#// even at the start of my persona phase 2017-present there is NOTHING of me making him look like That

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one of my most outstanding achievements I like to be aware of is that I am a "adachi tag most used tag" blogger and I haven't drawn edgy villain "I'm sick of the world" art of him once

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Growing Up With Artists: The Then and The Now

I remember being it was about 2005 when I started listening to music, and I’m not ashamed to admit that it was mostly Radio Disney. The songs that DJ Ernie D. played were what nearly everyone my age was into at the time. It ranged from music from a movie about a musical, to a girl leading the double-life of a popstar, to three brothers jamming it out. Then come the end of middle school were five British lads took the world by storm, despite having lost a talent competition. Who were they again? With 2017 only a few months shy from bowing out, it seems that all these artists have gone on to do their own thing and I can say that it’s stuff I can still genuinely appreciate. It’s funny though, listening to a singer’s early work, followed by their latest musical endeavors. While I’ve grown up, they have as well, and it’s a rather surreal experience come to think of it. Here are some of my favorite songs by those I’ve grown up listening to, both from their past and their present.

1. Year 3000 (Cover) by The Jonas Brothers (2006): The Jonas Brothers were my first favorite band and I had Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas’ faces all over my bedroom walls on posters that I had gotten from Pop! Magazine. This was the song that introduced me to the JoBros and trust me, it was a life altering moment. It was everything a young eight/nine-year-old me could want in a song, an upbeat melody that put butterflies in my stomach and sing along to with my best friends. 

2. Cake by the Ocean by DNCE (2015): When I first heard this song, I was like “oh, this is catchy,” and would hum along every time it played. Then I found out it was Joe Jonas and it was as though someone had just slapped me across the face. When did my eight-year-old dream go from singing about time traveling, to singing about having sex on the beach? Of course, there’s nothing wrong with this change, it was just strange to say the least. It made me wonder if he had any regrets from Jonas Brothers past. 

3. We’re All in this Together by The Cast of High School Musical (2006): Oh HSM, this movie was so pure and its soundtrack is still embedded in my memory to this day. There was nothing more epic than its finale song, We’re All in this Together, which was all about unity and how if we work together, everything will be just dandy. Classic Disney, right? It was the song that brought together all of movie’s stars in one iconic sing/dance number that anyone who grew up during this time will be able to recall. When I listen to this song today, it’s as though I’m back in 2006, ELEVEN years ago, still crushing on that dreamboat, Troy Bolton.

4. You’re Always Here by Ashley Tisdale (2013): In 2013, Ashley Tisdale released this single in honor of her late grandfather. The song is about finding the strength to cope through a loss. 

“And in the darkest night I feel you by my side. What will be will be You’re always here with me.” 

She went from making me laugh hysterically in her role as Sharpay Evans, to making me tear up as just Ashley. Tisdale’s lyrics resonate with me in ways I can’t describe, having too lost someone close to me. This song may not be perfect, but it's personal. It’s different from her days in HSM, but I think it’s a step forward.

5. Best of Both Worlds by Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana (2006): It was the very first time we were introduced to Miley Cyrus, and it wasn’t technically as herself. Hannah Montana was the embodiment of that popstar fantasy that I know most of us have dreamt of at one point or another. By means of this song, it was as though we got a chance to live that dream, even if it was just for a few minutes.

6. Malibu by Miley Cyrus (2017): We’ve all followed the evolution of Miley Cyrus, it’s inevitable. From the Hannah Montana days, to that weird Bangerz era, we’ve seen it all. If we’re looking for the artist that has changed the most, Miley takes the prize. This new phase however, is something that brings fragments of the old Miley back, but with a more mature twist. I smiled when I first heard this song, not because I liked it (which I do), but because I felt as though it was familiar, yet pleasantly different at the same time. 

7. What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction (2011): Probably the most overplayed song of 2011, but you can’t deny it was so damn catchy. The band ruled the world for a bittersweet five years, but even after their reign as group, we still can’t help but love them all. Listening to their first single, you remember the days when they were all teenagers thrust into the limelight thanks to one Simon Cowell. I may not have admitted back then, but I loved this song and still do. It was back when all I worried about was my middle school crush and the thought of high school (how pathetic) was just too overwhelming.

