My Blog List

Monday, 8 October 2018

Use of media- Panic! at the Disco by James and Emilia


Expectation

As with all media forms, there is an expectation that the content be of a somewhat decent quality, and with a budget of more than £2. There is also the general expectation that the work consistently improve, with the newest work being better than the last work. Specifically for Panic! at the Disco, there is the expectation that Brendon Urie show up somewhere in the music video, either being sexualised or demonised.

Profile

Brendon Urie presents himself as classy, by constantly wearing suits in recent videos. When he is not in suits, he is usually half naked. This goes along with his star persona of being very sexual and open about it. He is also often presented as demonic. It begins in the music video "Emporer's knew clothes"when his character goes to hell. The satanic imagery then continues through to the music video for "LA devotee".

The fans are mostly made up of females between 18-24. Panic! at the Disco is also a popular band within the LGBT community, due to inclusive songs such as"Girls/Girls/Boys" and Brendon Urie's openness about his own identity as pansexual.

Feedback

Social media has allowed for better conversation between the fans and the artist. Fans can directly message their idols and hold a chance of getting a response. Panic! at the Disco benefit from being active online, as it means they can have a better relationship with their fans. Panic! at the disco have a fandom that make lots of fan fiction, fan art and other such ways that help promote the band. The fandom also make many memes, most of which revolve around the premise of the song "I write sins, not tragedies". 

Identification

The fans go by the name of "sinners, as Brendon Urie called them this once in an interview. It is very fitting considering how much satanic symbolism there often is in the music videos.
Image result for la devotee

Social media

Panic! at the Disco have a strong online presence. Both the band's main twitter and Brendon Urie's personal twitter are fairly active, tweeting every couple of days. Many of the tweets on the band's account are tagging other accounts, which allows them to garner wider attention from the audiences of these other accounts.

Soundtrack

For the movie "Suicide Squad", various musicians were hired to do record different songs, some brand new songs and some covers. Panic! at the Disco played a cover of "Bohemian Rhapsody"by Queen. This song was used in advertising trailers and in the movie. DC, while its movies still fall flat is decent, has a large audience. This then let them reach the viewing audience of the movie, as well as fans of the band Queen.

I Write Sins Not Tragedies cover

Back In 2017, the chainsmokers, another band with a fair amount of popularity, did a cover of popular Panic! at the Disco song "I Write Sins Not Tragedies". This received mixed reactions, as some liked the cover better than the original, while others completely hated the cover. All of this only aided Panic! at the Disco, as many who hated the cover went back to the original, which got Panic! at the Disco even more listeners. Even those who preferred the cover aided the band, as they still got revenue from the cover. Overall, this caused old Panic! at the Disco fans to return to their old love, while also allowing another band's fan base to be introduced to them and also become fans.

No comments:

Post a Comment