It's not enough to smile in front of the cameras or take a luxury vacation to be a pop star. It means leaving blood, sweat and tears in the recording studio and on stage to offer engaging music and demonstrate your talent. It means forgetting what the tabloid papers say and working hard to make connections, promote yourself and constantly improve your music and moves. Do you think you have what it takes to become a pop star?
Steps
Part 1 of 3: Having the Cards in Settlement
Step 1. You must have a healthy image
Most pop stars have this in common - at least when they started. Just consider Justin Bieber, early Miley Cyrus, N * SYNC members, Britney on the cover of "… Baby One More Time" or, indeed, any other pop star. Everyone has this healthy image, a glimmer of innocence, as if the worst thing they could do was stay out of time. While it gets a little trickier when you start adding a healthy dose of sex appeal to this look, try to focus on the healthy look at first.
- People want a pop star that they can mirror themselves in, not an overly eccentric style artist or bad boy with whom they have nothing in common. Your audience needs to remember that you are not that different from the person next door.
- Keep in mind that pop stars typically attract an audience of teenagers or even pre-teens. Parents of your fans should feel safe when they send them to your concert.
Step 2. Cultivate some sex appeal
The perfect pop star needs to add a touch of sensuality to that good girl image she conveys at first glance. You have to be slightly sexy or, at least, have the potential, just so you can truly conquer the audience. It's hard to balance between innocence and sex appeal; To begin with, you should find a way to show off a few extra inches of skin, without ceasing to respect your body. Think of the video for "… Baby One More Time": Britney was dressed like a schoolgirl, but with her belly showing. Try to be an explosive mix of sympathy and sex appeal, without having too adult attitudes though.
- Show some extra skin, so fans can get to know your sexy side. That said, you should only do this if it doesn't cause you discomfort. You don't have to undress all the time to please people.
- Having sex appeal doesn't just mean uncovering your belly or smiling suggestively in front of cameras. You should also go to gigs by being confident and satisfied with your look and what you have to offer. Stand straight, look in front of you, don't stare at the floor, don't cross your arms, and don't seem unhappy with your physical appearance.
- Having sex appeal partly means mastering the art of flirting. When you talk to people, whether they are journalists or other artists, you should show your playful, sensual and fun side. You don't have to completely let your guard down, but flirt.
Step 3. Study singing
Of course, not all pop stars in history were born with the voice of an angel. However, if you want a lasting career, you need to start strengthening your vocal cords and improving their extension. You can take singing lessons and work on improving the talent you already have, but if you start from scratch, it will be difficult to achieve great results. Sure, some pop stars are famous precisely because they lack vocal skills, lip-sync or use computer-generated voices, but you can do better. Think of a Mariah or a Whitney: no one has ever accused them of not having a beautiful voice.
- This will require you to be honest with yourself and ask for outside opinions. Reach out to friends and mentors for an honest assessment of your skills. Of course, if you really believe you have what it takes, you shouldn't let people put you down or tell you who you should be. On the other hand, if everyone tells you that you don't have good vocal power, then it would be best to reconsider your plan.
- If you are a teenager or have a long way ahead of you, keep in mind that the voice can change. A boy who has a soft, high-pitched voice before puberty may very well find himself a deeper voice once he develops. This does not mean that you will get better or worse, but that you should prepare for the change.
Step 4. Become a good dancer
You don't have to move like Michael Jackson to become a successful pop star. However, it is worth starting with a course, which allows you to gain pace and find the moves that are right for you. Even if your movements are clumsy at first, nothing stops you from becoming the next Selena Gomez or the future Justin Timberlake. It is essential to have the willpower needed to learn, the rest will come by itself. You should take dance lessons to start finding your rhythm, and remember that you will collaborate with an instructor even once you have achieved success. Also, you need coordination to be able to sing and dance on stage.
Being confident is essential. If your dance teacher or team notices you are struggling, they will make sure to create a choreography with simple movements that you can work with without difficulty. If you manage to take easy steps, everything will be fine. The important thing is to be willing to learn and not feel embarrassed when you step out of your comfort zone in order to become good
Step 5. Be consistent
Insisting is another important aspect of becoming a pop star. As with any other career in the art world, luck and determination play a significant role. Just because your first attempt at making yourself known or getting noticed by an agent doesn't go very well doesn't mean you have to give up and find another path to follow. Instead, you need to remember that many doors will be slammed in your face before you reach the summit. Even the most famous stars, like Madonna, started out as a waiter and waited a long time to succeed. If you really want to chase such a dream, you need to be prepared for the rejections that will ensue.
In other words, if you really want to be a pop star, you have to learn not to let yourself be dented by anything. You have to be sure of your identity and what you have to offer if you want to get anywhere, otherwise you will let others destroy you before you have the slightest chance. Are you truly sensitive, vulnerable or insecure? You definitely need to work on your self-esteem before giving it a try
Step 6. Try to believe in yourself, but don't be self-centered
Being a pop star means receiving criticism from the tabloids for everything you do, whether you put on 5kg or are accused of having a lover. You will need to be able to deal with annoying and false gossip, and treat it as if it is part of the game. If you doubt yourself every single time someone questions your style choices or your relationship, then you won't be able to make it. Instead, you must learn to accept praise, listen to constructive criticism, and ignore the unnecessary hatred they show you if you want to be successful. You have to love who you are and believe in yourself to make it into this world.
