One of my all time favourite artists
are The Midnight Beast, a 'boyband' with the intention to mock the boyband
image - we all know the one; pretty boys, usually extremely camp, dressed in
the same clothes, in sync oh and the main trait, auto-tuned songs!
Well the Midnight Beast, highlight
this in their sons by wrecking the
image of artists today. All of their songs have a comical slant. This is ironic
as they show how the music industry has become too emotionally in-tune with
the artists personal life and feelings. They formed in 2009, living in London
shortly after Dru Wakely and Stefan Adbingdon left Perfect People, their former
band. These internet sensations, known for their parody of
Ke$ha's "Tik Tok", have a youthful view on life today, but in their fist
songs they rip apart the auto-tuned songs
of the 21st century. In each song Dru mentions his
dad as "it when downhill when I was 3, when my dad neglected me"
however the sngs always move swiftly away from the emotion and Stefan clearly
gets back to their ethos to sell themselves: "Dru, we're The Midnight
Beast".
This comedy continues as they mock
the attention all the boybands get from the sexual predatorial teens of today.
One of their most iconic songs "Lez be friends" basically slags off
ll the stuck up, untalented bands and their massive ego. The chorus bluntly
highlights that "if a girl wont come round he must be a lesbian" HA!
The reason we wish not to spend our lives focusing on
the boybands is because we have sense, morals, eyes and ears. The idealistic boybands
from 2000 to now have no style class or voice. The Midnight Beast want the
world to be viewed through their truthful eyes. Come on, I have my own life to
live I don't really
care whats happening in yours, One Direction; whether
I know I'm beautiful or not, you won a popularity competition. Parody acts have
more talent than those in the charts as they have a creative mind stream, write
their own songs and are able to dress themselves in the morning, they face life
as an everyday teen to emphasise the crap that happens in the day to day
situations are comical and no-one cares.
The Midnight Beast are new, fun,
young and individual the show this through their music.
I leave you with this. Yes parody artists can be taken seriously; they are taking
over the internet and music scene whether you like it or not. Point blank.
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