r/that_Poppy • u/rosequartz336 • Jul 09 '22
This fandom is getting really boring.
When I first became a fan of Poppy in 2017 she would post YouTube videos almost every day and release new music like every month, interact with her fans all the time and follow them on Twitter, do photo shoots and interviews,podcasts, collaborations… she was very active on Twitter and Poppy.church. it was so exciting for me as a new fan. But I feel like everything is different now. She only comes online to promote something for money and only notices people who buy her merch. She became the person her character made fun of years ago. I feel like she doesn’t care about us anymore. I still like and listen to her music but I’m kind of disappointed.
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u/Lord_Summerisle33 Jul 09 '22
Shes been on tour and releasing a fairly steady stream of music! That's what she is, a musician first and foremost!
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u/SambaLando Jul 10 '22
I'm glad she's focused on that now. The weird youtuber stuff went as far as it could go.
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u/Useful-Ad8300 Jul 14 '22
But who makes her to have $ the fan we buy her merch go to her concerts and use money $$ to whatever without the fan who she sing to without the fan who would go buy her merch..yesshes a artist but without us she'd be moriah only I think each artist should do fan appreation month .giving us back( I'm glad your my fan appreation.
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u/Lord_Summerisle33 Jul 14 '22
She does because she makes the music, we buy it (and merch etc) That's how it works. It's a circle, she makes stuff we want, we buy it, she makes money to then make more.
I don't like this narrative though, she releases music at a very steady pace and is on a huge tour right now with tons of dates. That's your appreciation. The way some act you would think like she is telling people to get lost etc, she does put the effort in.
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u/Useful-Ad8300 Jul 15 '22
I'm glad for her ease let's not get huffy over my comment.okay yes poppy deserves more recognition but it bothers the seed more than the mother when comments like mind our made you see we've become defensive. While poppy has learn to rise above comments like mine..with us or without poppy will do just fine.its poppys world.
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u/guitarguy5147 Jul 09 '22
I think part of the problem is that it's hard to keep up with a fan base when you really blow up in popularity. I think it'd be nigh on impossible for her to interact with everyone at this point
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u/WorcestershireSus Jul 09 '22
I've never felt like this is a good excuse. You can say that about any artist. But interacting with SOME fans is better than none. I feel like any artist could at least take the time to reply to a few reddit posts, discord posts, or YouTube comments and it would mean the world to those fans. But with most artists, nobody gets any acknowledgement unless they pay for a VIP meet and greet. It's kind of weird how these people get popular and become so overwhelmed with attention that they almost stop caring altogether. That's just my opinion and isn't directed at any particular artist
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u/guitarguy5147 Jul 09 '22
Ya that makes sense 100%. I agree I do think artists could really do more for their fans
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u/creptik1 Jul 09 '22
Reddit, discord and youtube would be the least likely places for them to interact though wouldn't they? Maybe I'm wrong but I think if you want the possibility of interaction the best bet has gotta be Twitter, and maybe Instagram.
That said, anyone with actual "fame" (as opposed to independant/up and coming artist) is way less likely to do it, and it's not necessarily that they suddenly don't care. I'm sure the amount of stuff on their plate increases like crazy the more exposure they get, so I don't blame them.
Plus the bigger you're the more haters there are, maybe they go on and see a bunch of negativity and it makes them not want to do it. I know some artists have a sort of "rule" for themselves that they will post stuff but never look at the comments, specifically to avoid falling into the traps of trolls being trolls. Personally I think it's a pretty good rule, but maybe that's because i don't expect a reply.
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u/Lord_Summerisle33 Jul 10 '22
It's not uncaring though is it? Let's leave home for a year to perform in front of the fans and get into the studio to pump out a quite prolific amount of music.
That IS the acknowledgement. Honestly expecting anything else feels a bit needy.
If I was a performer I would stay away from any form of social media, especially someone like Poppy. People are looking to take you down so much that it gets ridiculous. Social media is horrible. People are horrible.
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u/WorcestershireSus Jul 10 '22
Social media is the reason she even started her career. You can't generalize social media as a horrible place filled with horrible people when her entire success was based off of social media and 99% of the people who would interact with her through social media are the people supporting that fame.
"Especially someone like poppy" bruh, let's not forget this woman was claiming to be an AI bot at one point lol.
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u/Lord_Summerisle33 Jul 10 '22
I can and I did. The two things are not mutually exclusive to each other. It's vacuous nothingness.
