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The decline in influence of these aging pop icons appears linked to their failure to adapt genuinely to contemporary values. Instead, they resort to shock value and sensationalism, which, in the long run, may accelerate their trajectory into irrelevance. The rise of newer artists who connect more authentically with their audiences suggests that the era of deliberately provocative gender politics in pop may be nearing its end.
In the end, pop culture's obsession with gender spectacle reveals more about the stars’ desperation than societal progress—an attempt to stay in the spotlight by clinging to outdated narratives that the next generation is clearly ready to leave behind.