Breaking the Pop Star Archetype with GIRLI | Name 3 Songs, a music podcast

Are pop stars even real? We’re joined by London based alternative pop singer, GIRLI, to prove that they’re not. We start from the very beginning and the first time the media used the term pop star, and we come all the way to today and how the people we tend to refer to as pop stars don’t fit the same mold as they once did. Pop music doesn’t top the charts in the way it once did, any music can be popular thanks to streaming sites. And thanks to the internet a new breed of pop star has arisen, giving space to those outside the box of straight cisgender performers and opening the genre up to LGBTQA performers to find themselves within a genre the would have once closeted them. Pop artists once had to fake it til they made it, and now they can speak openly about their sexuality, their mental health and who they are as people outside of the glossy finish. While the internet has enabled pop music to expand it’s horizons, it’s also been the cause of the downfall of many pop artists due to ad