Sure, they word it differently, but that’s all it is.

I don’t know why any young girls parents would allow this transition to take place. The only thing I can think of is their eyes are not on the prize. Well, they may be on the temporary prize which is a nice paycheck for the family.

I get so disappointed every time (and it happens almost predictably these days) I see this transition take place.

Becoming a Woman?

Our culture calls it “growing up” and “expressing their womanhood” – I call it exploitation. I’ve long wondered why sexuality is the currency of maturity in our culture. A young teeny bopper has to shed their “youth” by acting, as Nacho would say, like a floozie. For once, I’d love to see a young woman express their adulthood by being themselves. SING. Just sing. Your talent skill set doesn’t have to include dancing around like a stripper…or having writers write songs for you about crushing men.

We get it. You don’t want to be a bubble gum pop sensation anymore. Sing about life. Real life. Not some fake glammed up sex-filled Hollywood life that doesn’t really exist. Just sing.

I say this with absolutely clarity: My daughter (if I have one) will NEVER watch and or listen to your albums (under my roof) if I see you go through that ridiculous transition. Sorry, I want to teach my kids that sexuality is a precious gift from God to be shared with their spouse, and not something you throw around like the latest fashion fad.

There will be many who don’t agree with my view. I don’t understand why, but I respect your right to raise your children however you wish. They will say the young pop star is just exploring her sexuality. That she’s just expressing herself as a woman. That she’s growing up and spreading her wings. That being said if a daughter of mine wanted to wear an outfit from some of these videos or actually act like the “girl” in those songs I’d probably freak out (and you would too).

So with that in mind, all you “hip” folks can laugh and call me old fashioned, but it’s a stand I’m willing to take if it means that in some way I’m able to influence my children to see their bodies and their “self” as something that is to be cherished. If that’s the end result of my old fashioned-ness, then I’m in 100%.