Pop is fundamentally the artiface of perfection. Which is the reason middle aged+ pop stars are rare: boundless confidence in your own greatness cannot coexist

Pop is fundamentally the artiface of perfection. Which is the reason middle aged+ pop stars are rare: boundless confidence in your own greatness cannot coexist with an actual human being's history. We make mistakes. We fuck up relationships. We fuck up our bodies. We fuck up job opportunities. Nobody is perfect. Yet that's what the market has always wanted to buy, so that's what the industry has manufactured and sold.