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Is celebrity culture dying ?
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OperationNumbNutts
Superstar
No. It's just expanding to content creators IMO. 
The movie star is for sure dead. Most of them outside of Leonardo DiCaprio don’t have that mystique and none of them draw people to the theater. They’re basically like props now. People are paying to see the IP.
Too many shows for any of of the television actors to matter. It makes all the sense in the world that YouTubers, streamers and social media influencers are the new stars they are more accessible and they foster parasocial relationships .
Too many shows for any of of the television actors to matter. It makes all the sense in the world that YouTubers, streamers and social media influencers are the new stars they are more accessible and they foster parasocial relationships .
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beenz
Rap Guerilla
No social media just made it easier for anyone to become a celebrity.
I disagree. the advent of social media has made it so EVERYONE thinks they could be a celebrity, thus the barriers to entry are much lower and there's way more people ur competing with for views.
LunaticVillage415
All Star
If you haven’t noticed, no one wants to be average anymore. All people of all races and age groups try to be dripped out now. All women want to be baddies whether they alter their images on social media to appear much more attractive or get clownish looking BBL’s, lip fillers and breast augs to get the look.
Because no one wants to be average anymore, we can’t have naturally above average people promoted because of their natural talents, abilities or attractiveness. People who are naturally talented, attractive and magnetic make average people feel, well, average.
And we can’t have that, it’s bad for business. Seeing thousand dollar designer this and that on literally any body is average nowadays. If everybody has drip, no one has drip. If everybody is gangsta, then no one is gangsta. If every bytch is bad, then no there ain’t no bad bytches. You can’t buy style. You can’t nip and tuck your way into being a dime because these Frankenbytches look botched as fukk naked. You can’t recreate your origin story as a project baby from O Block when you were born with a trust fund in Beverly Hills.
People used to know what their lane was not too long ago. Now we are living in the precursor to the real life Sims where everybody is a literal create a player in the metaverse.
But let’s not act like this hasn’t been decades in the making. Rap was never about talent if we are being honest. Because Rap is not a technical expertise like playing an instrument or being able to sing. Anybody can Rap. But for a long time, only people from the hardest struggles from the hood were allowed to be the griots of the tribe. And ballers used their athletic talents to escape the hood. But now most famous NBA players are from the suburbs and don’t have that Allen Iverson charisma to authentically captivate the culture with pure swag.
Now anybody can be anything because everyone is so aspirational because of social media. And streamers taking the places of athletes, actors and musicians have driven home the point that the average talentless dumb American has an overinflated value of themselves thanks to social media. What a mindfukk.
Because no one wants to be average anymore, we can’t have naturally above average people promoted because of their natural talents, abilities or attractiveness. People who are naturally talented, attractive and magnetic make average people feel, well, average.
And we can’t have that, it’s bad for business. Seeing thousand dollar designer this and that on literally any body is average nowadays. If everybody has drip, no one has drip. If everybody is gangsta, then no one is gangsta. If every bytch is bad, then no there ain’t no bad bytches. You can’t buy style. You can’t nip and tuck your way into being a dime because these Frankenbytches look botched as fukk naked. You can’t recreate your origin story as a project baby from O Block when you were born with a trust fund in Beverly Hills.
People used to know what their lane was not too long ago. Now we are living in the precursor to the real life Sims where everybody is a literal create a player in the metaverse.
But let’s not act like this hasn’t been decades in the making. Rap was never about talent if we are being honest. Because Rap is not a technical expertise like playing an instrument or being able to sing. Anybody can Rap. But for a long time, only people from the hardest struggles from the hood were allowed to be the griots of the tribe. And ballers used their athletic talents to escape the hood. But now most famous NBA players are from the suburbs and don’t have that Allen Iverson charisma to authentically captivate the culture with pure swag.
Now anybody can be anything because everyone is so aspirational because of social media. And streamers taking the places of athletes, actors and musicians have driven home the point that the average talentless dumb American has an overinflated value of themselves thanks to social media. What a mindfukk.
Low End Derrick
Veteran
Yeah I was going to say it's not dying, its changing.
