Chappell Roan & The Plight of Celebrity Access: How Social Media Has Changed Fan Expectations & Commodified The Celebrity Experience
Description
In this week's deep dive, I'm looking at the plight of celebrity access– how social media has changed the business of celebrity brand building, keeping stars in a lose-lose feedback loop that fuels fan entitlement and ultimately, runs many of our favourite stars (mostly) offline.
Timestamps:
4:27 The nature of celebrity access before social media
8:43 Social media & celebrity access
11:05 How TikTok changed what we expect from celebrities
13:14 Celebrity brand building in the social media era
17:17 How unprecedented access via social media impacts the celebrity
18:42 Selena Gomez
20:08 Charli & Dixie D’Amelio
22:31 Chappell Roan
23:48 The lifecycle of celebrity social media usage in this new era
26:30 Taylor Swift
29:08 Conclusion
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