- The fact that pop stars fall apart after achieving success is not a stereotype. The endless criticisms can deeply touch many artists. This means you need to get a healthy idea of your identity and uniqueness before letting the tabloids eat you alive.
- Even the safest pop stars doubt themselves every now and then. However, having no self-esteem, it will be difficult to stay strong. If you know you have to work hard to learn to believe in yourself, you should do what you can before you jump into this industry.
Step 7. You must be willing to work hard
Some people think pop stars just have to smile, wear nice clothes, and hang out in clubs. However, true talent has a lot of work behind it. If you are going to be successful and stick with it, then you need to be able to work hard every day. It's like having any job, only it's harder. It will often take more than 8 hours a day to record songs, choreographies, play great concerts, promote yourself, maintain a good presence in the media, and make sure you give it your all.
- If you like to sleep late, are lazy by nature, and spend most of your free time on television and friends, then this career may not be for you.
- If you want to keep growing as an artist, then you can't settle for the minimum. You always have to make sure you are perfecting the choreography and lyrics of the songs, but also strive to improve further. The public won't keep following you if you stop doing quality work. He will want you to grow and evolve so that you don't lose interest. And this does not fall from the sky.
Step 8. Cultivate an interesting look
This doesn't mean you need to have a perfect body, but you definitely need to get noticed. Think Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga or Pitbull; it is often more important to present a look that intrigues people and prompts them to remind you than having conventional beauty. So, if you don't want to be the classic pop star with a pretty face, you can find something else that makes you stand out, be it special piercings, a different aesthetic sense or an eccentric hairstyle. You shouldn't force an image that doesn't belong to you just to get noticed, but you should identify that factor that will allow you to stand out.
Pop stars often reinvent themselves. You can find a look that allows you to stand out, and then tweak or improve it to continue to be interesting. Lady Gaga, for example, is always recognizable, despite the changes made to her hair, style and appearance in general, and therefore never bores
Part 2 of 3: Making the Dream Come true
Step 1. Network a lot
If you have everything in order to become a pop star, you should get noticed at this point. Having talent, determination and sex appeal isn't enough if you want to be successful and get somewhere. You need to prepare to promote yourself by networking. It may seem boring or not very spontaneous, but that's how you put yourself in the game. Take every possible opportunity to meet producers, other artists, dancers, songwriters or people connected to the industry.
- Accept party invitations, get noticed, and be assertive when you introduce yourself to people, without being annoying.
- Put your pride aside and talk to people you probably would never speak to. This will allow you to start circulating your name and find future opportunities. In short, you will make yourself known.
- It might seem unnatural to talk to someone just to introduce yourself, but you shouldn't feel this way. Unfortunately, it's hard to get noticed just because of your talent, and you have to work hard to stand out.
- Nowadays, a lot of networking comes from being on social networks. Open a Twitter account and use it every day, create a fan page on Facebook, update your site and post photos on Instagram. Sad but true: If you don't make connections online and don't get noticed frequently, people may forget you.
Step 2. Enter a talent contest
Applying is a great way to start getting known and noticed. You should take a look at the competitions in your area, ideal for starting to make a name for yourself and understand what it means to have a competition. This can be especially useful if you live in a small town and want to make it big. In any case, to go big, you should move to a big city or try to participate in singing competitions that are broadcast on television, such as "The Voice". The more you stand out, the more likely you are to break through.
Obviously, it doesn't mean you'll get caught after taking your first audition, but that's not the point either. The idea is to get used to the fact that you will compete with other people and understand how the system works
Step 3. Record your music
If you want to become a pop star, then you have to enter a recording studio. It is not enough to hit the judges of a competition. Do you write your lyrics? Then register them and send them to the producers. While it is expensive to do this, you should invest or look for someone to do it for you so you can get into a professional firm and get a clean and interesting job. You can start by recording a couple of singles, or even make an entire album if you have enough material to do it. It is an important step to be successful.
If you are planning on recording in a professional studio, then it would be good to thoroughly rehearse all of your material before you start recording. Don't waste your time and money
Step 4. Send your music to the producers
After you're done recording, it's important to propose what you've accomplished to the big boys in the industry, so you'll take a step forward on the road to success. If you can find an agent before this step, that's better, but you can also try it yourself, just do it right. Find out and do some research before sending your songs to producers looking for new talent and who work with artists similar to you, but not too much. Make sure you adequately describe yourself and professionally prepare your music.
- Be consistent. Just because some producer turned down your work doesn't mean you should stop proposing. In fact, it means you'll have to put in even more effort.
