Members of groups like The Pussycat Dolls, Spice girls, Little Mix etc. were contractually allocated a specific personality and given certain characteristics/mannerisms to make the group dynamic aesthetically perfect. Individual traits must be relatable or else no one would associate with the group. The idea when forming these groups is to increase diversity so that the group as a brand becomes more appealing to all types of people. Their cohesive image must be attractive and appealing to both men and women. And that’s a beautiful thing, until the label use this to their advantage. This all falls upon how they treat the individual girl. Now, this distribution of personas within groups are put in place to influence an individual’s musical contribution to a record. Their behaviours become contractual agreements. Through allocation of these mannerisms, we can see how it influences the verses given per individual on a song. The more likable you are, the more verses you’re given.
From the off, contractually Lauren became the label favourite. At 16, she eluded maturity and talent. Look at their debut single, ‘Miss Movin on’, Lauren and Camila lead. Now, let’s forget “camren” as a concept for 5 minutes. Their voices melodically together sounded beautiful and when together, their personalities complemented each other. There’s one thing no one can deny, and that’s the consistency of Camila’s vocals. From 2012 to now she has always been the one to deliver a flawless performance. I’ve had the privilege of seeing the girls as a 5 piece live three times. Each time, Camila was the one that stood out. She had absolutely no issue with breathing control and her vocal range excelled her talent. I think from 2013, the label favourite then contractually switched to Camila. She became the ‘it’ girl. Her personality is relatable, she’s real and everyone fell in love with that. When Epic realised this, it influenced their treatment towards her. Her being the ‘it’ girl meant they realised she had potential as a solo artist. This is when they begun preparing her and schooling her in a career outside the group, offering her a solo contract for 2015. If I’m honest, I think they completely declined Lauren’s potential and at a point, her confidence fell hence she behaves the way she does. Laurens vocals have changed drastically from 2012 to now, she’s lucky the rasp suits her but I am concerned about further vocal deterioration. I think possibly the label considered her lifestyle choices in regards to her ability and reallocated her parts to someone who took the preservation of their voice more seriously. Since then, she has lacked influence on some of the girl’s most successful hits. Verses in ‘Worth It’ and ‘Work from Home’ were reallocated so Lauren’s vocals were played down. She’s simply a chorus in both. As for Reflection, both Lauren and Dinah were barely heard. Their potential on those records could have been so much more. Unfortunately, that’s purely the labels fault and clauses they induced in the girls contracts. Now personally for me, Dinah is the most capable. She is by far the most underrated out of the 5. Ally and Normani both have unique and incredible talent, however for me nothing compares to Dinah, not even Lauren or Camila. Dinah has misplaced her confidence because she has been a victim of vocal allocation on the debut singles, Reflection and 7/27. I understand during live performances, Dinah struggles with breathing control, but when that is the case, it becomes the label’s responsibility to minimise the choreography and allow her vocals to excel. It’s only when the girls perform acoustically are we really allowed to appreciate Dinah’s capability. At last, on this new album we are witnessing Dinah’s artistic potential. We can feel her vocal range in ‘Don’t Say You Love Me’ (slightly biased but that’s my personal favourite off the album) and it’s amazing. The combination of her and Lauren’s vocals are ethereal. Her temperament is incredible. She is such a sincere, genuine, compassionate young woman. For me, Dinah deserves to be the ‘it’ girl of the group. So regardless of the alloction, its fair to say that groups formed on talent shows are unnatural. Relationships are forced and obligated because participants simply have no other option. If any of the Fifth Harmony girls didn’t sign that initial contract on that day in 2012, none of them would be where they are now. That’s a fact. But this is the reason Epic offer young applicants these contracts. Those formed on X-Factor; Fifth Harmony, Little Mix, One Direction etc. All were aged between 15-19 when they applied. They were manipulated and operated through contracts. More specifically, 5H, Epic/Syco took advantage of 5 young girls and their families who were clueless on industry law. The label morphed their talent and personalities into the mould of a ‘successful’ girl group. They completely belittled their dreams and aspirations down to a contract and a pay cheque. Every single creative and personal right was snatched from the girls the second they signed that initial contract in 2012. Each name; Ally, Camila, Dinah, Lauren and Normani became a brand. Their humanity as young girls/women was stolen from them by a legal piece of paper. Over these 5 years, they’ve been robbed of time, money and optimum success.
[Lauren walking in on Dinah having to wear a duck costume after she lost a bet]
Lauren: Woaahhhh..what is Daffy Duck doing in our bus?
Dinah: Shut the fuck up, Lauser. This isn’t funny.
Lauren: I’m sorry-sorry. I’ll stop.
Lauren:
Dinah:
Lauren: So how are you, Donald Duck?
Dinah, lunging and attacking Lauren: YOU MOTHERFUCKER-
mom once said “going back to an old relationship is like reading your favorite book and expecting a different ending to happen”.. and that’s some shit everyone needs to remember
Damn, save some for the rest of us
she’s so cute
I’m not as big of a camren shipper as I used to be but of course I still love it. But what confuses me is all these little indirect they do , like remember when it was Camilas big first performance at the BBMAS and Lauren surely tweets a few hours before the performance “all eyes on the moon”,, and Lauren knows what that shit does to CS but she does it anyway. And today ty dolla posts two pics of him and Lauren on his Insta story and I mean 15 MINUTES LATER camila puts up a picture with the caption “I remember when I was young and I touched the sun”. Like come on you can’t call people delusional over that it’s so obvious what that statement means ?, now I do understand some people can go very overboard with their theories and delusions, but most of the theories of u gather the facts always end up basically being true , we just don’t have the confirmation from L and C them selves to know wether it was real , but may I say all Camilas female pronouns she’s using in her songs, it all has to end up coming out eventually ,“ a relationship friendship that didn’t end the way I wanted it too u never really got to say the things u wanted to say ” But yeno it could be about anything at the end of the day , but one day the truth will come out and my old little CS heart will be rocking in her old chair with a little smile on her face
Clementine: Why do old people read the Bible so much?
Luke: I asked the old guy standing in front of me at the post office and he said, "It's because we're cramming for finals."
THIS PART HAS ME SCREAMINGGGG