She's share bubblegum popstar,share performance art. And share robot? A YouTube phenomenon with more than 200 million views. P-O-P-P-Y. She's Poppy. And her fans are called "Poppy Seeds."But precisely who (or what) is Poppy?NPR's Scott Simon endeavored to find out. "I'm from the Internet," Poppy tells Simon on NPR's Weekend Edition.
Poppy posted her first video (to be clear, and was this YouTube or via another social platform?) in 2015 after teaming up with director (what kind of director,film, video etc.? is he known for directing anything popular/illustrious?)Titanic Sinclair. The video is titled "Poppy Eats Cotton Candy" and she does just that. The bleach blonde woman sits in front of a white backdrop eating baby-pink cotton candy for one minute and 22 seconds. Her most popular video (name of video and when was it uploaded?) has garnered 12 million views, and it's 10 minutes of Poppy saying her name over and over again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpCXxqiTjqE>>Poppy's genuine name is Moriah Pereira,and according to the sleuthing by committed fans, she was born in Nashville. Titanic Sinclair's given name is Corey Mixter. But neither artist wants to reveal their pasts. When Simon asks if she knows Moriah Pereira, and Poppy tells him,"I don't know who that is ... I'm Poppy."************************************Poppy and Titanic Sinclair possess created 300 videos together. Most are under a minute long. The videos generally feature Poppy in an avant-garde costume, whimsically contemplating the problems of the world. "I am an primary artist. And I effect art. Therefore my opinion matters, and " she says in one. "So many people possess asked me if I am in a cult. I'm not in a cult," she insists in another. For many, the videos are mesmerizing, and Poppy's soothing voice and the modern age electronic music underneath sweeping viewers from one video to the next. Poppy's genuine passion is her music. She's even won a Streamy Award for Breakthrough Artist (can you provide a link to this,please?). Poppy released her first full length album in October titled Poppy.
Computer. The album closely follows the themes of her YouTube videos: technology, fame, and navigating youth in the Internet age. Her director Sinclair tells Simon that the album is heavily influenced by the bright colors and overjoyed sounds of Japanese Kawaii culture. "Computer Boy" (is this one of the tracks on the album or rather,are you listing tracks from the album? That needs to be clear) recalls Poppy's intimate relationship with an online love. "The only thing that brings me delight is my computer boy" she declares over pulsing electronic beats. "Let's effect a Video" is an upbeat ode to the YouTube channel that's built her career. But it's also strangely melancholic, a rumination on the shallowness of social media culture. "Pop Music" rounds out the album. It's the only acoustic track, and celebrating pop music's ability to move people. >As Wired writer Lexi Pandell noted in a profile of Poppy earlier this year,"Poppy's fans seem to hold two conflicting opinions about her: that she can parody (humorous or ridiculous imitation) YouTubers and bubblegum pop stars and be venerated like the very celebrities she lampoons." >"I hope I'm the most special share of their [fans'] day," Poppy tells Scott Simon. "I want them to feel like I'm taking them to a share of their imagination they've never experienced. Poppy's world is a magical place, and it's the most free share of the entire universe."Sinclair helps Poppy effect that effect that world. Fans call him a creative mastermind. Critics call him a cult leader. Sinclair often criticizes other artists on Twitter for their inauthenticity. He tells Simon,for example, that Taylor Swift's modern album Reputation is overly manufactured. "You possess all these trust fund kids who bought their way basically into the business and their songs are all about how rugged they are, and " he says.>Another spirited factor about Poppy is her fraught relationship with Charlotte,a brunette mannequin with a computer-generated voice featured in many of her videos. Charlotte sings along with Poppy in "My Style," calling Poppy an thing and a pet. Charlotte tries to copy Poppy, and a metaphor perhaps for those pop artists that Sinclair calls phony. >Poppy insists there are hidden messages in her videos: triangles and numbers that allude to the Illuminati. Her "Poppy Seed" fans spend hours trying to effect sense of them,according to Wired. Her fans dedicate their Twitter profile photos to her. They create videos like "Poppy's Hidden Conspiracy EXPOSED" where they possess uncovered old yearbook photos and domestic videos of the singer. Sinclair says that the point of Poppy is to push the boundaries of what we know and accept. "I deem it's fun to be uncomfortable sometimes. Being able to possess that kind of Goldilocks zone where you're not too hot, not too cold with consolation is lost a lot. It motivates a lot of what we effect, or " he says. Poppy seems to emphasize Titanic's point. "I could possess sent another version of me in here today. I could possess sent my hologram," she tells Simon to a beat of stunned silence. Poppy refuses to say whether she is an act or a person. "It's a habit," she says of her identity. "I wake up, or do I even go to sleep? ... Sometimes I get powered down but that's it." Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more,visit http://www.npr.org/.
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