'It’s helpful to have these conversations, especially with stars like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato — celebrities who are representative of an entire generation of fans and consumers who are still hurting.' –jillboard
In Screaming & Scrolling, writer Jill Gutowitz explores pop culture through a humorous, honest, and critical lens.
“I think the older that I get, the more I realize that I’m not utilizing my gift, I feel, for the right reason,” Justin Bieber admits in his new YouTube docu-series. The first four episodes dropped yesterday, with new episodes airing Mondays and Wednesday on YouTube Premium, and chronicles the former child star’s return to music, following a seemingly vicious battle with his own mental health.
Right now, there’s no shortage of content in which pop-stars exhume their trauma. Between Justin Bieber’s docu-series, Taylor Swift’s highly praised documentaryto the Grammy stage Sunday, it feels like a reckoning is upon us; a generation of child stars-turned-pop icons are currently grappling with who they were in the 2010s.
What happened to us? Well, we grew up, which is traumatic enough. But we grew up in the nightmarish media landscape of the early 2010s that was still, unfortunately, telling us to stop being gay, fat, or different. It wasn’t until the last few years that TV shows, movies, pop culture in general really began diversifying narratives, promoting stories that weren’t just tolerant or inclusive, but celebratory of people who aren’t straight cis white men. Regardless, the damage had been done.
I’m sure I speak for others when I say that, as a teenager, I invested holistically in pop culture success stories; the Jonas Brothers skyrocketing out of a small town in New Jersey, or teenage Taylor Swift trading in her Pennsylvania blues for international stardom was a means of escapism for me. I dissociated from the real traumas I was enduring in my own life, mainly, repressed sexuality, financial stress, and resulting depression.
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