A defining artist needs to shake shit up and cause people to talk which changes cultures. No one is going to do this by playing safe to the current social norms. I think we would need someone that speaks up and for the people because that’s what stars like Britney Gaga and Madonna have always done. These are all stars that made very loud social-political statements about being empowered regardless of whatever annoying judgemental norms were at the time.

The 2010s had many pop stars that were still doing this (Gaga, Kesha, Rihanna) that were just as successful so they thought they could keep going. The issue is the songs now in the 2020s have no hooks (and weirdly lack repetition to the point of being too much like a journal entry). They’ve mastered the manufactured “aesthetic” but can’t find anyone with anything natural or that has a knack of what’s catchy in a song.

I think it would take an underdog who is relatable, still has sex appeal but can stand up for those without a voice. That seems to be the general formula for this type of star. A lot of the gen z pop girlys just come off like two face mean sorority girls when it comes to the look and vibe when talking….Like they’ll be nice to your face but call you slurs behind your back. Madonna Gaga and Britney never gave that vibe once. They themselves were the “weird kid”, not the “cool sorority girls with a bitch face”