<p>Its just really disappointing to me. They start out cool and down to earth and then the business gets them.</p>
<p>For example I used to be a huge fan of Katy Perry (don't laugh this started before her first album was even out) and her music was good and she had a tumblr where she did video blogs and stuff and it was funny and interesting and she seemed to actually care about her fans.
Now she kind of just seems like every other popstar.</p>
<p>I mean she's shooting whipped cream out of her boobs</p>
<p>And its not just her. I feel like most performers' later albums don't match up to their earlier work and when they hit it big it just goes downhill.</p>
<p>I really like the old her and didn’t realize she was like that! (I did a little bit, but not to that extent). Lyrically she’s very talented and, with those smarts, I believe she understands what sells and what doesn’t. When I first saw the California Girls video, however, I thought it was distasteful and very generic/overdone, however, she’s come back with TGIF (equally as poppy, much more unique) and I again am a fan of where she’s taking her music. However, a part of me wishes she were still like she was in “One of the Boys” because at the end of the day I like her voice more raw.</p>
<p>EDIT: tofugirl definitely said it - I want something with some meaning, ultimately. There are few artists I keep around but one of them is A Fine Frenzy because she’s stayed true to her original fan base whilst still evolving as an artist.</p>
<p>not even ■■■■■■■■, but i hate when people say someone “sold out” if you dont like them dont listen to them anymore its as simple as that, or find someone similar, to be honest in my opinion if youre a true fan youll like them no matter what, that applies to me i guess since i think A Thousand Suns from Linkin Park and Hybrid Theory are equally awesome and College Dropout and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West are both great, but thats just me. lol</p>
<p>Sometimes they can’t help it. Most of the time an act will put out a song and then out of nowhere it becomes a hit. </p>
<p>Look at Adele, her song Chasing Pavements became a hit slowly, but she did not intend for it to be that way. Another example is Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit was not meant to be the hit it was, but radio and MTV played it because grunge was the it thing.</p>
<p>It’s a trade off. Either sacrifice your image and let yourself be exposed to millions of people around the world so that you become a household name, or cling to your roots as you pray to maintain even a moderate fanbase while the media pays much less attention to. You think that the top artists in the music world today never understood that, by becoming famous, they would lose their originality and be controlled by record labels?</p>
<p>I love David Choi’s explanation of what goes on [in</a> this video](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube).</p>
<p>Speaking of David Choi… he got his fame through YouTube and that’s the beauty of the internet. It’s a new ground for unknown artists to become known to the public without selling out. Like what Choi says in the video, he can make a song about farting, post it on his channel, and boom 1 million views. The internet’s a new way for artists to make a stance in the music industry, and it’s the future for many other things as well.</p>