8. Sign of the Times by Harry Styles (2017): In my humble opinion, I think this must be the best musical transformation on this list. Harry Styles has taken on this 80s-inspired rocker persona, and I honestly can’t get enough of it. His debut single Sign of the Times is emotional and spellbinding in every way. All it takes is the first few notes, and I guarantee you I’ll tear up. The cheeky curly-haired boy that first appeared on the X-Factor UK is now this grown-ass man that’s rocking his heart out to the fullest as a solo artist.

Isn’t it crazy how someone you adored as child is still very much part of your life all these years later? If I’m remembering this correctly I was still seven when the Jonas Brothers, High School Musical and Hannah Montana filled my iPod Nano. Then that collection was later introduced to One Direction. Now, at almost 20 years old, these older songs (well, most of them anyway) are still played frequently. I’m thankful that these people continue to make music, despite the differences from their younger counterparts. In a time where things seem to be moving too fast, it’s comforting to be able to hold on to elements of the past, while enjoying the moments of the present.

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Britney Spears' Greatest Cultural Contribution Is Her Instagram Account

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Britney Spears' Greatest Cultural Contribution Is Her Instagram Account

In smoky eye makeup and a fuzzy blue bathrobe, retired pop princess Britney Spears belts Frank Sinatra lyrics into her iPhone camera and, as a result, into the broader cyber universe. “I want to be a part of it / New York, New York,” she coos in a video posted to Instagram earlier this year, punctuated by an extra helping of vibrato and a filter that not only douses the performance in a cascade of golden stars but digitally endows Spears with a pair of furry ears and the voice of a drunken baby chipmunk.

“Who doesn’t love Sinatra??” the caption reads.

“Hear, hear!” more than 1.6 million followers implied with the tap of a “like.”

Spears’ lovably erratic Ol’ Blue Eyes impression is not an anomaly. After conquering the world of pop music and enduring a paparazzi-chronicled meltdown in 2007, she has reemerged over a decade later as an unapologetic social media superuser. Her Instagram in particular, a hodgepodge of corny jokes, earnest mantras and inexplicably hypnotic selfie videos, functions like a repository of all the things that make the internet good.

Of course, I am eternally grateful for all of the sonic gems Britney Jean Spears has gifted us followers. (My first concert was Spears in her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana; I frequently attempt the choreography to “I’m a Slave 4U” when I reach peak drunk and still tear up while listening to “Everytime.”) But when it comes to Spears’ most influential, unusual and profound cultural contribution, I have to point to her multifaceted, sincere and utterly confounding Instagram feed.

I mean it. Spears’ Instagram is rife with the kind of unfiltered millennial soul-searching that can seem overproduced or unapproachable in the hands of, say, Kim Kardashian or Beyoncé. To her 18 million Instagram subscribers, Spears is certainly still the superhuman we’ve come to love, a master of metamorphosis who’s traversed the classic phases of womanhood ― Mickey Mouse Club starlet, precious schoolgirl, snake-wielding sexpot, fame-tainted “trainwreck” and, finally, Vegas icon ― in the early-internet public eye. But now, online and selfie-savvy, Spears is also a mother, patriot, Nietzschean scholar, Christian, yogi, food critic, Hillary Clinton stan, painter, tomboy and girly girl) ― all in one constantly updated feed.

Her social media persona is so enchanting because it complicates, rather than calcifies, fans’ understanding of a star.

Spears’ ability to provoke a pure sense of bewilderment and fascination is a rare feat amid an infinite feed of influencers. In one post, she’s the basic-as-hell girl next door, posting inspirational quotes like “keep the ones that heard you when you never said a word” and milquetoast jokes like “just let me shop & no one gets hurt.” But then there are the posts that don’t fit the mold, like the minion memes, elephant pics, black-and-white images of “antique children” and trippy New Age artwork.

And of course, the true showstoppers: videos of Spears herself strutting, twirling, pouting and teasing. The clips somehow feel spontaneous, even DIY, although they’re clearly cut from many takes featuring multiple costume changes.

