#justin is perf

[i-miss-2013]

Hiii i was wondering if you can help me get more into the 2010s and help me with how should i post and what filters to use and how to make it look realistic. Im really into 2014 tumblr, indie sleaze and also the king Kylie era. Can you help me unleash the 2014 I deserve to be

Early 2010s aesthetic guide: indie sleaze and king Kylie // Part 1 ♡

Okay, foremost!! There’s no right way to do an “aesthetic”! I love how you’re combining two aesthetics, so iconic angel!!! 😝 Anyways, take my guide as a grain of salt, a mere stepping stone if you shall

This is part 1 of 2 of this request! I’ll do “what to post” and “filters” in the next and final part!! 🖤 Now this is a long post, so get comfy lol! I had fun making this <33

FASHION

Thankfully, Kylie and the indie sleaze aesthetic have similar color palettes, so combining them for outfits shouldn’t be too hard!

Made a mini style guide!

Just focus on neutral and dark colors like black, white, metallics, brown, tan, beige, and grey

fur

studs on everything (you can diy studs on your items with these studs from amazon)

provocative phrases tops

tights like sheer black, leopard print, or metallic

tall boots

heels

designer brands

big leather bags

etcccc

Brands:

Edikted

Fashion Nova

Zara

Forever 21

Steve Madden

thrifting

(SALE) Faux-fur coat

(SALE) 365 party girl cami

(SALE) sequin shorts

(SALE) studded necklace

Victoria’s Secret bag

Steve Madden black boots

MAKEUP

Both of these aesthetics have varied looks tbh, so you can have fun with looks!

Smokey eyes

glitter

matte lipstick

little to no blush

lash extensions or false lashes (or mascara if you prefer)

filled-in eyebrows

cat eyeliner

Metallic liquid eyeshadow (silver metal): this looks so pretty

Eyeliner stick (nocturnal behavior): shade name is so fitting lol

Huda beauty eyeshadow palette

Matte lip kit (Kylie): had to include it of course

Felt tip liquid eyeliner (black)

Powdered blush (c3-4 tender rose)

Makeup by Mario eyeshadow palette

Mac lipstick (Dobonnet) : Mac is so early 2010s

False lashes

Waterproof mascara: y’all know how much I love this mascara!!

HAIR

Okay now this is where things deter away lol. Indie sleaze has messy hair while Kylie always had her hair perf! So depending on your mood, outfit, and/or occasion; you’ll have different hair vibes!

MUSIC

Midnight City — M83

I Smoked Away My Brain — A$AP Rocky

Everything Is Embarrassing — Sky Ferreira

Sorry — Justin Bieber

What You Know — Two Door Cinema Club

Ribs — Lorde

C’mon C’mon — The Von Baddies

Champagne & Sunshine — PLVTINUM

212 — Azealia Banks

Her Way — PARTYNEXTDOOR

[biancasaidstfu]

Luke unfollowed Dua Lipa today 😭 they were perf she loved vacations toooo

Didn’t Luke mention Dula Peep in an interview and Antonia started liking all her posts? I remember this convo from last summer along with the Justin and Hailey follow bullshit.

[violecov]

Drafts of Ben Sullivan and Prince Justin from Howl's Moving Castle. Such perf characters.

((There you go, @nadiajustbe ))

[georgiapeach30513]

You know what I think? if this shitshow or whatever you wanna call it, never happened Chris's perf in Pain Hustler would blow up on every platform specially on TikTok we'd see million of Pete edits like it happened when he was Lloyd like my feed was literally flooded with people thirsting over him. I'm so sad honestly he deserves better those “fans” do not deserve him. He did great in PH imo! <3

Well this shitshow has caused a bunch of people to not be his fans anymore. There’s less people willing to make content. That doesn’t make them bad fans. That makes them say, you know what? I can’t support what you’re doing. And people change in their thinking when they age. When I was younger I loved Brad Pitt. I don’t want his new movies.

During the NSYNC days, I was a huge Justin fan. When he went solo, and because of his behavior I slowly became not a fan. How people deal with this current situation is their own. And if they choose to walk away and support other people, that’s their right.

[bisluthq]

https://www.tumblr.com/bisluthq/768944837460377600/httpswwwtumblrcombisluthq768929573796790272

Resident music history nerd again.

So yeah, those contracts usually suck and it goes back to what I said earlier with using the artist as a cash cow and then once they earn their spots, they can negotiate a better second deal. A lot of the tv talent show contracts suck, the very first winner of project runway, Jay Mccaroll caused quite a stir because he turned down the grand prize of a $100,000 mentorship program & spot at NYFW, because the show (or whatever entity was behind the prize) would be granted 10% of all future earnings as a designer.

Idol and those other shows are a bit of a blessing and a curse. Idol was an absolute sensation though, so they had a huge audience when they launched (at least in the countries’ versions I’m familiar with) and many had a good career, some have truly lasted like Kelly Clarkson. I believe it varied country to country, the winner in New Zealand wasn’t being signed to the big American team even if it was the same label, but contracts for the first few seasons were treated like other game show prizes - have it be a prize, but the budget is based on the predicted profits for the advertising the show would make. It was great for the record labels because they didn’t need to invest in developing the artists, and it was a popularity contest so there was significant less risk signing then over a new artist no one has heard of and wondering if they’ll have fans. They also had the next season of the show to promote the last winner/s. Kelly Clarkson notoriously had to fight the label though to get songs she wanted (she was getting the Disney star treatment of them saying what to record and she pushed back because it wasn’t her style) she also had to fight to be able to cowrite her songs and shape her message, both with the label and then dr Luke later on when she rewrote lyrics to one of his songs to make it fit her.

