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\u200bEverybody has opinions; it\u2019s only natural. Opinions make us human and allow us to express our thoughts and feelings on certain topics. People especially love to develop opinions around celebrities within the music industry, not just about their craft, but about them as individuals as well. But do our opinions and views on celebrities provoke double standards?<\/p>\n
\u200bIt seems that when female celebrities like Chappell Roan get backlash for calling people out on invading their space, the world likes to pin them as rude and awful women, but when male celebrities like Chris Brown<\/span><\/a> assault their significant others, they still have a platform and fans. Weird, right?<\/p>\n \u200bLet’s consider recent events. These past two weekends, the Anschutz Entertainment Group hosted its popular music festival \u201cCoachella,\u201d marking 25 years of the festival. Artists spanning multiple genres were set to perform, including popular headliners<\/span><\/a> like Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n \u200bCarpenter laid it all out on the stage. Performing over 20 songs with multiple different sets and costume changes. She even brought out special guests, and to close it off, a seat lifted from a car, shooting water like a makeshift fountain during her final song, \u201cTears.\u201d Attendees and fans alike were baffled by the Broadway-esque, theatrical performance Carpenter put on.<\/p>\n The next day, Bieber took to the stage, and some fans were ecstatic while others were completely let down. Along with some of his recent hits, Bieber spent a good amount of time on stage, sitting at a desk scrolling on YouTube, playing some of his old music videos and songs. No costume changes, no set changes, just a man on stage in a hoodie and jorts singing some songs.<\/p>\n From a performance standpoint, it clearly shows the way female musicians are expected to give audiences this huge, extravagant show filled with all these different elements in order to get recognition and praise. Whereas male artists can just show up and be praised for their work.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s just say that if Carpenter showed up to Coachella and did what Bieber did, she would\u2019ve gotten hate and been called lazy, boring or not putting in the effort. On top of all of this, Bieber was reportedly paid $10 million for his performance, whereas Carpenter was paid half that at $5 million and still put on a showstopping performance. The demand for female artists is so drastically different<\/span><\/a> <\/span>from the demands of male artists.<\/p>\n \u201cUnfortunately, I think a major contributor to double standards is gender,\u201d said Lily Yazdi \u201828, who, beyond just being a student here at Marist, interns for a music marketing company, giving a standpoint from someone who sees these double standards happening in the field.<\/p>\n \u201cBut if [Carpenter] were to have a more stripped-down set or look disengaged, it would most likely spark some sort of controversy or entitlement when putting on a performance as big as a Coachella headline,\u201d Yazdi said. \u201cIn an ideal world, everyone would be held to the same standard, but in reality, most people’s opinions are shaped by biases or loyalty, etc. So judgment isn\u2019t always consistent.\u201d<\/p>\n \u200bOn the topic of musicians, Taylor Swift has probably experienced the greatest extent of double standards. Swift has been a target for the press between her albums to see if she’s breathing too much air in the world and not saving enough for the rest of us.<\/p>\n \u201cHer entire career has been filled with people putting her down and calling her weird, when all she is doing is having fun on stage. Do you see that happening to a man?\u201d said Leanna Cooper \u201828.<\/p>\n