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| Lil Wayne with a blunt and a gun sign |
Is there really such thing as “any publicity is good publicity” in the
music industry? I think not. This is because artists, especially those who are
prominent, are seen as role models by some of their fans. Whenever artists are
associated with negativity, some of their fans (young children) will think it
is “cool”, so that would make them bad role models. Sometimes bad publicity can
ruin an artist’s image or reputation in a way that they lose interest in the
artist. Hence I say bad publicity is not good for an artist’s or a brand’s
image.
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| Lira |
It is much easier for a brand with a good PR
strategy to avoid bad publicity. It helps artists maintain a good image in the public’s
eyes which makes them good role models for the youth. I don’t recall an artist
like Lira being associated with negative publicity like twitter fights or any
bad comments she said about other artists on television. She is one of the artists
who most
young children look up to. This is because she has always kept a good image in
the South African music industry. Artists who maintain a good image last longer
than artists with a bad image, that’s a fact.
I guess some of us dont think the same when it comes to good or bad publicity. i agree with you when you say good publicity last longer than artist with bad image. Artists with bad image tend to conderm the younger ones and they think it is cool.They corrupt our young ones and if they continue doing so, i dont think many of our young ones will have a bright future.
ReplyDeleteTrue. It's easy for artists to influence the youth, and an artist with a negative influence make the youth think it is ok to have a bad behaviour
DeleteYea true a good publicity last longer than the artist with bad image... how can you expect to the someones role model meanwhile you behaving like a moron.
ReplyDeleteThe sad thing is that the youth look up to such artists.
Deletesome artist dont care about good or bad publicty,all they care about is their sales in the music industry
ReplyDeleteThe fact that they don't care about the good or bad publicity is the reason why they will fade in future.
Deleteyeah thats true xolani we might say any publicity is good publicity,but i really dont think so,i believe we need more artists like lira because we tend to look up to the famous people in the music industry as they are exposed by the media,and media has become the bigger part of our lives.
ReplyDeleteNonkie I totally agree with you on that one. we do need more artists like Lira.
DeleteEither we ike it or not the is no such thing as bad publicity but i guess it does not work out the same way for all artist.Other artists gets more publicity through the bad things they do. For example Lil Wayne has such bad influence but most teens and kids prefer his music.
ReplyDeleteThat's true margaret. Lil Wayne has established himself well in this music business, that is why his hype will never fade
ReplyDeleteActually bad publicity is good publicity.
ReplyDeleteAs for Lira its very much true she is an insipiration to most of us and I have never seen her in the press for any negative stunt
Lira is an inspiration, especially to young up coming female artists
DeleteI think the debate of good or bad publicity it on the contextual factors and who you are, for example local if you portray bad image of course you not gonna succeed, however international(USA) bad image most especially for rappers does not break them in fact it builds their prominece.
ReplyDeletegreat point Themba. International artists are more influencial than our local artists.
DeleteI guess what the managers and artists really care about is the publicity they get, whether good or not just as long as they get to be spoken about.
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