Chappell Roan & The Plight of Celebrity Access: How Social Media Has Changed Fan Expectations & Commodified The Celebrity Experience

In this week's deep dive, I'm looking at the plight of celebrity access– how social media has changed the business of celebrity brand building, keeping stars in a lose-lose feedback loop that fuels fan entitlement and ultimately, runs many of our favourite stars (mostly) offline. Timestamps: 4:27 The nature of celebrity access before social media 8:43 Social media & celebrity access 11:05 How TikTok changed what we expect from celebrities 13:14 Celebrity brand building in the social media era 17:17 How unprecedented access via social media impacts the celebrity 18:42 Selena Gomez 20:08 Charli & Dixie D’Amelio 22:31 Chappell Roan 23:48 The lifecycle of celebrity social media usage in this new era 26:30 Taylor Swift 29:08 Conclusion Find our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg  Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/  Join our Geneva home: https://links.geneva.com/invite/7eb23525-9259-4d59-95e3-b9edd35861a5  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/  Sources: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/decade-celebrity-gossip-tabloids-paparazzi-social-media https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/1999/02/david-kamp-tabloid-decade https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/decade-celebrity-gossip-tabloids-paparazzi-social-media https://www.seventeen.com/life/news/a30201/twitter-dm-direct-message-update/ Jan Klostermann, Martin Meißner, Alexander Max, Reinhold Decker, Presentation of celebrities’ private life through visual social media, Journal of Business Research, https://time.com/6979619/rare-beauty/ https://people.com/health/charli-damelio-says-she-avoids-negativity-online-after-seeing-how-it-affected-her-mental-health/ https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/charli-dixie-damelio-shed-light-mental-health-social-media-164453055.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAA02jul26QYKzhkPTPGcXzV-Wl4OSNH-1iZa1N1IkcbJ7Uo5cCjU7tMTMjxFMCcMr1Vr6mj3idz2AGcM_XeFk2GehjFcznhMTcg1I_xvOz400PTpYXjMkl1_danFd3whFEVttGuZcLDQJia5kSupM5rXYElHcUJav6DkXU4OfUbA https://fortune.com/well/2024/09/27/chappell-roan-drops-out-of-upcoming-festival-to-prioritize-mental-health/ https://theface.com/music/chappell-roan-pop-music-famous-interview-good-luck-babe https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a62444664/chappell-roan-backlash-explained-2024/