Beyond the Label: Why the Music Industry is a Marketing Facade and celebrity = familiarity.

Is the Music Business Real? A Look Behind the Celebrity Curtain

The music business is a strange concept. It is essentially a collection of people who have gathered to form a group that possesses a great deal of money and power. But who actually owns music? No one owns music. The importance of a record label is entirely a matter of perspective. If you view the situation against the backdrop of the entire galaxy, a label isn’t important at all; however, if you are looking at it from the standpoint of a single city, that same label might seem like a monumental force.

In the context of infinite space and galaxies light-years away, things on Earth seem so small. If you were to take a rocket ship to a distant planet, how much would a record label or a streaming service matter to you? These things would lose all meaning. You would see clearly that music simply is. It is something anyone can create and enjoy. There are no rules, despite what the industry says. They claim certain people must make the decisions and control the business, but no one is truly in control. Your trajectory depends on your own drive; if you never give up, no one can stop you.

The “celebrity” is a similar facade. A celebrity is simply someone who is seen repeatedly. When you see a person for the first time, you ask, “Who is that?” Then you see them in a commercial, then a movie, then on television. This repetition creates a false sense of familiarity that places the person on a pedestal. Celebrity is fictional. It shouldn’t be worshipped; rather, the talent and the drive for the arts should be enjoyed for what they are. Instead, it has turned into a circus: paparazzi chasing cars and fans buying out outfits just because a famous person wore them. Why follow a celebrity’s style when you can set your own? It is all a marketing ploy, and people fall for it every day.

In reality, celebrities have nothing over the average person. In fact, the most talented person in the world is likely someone who has never publicly shown their gift, choosing instead to enjoy it for themselves. I think the fascination with fame will eventually fade. It has already started, but there is a long way to go.

This is the story of an A-list celebrity who travels to a planet light-years away and discovers that no one knows who she is. On this world, she enjoys the freedom of walking in broad daylight without bodyguards. She can go on a shopping spree or simply exist as non-celebrities do. She could never do these things back on Earth, where people are consumed by envy and the desire to be near her. There, she can’t even step outside without a camera flash exploding in her face.

This newfound freedom made her realize just how small she—and her problems—really are. Looking back at Earth, she wondered why people scream when she enters a room or chase her down a hall just to have her sign a piece of paper with a human, mortal hand that is no different than their own. Sometimes the hysteria over her persona scares her.

She wondered: if people traveled as far as she had and saw the wonders of other worlds, would she become “normal” to them? Would she be just another human presence rather than a “superstar”? She believed so, because they would finally see the scale of the universe. Once you leave Earth, the arguments, the drama, and the problems seem to disappear, simply by changing one’s viewpoint.

How could she return and not bring this realization back with her? Should she write a book about her journey? Would people even believe her, or would they think it was just a dream? One thing was certain: there was no going back to her celebrity life on Earth. Her freedom could only be found by remaining distant—very distant—from her home planet.