![]() Growing up in the face of bullies and in the world’s spotlight at such a young age I’m sure, led Petras to experience many hardships as a kid. The reason I mention this detail is to highlight the extent to which Petras goes hard in the paint. This story made the news worldwide, but truly has nothing to do with her musical ability (for those jerks who might think the two are inextricably bound). After having listened to TOTL for maybe the 8th time in a row, I’ve decided that I had to throw down my two cents in because the record seems to only be the beginning of this Kim Petras’ projected solo pop revolution.īorn in Germany in 1992, Petras is already used to making headlines, as she was among the first to undergo a sex change operation at the age of 16. In fact, “TURN OFF THE LIGHT” is the sexy, spooky Halloween spectacular I didn’t know I or anyone else needed. Truth be told, I don’t even love Halloween, but there was something about those dirty beats alongside her angelic voice that made the listening experience transcend my dislike for the holiday. I met the tape with utter apathy, and to be honest I now feel silly for having done so because Kim Petras gave me (ONLY?) 23 minutes of pure pleasure that my ears hadn’t experienced in a long, long time. She was so good live that I figured, it couldn’t hurt to give a listen. It had been a while since I had convinced myself to listen to new music (especially themed music), but something told me to give this EP a try. SORRY, not happening! MJ did this once, he is the King, but you tried!” said my doubts, as I proceeded to open her Spotify page and click her tape entitled,“TURN OFF THE LIGHT VOL 1”. “Great,” I thought “Someone is trying to re-create “Thriller”. Months passed before I saw her post a creepy, manicured zombie hand on official Instagram on October 1st. I decided she was impressive enough to follow on Instagram - it had been a while since I had been blown away by a live performance. Although it began to rain even harder during her set Kim seemed to become even more energized, as she started to sing “Heart to Break”. Upon arriving to the main stage, Kim Petras hopped out in the grungiest ugly dad sneakers and dopest motorcycle pants I’d ever seen, holding a crystal (Swarovski, I’m sure) dog purse (you read that correctly) and belted “I Don’t Want It At All”. My friend invited me to a pride party at the Brooklyn Mirage on a rainy Saturday night. In the height of my current quarter life crisis, in which I try to understand today’s day and age through media to see what the younger people are consuming nowadays, I became sad to find that pop music isn’t the way it used to be. This is incredibly tragic, as pop music was incredibly influential in my childhood. ![]() To be frank, it’s getting rather difficult to differentiate among autotuned sorpranos nowadays and I only really recognize Dua Lipa’s voice to be hers. The pool has become way bigger than before and unfortunately, artists who might be great feature artists, aren’t all that hot on their own. Obviously DJ’s know how to throw down and get hits to be made, but to be honest, in the wave of it all - the constant creation and release of new music, it has become hard to differentiate unique artists from one another. ![]() In other words, the time that has progressed since pop’s height nearly two decades ago has called for the creation of some formula to create the “perfect pop song” and/or the “perfect pop artist”, all swagged out with tiny sunglasses and a Brandy Melville crop top. At least the early 2000s gave us music that allowed us to dwell on not being a girl, but not yet a woman, or just allowed us to be “showstoppers” nearly anywhere Danity Kane’s music was playing. Today, pop music has turned into some mishmash of familiar (not to mention, repetitive) beats thrown down by a mainstream DJ with the addition of some basic lyrics sung by a usually female artist amounting to, “I wish you could love me” or “we are over and we never were an item”-like themes in music. In other words, pop music was dope and not accessible to everyone who woke up, downloaded Ableton, and uploaded some track to the nonexistent SoundCloud. All was well - Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears were the pop duke and duchess we needed (respect for king Michael), Christina was still a Genie In a Bottle, the members of 3LW did not yet make up the Cheetah Girls, and the Neptunes produced nearly every Billboard hit. ![]() I haven’t been a fan of pop music since its prime in the early 2000s, when *NSYNC was the hottest boy band alive (yes, the rivalry continues, Backstreet Boys fans).
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