BTW start a self-empowerment trend?

[Mr S 7,676]

From a Billboard article about Pink:

P!nk has never chased pop music trends: there isn’t a hit in her catalogue that benefited from the help of a superstar DJ or a rapper du jour. It would be easy to argue that she rode the wave of post-”Born This Way” self-empowerment jams with “Raise Your Glass,” but was there a more natural fit for the genre’s subject matter? P!nk has been underestimated since her arrival -- a song that celebrates underdogs makes sense.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7898268/pink-what-about-us-underrated-juggernaut

 

Did Lady Gaga, or more specifically "Born This Way", start a wave of self-empowerment songs?

[hpmcmill 1,892]

Yes 

[elijahfan 23,714]

I don't know about the musical landscape, it seems like empowering songs have always been there. But I'd say it definitely started a conversation. Not to mention it completely changed my life, but that's another story.

[dannydevito 10,658]

they only said the title of the song tho, for all we know they could be referring to this

 

[Decodekid 24,711]

Katy did get inspired

Roar

Dark Horse

Rise 

Witness Deluxe.. 

[Thomas P 18,380]

Not really. Firework and about a cagillion other songs were all out before hand.

EDIT wtf you misquoted the article. It says "you could argue she followed the 2010-2011 trend" not post born This Way...

[ryanripley 86,575]

born this way certainly had impact and so did the tour

[Mr S 7,676]

12 minutes ago, Thomas P said:

Not really. Firework and about a cagillion other songs were all out before hand.

But the writer said so

[Thomas P 18,380]

Just now, GrigioGirl1 said:

But the writer said so

I read the article and I didn't see it. 

[Mr S 7,676]

17 minutes ago, Thomas P said:

 

EDIT wtf you misquoted the article. It says "you could argue she followed the 2010-2011 trend" not post born This Way...

I'm confused. I'm not sure I misquoted it at all. 

[Miel 15,009]

To an extent, yeah, I'd say it did.

There were a lot of songs coming out around that time that kind of fit that theme, and a chunk before BTW itself, but I don't think any of them hit as directly and straightforward as BTW's lyrical material. It might not have been the start of the 2010-11 "empowerment pop" trend, but it definitely was the poster child of it.