Therein lies the allure: Spears does little to cover up the effort behind her montages. Rejecting concerted nonchalance in favor of unapologetic effort, she showcases a sincerity so exposed it becomes vulnerability. For someone who’s been so thoroughly shaped and tormented by a greedy public, Spears’ radical openness feels especially fearless.  

I brought up my obsession with Spears’ Instagram in a recent email exchange with culture writer Mallika Rao (also a former HuffPost colleague), who’s written about the mysteries of self-representation online. Spears’ social media sagacity, she agreed, stems in part from her total disregard of self-conscious curation, which allows her to jump from posting calculus equations to providing bikini thirst traps in the blink of an eye.

“Instagram is a brand management tool, even among people branded as ‘creative’ or ‘iconoclastic,’��� Rao wrote to me. “Britney does not seem to care for brand management. She uses Instagram as kids once used home videos, to work out fantasies for an imaginary viewer. Her primary beneficiary ― her perfect viewer ― seems to be herself.”

One of the most iconic of Spears’ Instagram posts, uploaded in October 2017, is a video of the multidisciplinary artist painting flowers and swirls on a canvas outside a Versailles-esque mansion I can only assume is her home. “Sometimes you just gotta play!!!!!! 🤓😜💋💅🏻👩‍🎨🎨👯👗👛👒👠🦄🦋🐠🌹💥💥” the caption says.

There are so many things to love about this video: That Mozart’s “Turkish March” is playing in the background; that Spears, perched with one leg on a stool like a flamingo, starts out wearing a men’s button-down shirt over her white pushup sports bra and workout shorts before the vid jump-cuts to an outfit change with a kimono robe; the way she purses her lips in a pensive yet flattering pout before each blessed stroke. 

Above all, Spears exhibits almost no artifice while presenting her Art to the masses. Again, it’s not that she’s not trying in her presentation, but that she’s clearly trying so hard. The evidence of her effort is written all over the post, its deliberate staging ringing truer than forced authenticity. The video, described by Glamour as “delightfully bizarre,” quickly went viral, and the Spears original painting ended up selling for $10,000. (For more Spears painting content, check out this equally primo gem.)

Since she was a teen, Spears has lived her life on a stage, perhaps preparing her for our post-Insta reality, in which privacy is a right we’ve all gleefully abandoned. In her book Trainwreck, Sady Doyle describes the impossible tightrope Spears was forced to walk in the prime of her fame. To avoid public scorn, she had to be “virgin and pin-up, wide-eyed innocent and worldly temptress, icon of cool and conservative Christian role model, she would always have to be both and neither, everything and nothing.”

It’s no surprise that this unimaginable pressure made Spears crumble. And as Doyle put it, her suffering became a form of entertainment, plastered across Us Weekly and TMZ. As a result, Spears’ life between 2008 and 2016 was governed by a court-approved conservatorship, meaning her father, sister and lawyer were in charge of her personal and financial decisions.

After staying out of the spotlight and rebuilding her life and self, Spears appeared on Instagram not as a symbol of desirable femininity or calamitous adulthood but as a real, weird person with interests and a sense of humor and a passion for strutting down the catwalk. For Spears, a public figure who was asked to embody the contradictory values of sanctioned womanhood from an extremely young age, this newfound freedom appears intoxicating. 

“People are obsessed with Britney’s Instagram because it offers some glimpses of hope,” critic Alicia Eler, author of The Selfie Generation wrote to HuffPost. 

As Rao put it: “We re-meet someone we thought we knew until she left in a haze of mystery,” she told me of Spears, “turning into herself and turning notions of fame on their head.”

In yet another classic Britney post, the singer stands alone in her cavernous living room wearing a little black dress and belts “I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You” using the same affected tone she’s rocked since she was a teen. No one is in the room for the performance, save for whoever is moving the camera around Spears for the full 360-degree view the video affords. Unapologetically, she got all dressed up to perform for Britney, and Britney alone. 

“I’ve always wanted to do a performance like this,” the caption reads, “singing in a pretty little black dress, with a simple 360, one take shot! I figured since it was my birthday, why not go for it?! So boom 💥 When the clock struck 12:00, I did it!!!”

