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Why do we love to hate rockstars?
While 'Rockstar' may be Ali's self-parody, the song reflects prevalent societal attitudes towards rockstars and musicians in general.
Rockstars take note: last week two moments in pop culture said a lot about the way society thinks about you.
First, Ali Zafar brought the house down with his cheeky song 'Rockstar' on Coke Studio.
The song, an original composition written by Ali himself, pokes fun at how we stereotype rockstars by adopting the persona of cliched pop celebrity: someone who we like to believe parties all night, falls endlessly in love, wears dark glasses indoors — the works. It goes:
"Kaali kaali rato main kalay chashmay pehan ke aata ho/In the dark of the night, I walk in wearing sunglasses... Ulte seedhay ganay gata hoon/I sing random, nonsensical songs... I'm a superstar, mujhe roze hota hai pyaar/ I fall in love every day."
Ali admits the song is a parody: "When it came to the lyrics, I knew I didn't want to write cliched lyrics about "a" girl. I thought why not [write about] girls and why not [write] about my life and how I feel in general. And then I thought, I dare not take myself seriously, so why not parody my own self. I think sometimes we all need to relax and not take ourselves too seriously."
He also admits that he doesn't quite know what a 'rockstar lifestyle' is, and that his own life is probably quite dissimilar to what people might consider common for a celebrity musician.
"My life is a mixture of various lifestyles," he says. "I have to wear different hats in a day and I like to do justice to each one of them. I want to be the best dad, the best husband, the best son and the best role model, but I also like my freedom and my time to write and create."
While 'Rockstar' may be Ali's self-parody, the song reflects prevalent societal attitudes towards rockstars and musicians in general.
It brought to mind a commercial that aired last week, which highlighted the worryingly common perception that music men (and women, we presume), are the stuff of parental nightmares. Featuring Mikaal Zulfiqar as a spirited punk rocker performing onstage, the ad pans over to his parents who look horrified, and then ask, "Yeh hamara hee beta hai?"
The ad prompted music buffs to jump to the rockstar's defense:
While 'Rockstar' may be Ali's self-parody, the song reflects prevalent societal attitudes towards rockstars and musicians in general.
Rockstars take note: last week two moments in pop culture said a lot about the way society thinks about you.
First, Ali Zafar brought the house down with his cheeky song 'Rockstar' on Coke Studio.
The song, an original composition written by Ali himself, pokes fun at how we stereotype rockstars by adopting the persona of cliched pop celebrity: someone who we like to believe parties all night, falls endlessly in love, wears dark glasses indoors — the works. It goes:
"Kaali kaali rato main kalay chashmay pehan ke aata ho/In the dark of the night, I walk in wearing sunglasses... Ulte seedhay ganay gata hoon/I sing random, nonsensical songs... I'm a superstar, mujhe roze hota hai pyaar/ I fall in love every day."
Ali admits the song is a parody: "When it came to the lyrics, I knew I didn't want to write cliched lyrics about "a" girl. I thought why not [write about] girls and why not [write] about my life and how I feel in general. And then I thought, I dare not take myself seriously, so why not parody my own self. I think sometimes we all need to relax and not take ourselves too seriously."
He also admits that he doesn't quite know what a 'rockstar lifestyle' is, and that his own life is probably quite dissimilar to what people might consider common for a celebrity musician.
"My life is a mixture of various lifestyles," he says. "I have to wear different hats in a day and I like to do justice to each one of them. I want to be the best dad, the best husband, the best son and the best role model, but I also like my freedom and my time to write and create."
While 'Rockstar' may be Ali's self-parody, the song reflects prevalent societal attitudes towards rockstars and musicians in general.
It brought to mind a commercial that aired last week, which highlighted the worryingly common perception that music men (and women, we presume), are the stuff of parental nightmares. Featuring Mikaal Zulfiqar as a spirited punk rocker performing onstage, the ad pans over to his parents who look horrified, and then ask, "Yeh hamara hee beta hai?"
The ad prompted music buffs to jump to the rockstar's defense:
