In the last two weeks, the pop stars Lana Del Rey and Doja Cat have both found themselves in hot water on the internet over kerfuffles of their own creation. This is what life online is often like for the famous and demi-famous. Misstep, apologize, recalibrate, repeat.
But these two scenarios are unusual in that the pop star’s explanations were delivered with a stiffened spine, a bit of pushback against the organized hive of social media condemnation.
On this week’s Popcast, a conversation about how pop stars are asked to be avatars of moral perfection, and how they are increasingly shrugging off that burden and embracing their complexity, critics be damned.
Guest:
Justin Charity, The Ringer staff writer
Source: Music - nytimes.com
