Pop Stars are good role models for young people??

Rihanna, Michael Jackson, Lady GaGa, Justin Bierber and Katy Perry – what do all these people have in common? They are all pop stars. Whether they write their own songs or just sing the lyrics, each one of them has their own style and message. The music industry is so huge; these names are just a handful of them. And yet they all play to create an effect in the lives of the listener.

As a singer, they want their fans to see them as someone they can relate to.  Young people are the biggest market for pop music and they will be loyal fans to the very clothes on their backs to the hairs on their heads to the ones they like the most. So each artist tries their hardest to sing a tune that they feel others will find relatable. Within some of those sweet sounding lyrics and strums is the heart cry of a teen. So many teens relate to pop stars from their songs and follow them around with the idea that the singer must be awesome.

And then there are those whose music is produced to appeal to the rebels, the ones who never fit in and want to do their own thing. This is the tunes that scream out of the radio, hit top charts and sell like hot cakes. The young people again relate to it and worship the artist.

Here is where the young person stands: He loves music, he is naturally going to be rebellious as he is growing up and becoming an adult. This is only natural and normal. So is their need to have someone to look up to, admire and copy. The music industry churns out these pop stars hoping to make money off of the huge market of young people. Yet the pop stars are no good role model. They may sound harmless, but when you really listen to the lyrics and take a look at these “stars” you’ll realize what the media is feeding us young people. The majority of the music is about sex, revenge, hate, and selfishness. These messages may appeal to the listener, because we all find it very easy and natural to feel these feelings. But as a young person, we already have enough of these tendencies, what we need it something completely polar to pop stars.

A young person needs to rebel, but not from their family, from the wrong government and state of the nation. A young person needs to have contact and relationships with those of the opposite sex, but loving ones, that are unselfish, and caring. A young person needs a role model that can help them see hope in the world, hope in themselves and hope for their future. We need role models that can give this to us. I personally feel that great men and women of the past and present can be the true role models we are looking for. They have accomplish great feats and arisen to the challenges set before them. What do George Muller, Annie Sullivan, Nick Vujicic, Mother Teresa, and Louis Braille have in common? They are all great role models!

You cannot stop someone from listening to pop music, and that is not the point of this argument. Some of the pop stars are great and good to listen to. Most of them are great singers and some songs even have a nice message. Pop musicians have their place, but role model, well that certainly isn’t it.

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