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been thinking about eilish several times recently one is, how the breathy voice is optimized for earphones and two is, how the black tears visual is such an intense and powerful visual motif, truly *iconic* https://t.co/NnvpMVy9XU
this is now a thread about iconic visuals first some, supporting evidence that eilish actually got this done this is not an easy feat!! a lot of more successful artists (i'm thinking maybe even rihanna and beyonce?? or mariah carey, etc?) don't have such iconic images https://t.co/Ji8UrBQroX
ok I don't know for sure about the other artists but here's one of my litmus tests for Truly Iconic: will the image be recognized in grainy, distorted black and white, from a distance? very small handful of artists get to have this https://t.co/YwK4ZXm6qy
want another litmus test of how iconic a symbol is? skin in the game, literally: https://t.co/eYyWkL9To2
as a major artist, the tattoos people get of your image are actually probably the best indicator of what you symbolize to them https://t.co/35P5Nmzz0n
I think about this sort of thing a lot if you want to be an icon, you should think about what your iconic image might be you can't really be 100% sure what will take off, but you can take lots of shots until something really hits https://t.co/vlAWDUg8Te
of course, it doesn't have to be of ~you~, it could be the art https://t.co/vPU1bLgip5
Hendrix had 2 really iconic moments – one was setting his guitar on fire at Monterey Pop Festival, 1967 – you can see how much it captured people's imagination at the time https://t.co/JvxUU8rKMA
and the other was playing the Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock in 1969 I believe that iconography can be studied and reverse-engineered, I intend to demonstrate + prove this in my own work eventually https://t.co/6Xoc1y2e3N
Ali Wong thread https://t.co/RT1vO0BIvi
Bowie's Aladdin Sane ⚡️thread🧑🎤👨🎤👩🎤 https://t.co/42y4h9HytS
faceless, by coco dávez https://t.co/Ea1XOEQGEI https://t.co/tjLmMIGn9J