Anyway, idol was new and exciting and because it was a family show, the contestants often launched with a diverse audience and then shaped their audience later which for some was a blessing, others a curse - Adam lambert for example toned himself down and presented more as an emo adjacent glam rocker, which was a smart move to get a foot in the door. But the audience of dads who liked this guy who was meant to be the modern day answer to classic Bon jovi, kiss and poison, etc, were not all on board when he wanted to make dance pop with rock elements, and I can’t think of a sensitive way to say it but when he was more outwardly expressive of his sexuality, a lot of people turned on him. At the same time though, there was an audience who saw him on tv and knew and were waiting and so ready for him to do his thing. And now he’s the lead singer for Queen, so he has the audience of dads again going to see him live but not touching his new music - he’s a fascinating case study on society more than the music industry though.

Social media and streaming killed the talent show phenomenon though. It likely would’ve become boring on its own, but Sandi Thom was launched via MySpace - Taylor got a lot out of MySpace but it wasn’t her discovery method, Justin was found on YouTube all within 6 years of idol launching. This became direct competition for the talent shows, but wasn’t a huge issue until around 2013 when quite a few artists were discovered on YouTube. Now it’s a totally different landscape with TikTok and families not watching tv together in the same way - it’s more common for everyone to watch something different on their iPads than to gather around the tv and enjoy something together which was part of the magic of idol.

The americas got talent and the voice winners though, they were always at a disadvantage compared to X factor and idol because the shows are significantly shorter and never let people feel like they knew the singers. By the time they crowned a winner most of them hadn’t performed a full 30 minutes and only had their intro video and then short interviews before and after a performance. And the AGT people were competing with comedians, dancers, fire breathers… it wasn’t a good metric to see how they’d fair in the music industry and the prize was a performing contract, not a recording one. Idol was so big for a while they had a spin off show that was like big brother, showing what they got up to during the week in the share house!

I personally think the singers on the voice would’ve been better winning a money prize instead of a recording contract, because the contract just needed to be less than the advertising profit for the show. Of course the label wanted the next superstar, but they usually rushed an album out within a few months of winning and only seemed to support the artist in kind to how much the public rallied behind the album, instead of really giving them a chance.

Sorry, I’ve gone on a lot of tangents and can’t remember where I wanted to end up lol 😂

I guess the TLDR would be: tv show contracts were a game show prize. Some did really well, but if they didn’t do really well they were dropped and not given a chance. They could get away with shittiest contracts too because the artists usually had no industry experience or knowledge, and the contract was a three way between the label, tv show and artist.

Oh and then there are the sunset clauses and non compete clauses too, so even if you’re dropped from your label you might not be able to sign another deal for a few years even if someone wants you - just look at Kesha, Cher, and “the artist formerly known as Prince”.

I’m gonna stop writing now 🫣

see, I also think there are just too many of these shows and there have been too many for a long time. Like you say, people were into Idol and it did start a few great careers (and yes I think a lot of the early winners got suckered into shitty deals because they didn’t know better but also here was enough interest and good will for it to mostly work) but now there are just too many winners on too many shows for people to give a fuck (even if they do watch). Like you might enjoy watching The Voice because you like the coaches and the concept and the performances but not be invested to the point of streaming music. I also think your point on not knowing the artists long enough on most of these shows is a good point and imo (aside from the fact that a lot of the acts are shitty) why Eurovision doesn’t launch that many careers. It might be fun to watch but people don’t necessarily have the time or energy to get invested. Which also brings me to the news cycle being so fickle as a whole because the other thing is these days even blowing up on TikTok and having a trending sound for half a second really doesn’t equate to longevity or people actually giving a fuck. There’s just too much content. And I guess there was always a risk of blowing up with one or two songs and not really having the support or the know how to make that into a career and not getting label support and even being sabotaged by the label as you said to make you keep touring and keep churning shit out but these days because content is so accessible, one or two songs people like doesn’t even necessarily equate to people going to watch live shows. It’s tricky. You also obviously can monetize your own original content in a way that’s MORE empowering for artists these days because you can own all your TikToks and YouTube videos and shit and get paid by those and do pretty well but that also makes labels I think even less likely to spend money on promoting you unless they’re confident in your brand and that’s… tough.

[triciarn1]

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[pattyjo1946]

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[gonnagetyourheart]

[fer0ci0us]

I'm so glad I don't have a dick for an older brother ☺

[triciarn1]

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[katloe]

could Justin Hayward-Young do me a massive favour and be my boyfriend already? that’d be great, thanks

[meredith-is-a-ginger]

Justin Timberlake's performance is just perf, he is just perf.

[whorauhl-blog]

omg why my icon looks so perf

[triciarn1]

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[katloe]

had a dream last night I got with Justin Hayward-Young fuckkk take me back