That's why I mentioned idols. Japanese girl bands especially, but there are also "models" who are real woman with entirely constructed personas. It's superficia

That's why I mentioned idols. Japanese girl bands especially, but there are also "models" who are real woman with entirely constructed personas. It's superficially similar to the regular "casting" celebrities in places like the US (e.g. the obsession about Britney Spears being a virgin when she was dating Justin Timberlake in real life) but it seems like the Western version is more built around a real person and their life to some degree whereas in the Japanese version the person is almost entirely reduced to an actress playing a role in an entirely fictional life. I'm guessing Poppy is an art project as she doesn't really seem to be selling anything (except maybe her songs?) but I too find it hard to discern any statement in her performance. But maybe that's the point.