We need someone to give us the strength to persevere, to remind us of humanitys profound greatness.
So we need distractions.
), and, of course, an essential playlist of their most divine tracks.
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and musical styles beyond pure pop, like Queen Latifah, Laura Jane Grace, and Miranda Lambert.
Above all, I had to be able to say she represents something, Armstrong says.
In short: She had to be a goddess.
Pop Star Godesses by Jennifer Keishin.Harper Collins
They have mythological stories.
Were not going to know the details of Beyonce and Jay-Z’s relationship, ever and we shouldn’t.
But that’s kind of not the point; the point is actually the story we know about them.
Thats how gods and goddesses worked.
Think about Justin Timberlake.
What did he represent besides, like, dude who could sing a falsetto?
Which is cool hes made some really good music.
You have to be very strong and special to last as a female pop star.
Because we do put women in the public eye through so much more than we put men through.
The perfect example of that is Timberlakes own ex andPop Star Goddesses Artemis,Britney Spears.
We really tried our best I mean we as a society to destroy her, Armstrong says.
And you know, I love that we didn’t, and it’s only because of her.
She really went through it and she came out the other side.
And for quarantine, our current collective low point?
We put her in the middle of the front on the cover for a reason, Armstrong points out.
Shes kind of the goddess of everything.
Pop Star Goddessesis now available.