This is basically a list of who the most famous people are to younger people:
Most Popular People | Famous Birthdays
Discover the most popular people ranked on Famous Birthdays. The page updates daily with the list of the top 48 most popular celebs on our platform.
A third of them are names older generations would 100% know (MJ, Taylor Swift, Trump etc.) and the rest is full of celebs older people have no idea of, yet they're super popular to these kids.
Yep,
people just think accolades should still mean something. Ie: Grammy's, Oscars, Emmy's etc.
But we live in an era where they can literally quantify your exact level of fame now. They'll go into an algorithm and be like person A gets such an such number of views, followers and engagement. which is higher than person B. Therefore person A is a bigger celebrity. Lets give person A the sponsorship because they have a bigger audience.
nothing else matters
Mandarin Duck
Majestic and Highfalutin
No I don't think so.
I think there's certain "types" of celebrity that have died off though.
A rock star/movie star today is not as worshipped as a celebrity as much as a streamer nowadays
I watched that Bad Boys movie and there were some cameos but the audience had the biggest reaction to that African French dude who's famous on TikTok.
I think there's certain "types" of celebrity that have died off though.
A rock star/movie star today is not as worshipped as a celebrity as much as a streamer nowadays
I watched that Bad Boys movie and there were some cameos but the audience had the biggest reaction to that African French dude who's famous on TikTok.
Striving For Greatness
Get Certs or Die Tryin
hes basically running a modern day variety show with 500k subscribers and millions of views across multiple platforms
Soldier
not redeemed with gold but with His Blood
Since 2015, Athletes are much more famous and bigger celebrities than both actors and artists combined. Patrick Mahomes, Kylian Mbappé, Jayson Tatum are much bigger than their actor or musician equivalent .
Nobody cares about traditional Hollywood/music industry stars no more. They belong to another era/generation. They are Legacy celebrities. Overall, in this era, professional athletes in real-time and in real life are bigger than both actors and musicians combined. Why? Because people know that they have to shell huge amounts of money to get tickets to see their favorite sports teams and players. Because if people want to see live sports games, they have to act accordingly and pay for it. New Live sports content is a scarce commodity. Not new music and new movies, in fact there are too much artists and actors out there…we are inundated by countless new music, countless new songs and countless new movies. Nobody wants to pay for new movies and new music Anymore. But most people will pay to see new/young athletes perform live regardless of how expensive game tickets are. And athletes are exceptionally and uniquely talented unlike modern music artists, social media personalities/influencers, reality tv characters and current Movie actors
Anyway right now in 2024 video game streamers, social media influencers, reality TV candidates, instagram/TikTok/YouTube personalities are the new stars of the new media. And by the way, stars like Beyoncé and Taylor swift are seen as out of touch in the eyes of most people. They only have juice with their large niche fanbases. Outside of their fans, they have no impact/influence/clout/power. Their Kamala Harris endorsements didn’t resonate outside of beyonce/Taylor fandom.
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Soldier
not redeemed with gold but with His Blood
Old media vs new media
Old media: newspapers/radio/television/magazines/flyers/books/movie theaters/over the air channels/mainstream media/cable television channels
New media : internet/social media/podcasts/streaming/youtube/reddit/video games/Spotify/Netflix
Old media: newspapers/radio/television/magazines/flyers/books/movie theaters/over the air channels/mainstream media/cable television channels
New media : internet/social media/podcasts/streaming/youtube/reddit/video games/Spotify/Netflix
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Celebrities move different now, thanks mostly to social media. Us 
dudes remember a time where celebrities used to be SUPER SECRET about their personal lives. Now, you got celebrities tellin ALL their personal business to the world. You got celebrities arguing with their spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend/co-parent in front of everyone on the internet. Often times the sh!t is cringe worthy and you don’t even want to hear it. That aspect is sooo different than back in the day.
dudes remember a time where celebrities used to be SUPER SECRET about their personal lives. Now, you got celebrities tellin ALL their personal business to the world. You got celebrities arguing with their spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend/co-parent in front of everyone on the internet. Often times the sh!t is cringe worthy and you don’t even want to hear it. That aspect is sooo different than back in the day.