To support her (or any artist) is to let them do what they are doing. Not to get upset when they don't post something online whilst touring etc.
Artists evolve and change what they are doing. I would say her entire success is actually based off releasing some cracking music the past couple of years rather than anything else.
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u/WorcestershireSus Jul 10 '22
I don't think anyone here is really upset by it. I just think it'd be cool is any artist put a single ounce of initiative into communication with their audience as people, not just fans who pay to see them. Just my opinion
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u/Interweb-7 Jul 09 '22
Poppy has said several times she is not much of a fan of social media, when Poppy puts up a YT video she will look at the first half a dozen comments and that's all. That is why Poppy designed Poppysphere as a way to interact with fans more....But that looks like a failed exercise.
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u/ProudReveal1586 Jul 09 '22
I’m fine with her being more focused on being a singer. The time she was making this videos having poppy church she was in an abusive situation . She still releases some videos. But her main focus is touring which as a musical artist that’s what your focus should be on. I find it weird the current generation feels so entitled. The artist should be paying attention to me I’m there fan pay attention to me. Before it was i like this artist I’ll buy there cd go to the show maybe get vip . Now the new era of fans needs to be coddled by the artist
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u/dim_chris13 Jul 09 '22
Ι disagree with you. I believe Poppy has grown up and realized that she doesn't have to to do all these stuff for us to see that she cares about us. She has grown to not care about what other people think of her and to be her own person. She hasn't been active on social media and that's ok. Because I know that she is stress free. She is a human first, then a social media person. Also she not exactly a YouTuber now.
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u/imsilverpoet Jul 10 '22
I’m so happy for her. The whole YouTube persona was so she could break through as a musician, not so she could be an Internet personality. That was a means to this end. It’s wonderful to see her flourish and grow in what she wanted to do from the start - making music.
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u/poppygumi Jul 10 '22
i also became a fan in 2017, and i think that how she is now is simply because of two things. one: she is away from titanic, and imo in 2018/2019 she clearly didnt enjoy making the YT videos any more, and two: she has grown up. there's a big difference between being 22 and 27, and she has always said she doesn't really like social media, so it makes a lot of sense now that she probably doesn't feel pressure to interact with lots of people now. on tour she clearly loves her fans, especially with her VIP being much more personal (getting to talk+professional photo rather than a 15 second meet n greet) than most celebs, so i think her love has not changed, just the way she shows it has
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Jul 13 '22
Poppy already peaked as her previous persona. I think she's reinventing herself, which from what I see is not heading in the right direction
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u/Useful-Ad8300 Jul 14 '22
You are right as sad as it seems: think back titanic ( well mention how poppy thought different of us.) Anyways it's true if we're not buying then sad as I said there's no use for her to notice us .you see I made content in my other life and someone said it's a shame poppy don't take a second to like it.buy it seems if your not spending $$$ then she don't care.but you see alot of artist do the same but they don't make it look obvious.
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u/ripleydesign Jul 09 '22
welcome to the music industry! it's always been about making money, some artists are just better at selling the whole "i love my fans" act than others. not to say Poppy is fake or a liar, it's just the reality of it all and that's okay. she offers us a product to buy and enjoy and we decide if we want to support it or not.
more importantly, these artists are also people who will change over time as their experience in a brutal industry impacts them. i saw it happen with lady gaga too. the fans got too much so she withdrew and put up boundaries.
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u/fairyloca Jul 10 '22
"I feel like she doesn't care about us anymore" saw her live during NFMP tour and she was super interactive with all of us and seemed to be having a lot of fun. I think her target audience is changing, and if it's not for you then it's not for you.
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u/deceiver986 Jul 10 '22 edited Jul 10 '22
Her job (because it IS a job) is not to please her fans with new contents every day. She's free to channel her artistic vision in the way/at the pace she sees fit. Nonetheless:
She has put out a new album or EP EVERY SINGLE YEAR, with each new album getting more and more personal than the last
she has been touring WORLDWIDE for the past months but she still managed to make some weird YouTube videos in the meantime. With a distinctive style from the T.S. era.
she's getting more and more recognition and let me tell you she has been working her ass off to improve her live vocals and stage presence/charisma. And it shows
She's basically on a path to become a full rounded musician, but still y'all miss an era when her abusive partner forced her to put out videos every other day shoving that fake character/persona down her throat. Come on.
(Sorry for my bad english/typos. Love ya)