- That said, if various manufacturers give you the same opinion, you should consider whether what they say is basically true. If you believe you can do something to change the sound and make it more interesting in the eyes of record companies and fans, you should focus on this aspect before continuing to submit a work that you no longer believe valid.
Step 5. Continue to be present on the internet
To be able to fulfill your wish, then you have to import online. You can do this before you even break through, in order to show that you already have fans and that there are people interested in you and your work. You can create interesting content, post something at least once a day to update those who follow you, and engage hundreds or thousands of followers. You can upload videos to YouTube, add a blog to the website, show photos and do what you can to become famous.
If a manufacturer or agent shows interest in you, they will likely google you right away. He will need to realize that you are a professional who knows how to promote himself and that he is working hard to become famous
Step 6. Keep studying
While it is important to make your wish come true, you shouldn't completely give up your studies to do so. You can dream big, but also be realistic, because maybe it won't work. You should have a backup plan. Whether you stay in school, hire a tutor, or continue to study alone as you try to make it, don't neglect your education; this way you will always have the opportunity to do other things in life if it doesn't go well in the music industry.
- You don't want to be 20 without having a diploma. During your teens you have to do your schoolwork first, so if it doesn't go well in the music business, you can go to college or get a job.
- This doesn't mean thinking the worst and believing you can't do it, but acting sensibly for your future.
Part 3 of 3: Lifestyle
Step 1. Find out who your friends are
If you can become a pop star, you need to make sure you keep your head on your shoulders. You will find yourself surrounded by new friends and acquaintances, by people you would never have met if you hadn't become famous. Some will be sincere, will love you and will look like you, others will be parasites who will want to be with you only for personal gain. It is important to proceed with lead and not give your trust to anyone. Get to know people before you consider them friends and don't tell your secrets to the first one who passes by. This will help you find people who will like you for who you are, not because of your fame.
- While it doesn't seem natural to you to behave cautiously when introducing someone to you, it's important to do so to protect yourself. Ask yourself if your new friends are really interested in meeting you, or if they just want to use you to go to fun parties or on vacation.
- The same reasoning applies to romantic relationships. Make sure you date someone who really wants to get to know you, don't appear on the tabloids with you or use you to promote their own clothing line.
Step 2. Prepare to work for a long time
Being a pop star isn't just about staying in luxury hotels and tweeting photos in a bathing suit. It is challenging and you will have to give your all. If it's a career for you, obviously you'll have to work around the clock, and you'll never take real breaks. Not only will you always have to engage in singing, dancing and music, you will need to cultivate a positive public image and remind people that you are there. Of course, if you're really cut out for this lifestyle, you won't have a problem.
Even when you go out, attend the awards ceremony or go to a party you will have to remember that you are at work, because it is important to take care of your image. Getting drunk or engaging in brawling in public is a bad move for your career. You will always have to demonstrate exemplary behavior, you will not be able to take breaks from this
Step 3. Keep reinventing yourself
While it's important to create an image and remind people that you are relevant, you can't repeat the same thing over and over again, especially if you grow up over the course of your career. Sure, it's okay to be the innocent guy next door at first, but you'll either mature significantly as an artist or be interested in exploring other sides of your talent, so it's vital to change.
- Think Justin Timberlake, who started out as a pop star with a clean image and blonde curls and then showed his bad boy side, became an actor and embarked on a successful career in R&B. If you're sick of singing the same old songs, then it's time to find your new you, a better version.
- Of course, you still need to keep what fans love about you. Completely changing your career, for example from pop music to rap, could lead you to lose a slice of the audience. Find a way to stay yourself and add dynamic changes to your routine.
Step 4. Ignore the tabloids
If you are truly into your career then you will need to prepare yourself for all the negativity that will ensue, gossip and rumors. People will say negative, and mostly false, things about you for the sole purpose of making you demoralized and self-doubt. You need to learn to avoid the rumors, whether they think you are pregnant or in a rehab facility. Some celebrities don't read tabloid papers at all, while others use their social media expertise to counter. Whatever decision you make, it's vital that you don't let people make you feel bad or stop you from chasing your dreams.
All celebrities, even the most beloved ones, have had to endure a lot of gossip and rumors. Think it's just an initiation rite. Unfortunately, you can't do much to keep people from talking badly about you, but you can control your reaction to all this hatred
Step 5. Know who you are
The hardest part is keeping your identity once you become a pop star. It can seem almost impossible to do this when there are millions of voices in your head telling you how to behave and what to become. It is vital that you never forget your first dream, without ending up acting or looking like a completely different person. Ultimately, your aim is to be satisfied with the work done, to positively involve your fans. Don't forget who you were before you became famous, and you will be able to keep track of yourself.
- While it's essential to make new friends and engage in other relationships to become a pop star, don't forget your old friends and family. They are there to keep you grounded, and will help you remember where you come from.
- While it can be difficult to be alone when you're a pop star, it's important to take time out for yourself, journaling, and making sure you meet the goals you have in mind. Being constantly surrounded by other people and traveling from one city to another, it will be difficult to slow down and remember why you dreamed of becoming a pop star.
