7 days, 7 people: Paula’s carnival pop week at a glance – feat. Kim Petras, Pamela Anderson and Rihanna

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Hello, I don’t have much time, I’m on the go, I’ve got beer on the stove, I’m already somewhere else with my bang, you guessed it, it’s women’s carnival, trot, trot, Alaaf, wuhu! But behind us, including me, lies a week of strong personalities, cult figures one has to say, the stars shone like never before. These were the brightest:

1.Raye

I love Raye, love love love her. She will be the Sia of the 1920s, mark my words or not. She’s certainly written songs for Beyoncé, Little Mix and David Guetta, but she’s always wanted to do her own stuff, which her record label wasn’t too keen on. So she dumped them, released her album MY 21ST CENTURY BLUES indie and it turned out to be a real cutie. Lots of heartbreak, lots of strength, lots of sadness, always somewhere between soul and pop. In addition to lovesickness, it is about the major political crises, body issues and the music industry. One song in particular, “Ice Cream Man,” stands out lyrically. Raye describes quite explicitly an abuse she experienced with a producer. Of course, the biggest hit remains “Escapism”, which we all know. I stumbled across this live version the other day, it’s just so sweet and personable as she stops in between because she doesn’t want to sing the juicy bits to the older folks:

2. Kim Petras

There was a lot of talk about the Grammys, there was a lot going on. Madonna’s face, Beyoncé didn’t win album of the year, Bad Bunny was adorable, Lizzo was the coolest, Harry Styles awkward. Kim Petras had the most touching performance when she won the award for best pop duo / best group performance for “Unholy” with Sam Smith and gave the speech. The first Grammy for an (open) trans woman. But see and cry for yourself:

3.Pamela Anderson

Last year, Pamela Anderson was back in the spotlight after a long time when the series “Pam & Tommy” was released, which chronicled Anderson and Tommy Lee’s love affair, including the entire sex tape scandal. Pam was less than thrilled about it, was against the broadcast and felt abused. Of course she felt the need to tell her own story. So her current biography offensive feels a bit forced, the Netflix documentary “Pamela, a love story” and the book “Love, Pamela” were released on the same day. In both, the focus is, the names give it away, on Pamela as a lover. Of course, he totally picks me up and is also absolutely courageous at a time when many young women are nagging each other in a neoliberal way that nobody else is needed and that it is best to make your way to the board of directors or whatever on your own. But I’m also surprised that the story now is that Tommy should have been the maximum of love (that’s what she says and writes), but everyone has to know for themselves, I don’t know him. And Hugh Hefner is said to have been great too, which is weird because a lot of women say something different… So you don’t hear what you want to hear from Pamela, but afterwards you learn a lot about the media and a little bit about the society around her Turn of the millennium and can be happy that things have progressed a bit (and that Hefner is under the ground).

Hey, who said this is all about cool people? Yes, I loved Bruce Springsteen too, he was my first man crush (because of his demeanor in the “We Are The World” video and because of USA in general). But his silly ramblings about Dynamic Ticketmaster pricing (those words alone) that resulted in prices in the higher four figures – he said something along the lines of I don’t care what normal people think, I’m Bruce Springsteen, I have no idea , what a stick of butter costs!” – simply destroys everything. That was also the view of the fanzine “Backstreet”, which is now ceasing work after 43 years.

I find that so sad and so telling. For many big stars, it’s no longer about the fans, it’s not about who is in front of the stage, it’s just a big event, decoupled from a togetherness. It’s probably not new, it’s probably been the case with the big acts for a long time and it’s only now that we stupid fans are realizing it, maybe there will be demonstrations soon by angry fans of Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Bruce Springsteen, who knows. Until then I stay like “Backstreet”: “dispirited, downhearted, and, yes, disillusioned”.

5th & 6th Rihanna plus 1st

You know everything about Rihanna’s performance at the Super Bowl whether you like it or not because the pictures were everywhere. Rihanna in red between her dancers in white. There wasn’t much else, a bit of fluff and Riris Plauze with a baby in it – spectacle enough. An ironic self-reference to her beauty nonsense (she powdered herself briefly in the middle) on top, that covered everything. Before there was already Internet fun in this regard, for example here.

During the event, this saying was very popular:

… and after that everyone was talking quickly about someone else, namely this young woman:

Her name is Justina Miles, she is 20 years old, was the first black deaf woman at the Super Bowl and has been a star on TikTok for some time.

And one more thing: If you want to see how elaborate these halftime shows are, there is a documentary about last year’s halftime show (the best of all time in my humble opinion), it’s called “THE SHOW: California Love” and accompanies the entire development process, from the idea through rehearsals to the performance.

Burt Bacharach is one of those people who you almost think will live forever. Unfortunately not. He died on February 8, after all he was 94 years old. A great occasion to listen to all the incredible songs again, for example these:

And this one! I remember thinking a little while ago, Wow, everyone involved in this song is still alive. I now rely on the others.

What happened until now? Here is an overview of all pop column texts.

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