For us non-famous normies, social media can offer a space to pretend that things worked out differently. On the platform, friends become followers, not unlike fans; documentation of the most mundane activities suddenly warrants attention and praise. We can use digital space to curate and perform the platonic versions of ourselves.

Spears, who grew up famous and in the spotlight, uses Instagram to do the opposite.

In the words of Spears herself, “Sometimes you just gotta play!!!!!! 🤓😜💋💅🏻👩‍🎨🎨👯👗👛👒👠🦄🦋🐠🌹💥💥.”

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The killing of Charice Pempengco ...and the birthing of Jake Zyrus

So you think you have heard it all? No, you haven’t.

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This much has been revealed:

Charice Pempengco is “dead;” long live Jake Zyrus!;

Jake has his boobs removed and he’s taking hormones preparatory to his transition to full-fledged manhood; and

Jake has broken up (dumped?) with Alyssa Quijano for a new non-showbiz girl.

On Oct. 6 at the Music Museum, the newest kid on the block will make his formal introduction at a concert aptly titled I Am Jake, produced by The Mad Union Entertainment Production and Echo Jham Productions. It will be Jake’s coming-out party, directed by Calvin Neria with Troy Laureta as musical director (he’s a Fil-Am keyboardist and record producer who has worked with international artists such as Ariana Grande, Deborah Cox, Iggy Azalea and David Foster who is like a second father to Jake).

“I’m excited about the concert because I will be able to finally express my real self,” Jake told Conversations. “I’m also excited about the kind of music that I will be performing. The concert is perfect for those who want to celebrate themselves.”

Added Calvin, “It might not be the birit singer that you will see on stage but you will be surprised what Jake will present.”

Aside from the tattoos (one in honor of his mom Raquel and another in memory of his dad) all over his arms, Jake bared more of his new persona in an exclusive Conversation.

Why didn’t you have the names of your lovers also immortalized on your arms? You have more than enough space.

(Laughs) “Parang Johnny Depp, hahahaha! May tattoo siyang ‘Wynona Forever’ when Wynona Ryder was his girlfriend and when they broke up, he had the ‘na’ erased and what remained was ‘Wyno Forever.’ Parang ganoon? Hahaha!!!”

If memory serves, I stood as one of theninongs/ninangs at the baptism of Charice Pempengco and her confirmation as a Roman Catholic. What happened to her?

“Nag-abroad na, hahahaha!!!”

Since you are not my inaanak, I am withholding my gift for you.

“Ganoon po?”

Very BB Gandanghari who said that she killed Rustom Padilla but she couldn’t be accused of murder. No body, no evidence, no crime. See?

“Ganoon po ba yon? Hahahaha!!!”

There are so many Jakes already — Jake Gyllenhaal, Jake Cuenca, Jake Vargas, Jake Ejercito and Citizen Jake (the titular character of Mike de Leon’s comeback movie starring Atom Araullo). Why not Jack?

“Kasi that’s how I feel, eh. Actually, I had many choices — Christian, Kyle. Hindi ko pinili na dapatsomething na close to Charice. I stood in front of the mirror and mentioned the names na napupusuan ko.When I mentioned Jake Zyrus, kinilig ako. Nice name, di ba? Jake Zyrus.”

So kamag-anak mo na si Miley?

“Pinsan, hahahaha!!!”

Isn’t your “pinsan” coming out yet (joke!)?

“Ikakasal na nga, eh…kay Liam (Hemsworth), di ba?”

Have you already told your Ninang Oprah (Winfrey)?

“Actually, kay Miss Oprah ako unang nag-come out as ‘trans’ in 2014 during my last guesting on her show. It was overwhelming! She called the staffers who used to work for her para daw it would feel like the first time, the same staffers whom I met when I first guested on the show. Miss Oprah had them fly to Chicago. Napaka-tahimik! It was a one-on-one interview. Then, Miss Oprah broke the silence, ‘I’m so proud of you! I’ve been following you!’ Updated talaga siya, silang lahat!”

Hindi ba siya na-shocked?

“Not at all. Feeling ko may alam na sila. Sir David (Foster) was also among the first to know. It didn’t come as a surprise to them.”

So are you going to change your name in your passport, passbook and other documents?

“I will still be using my passport with my full name in it, Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco, unless magpa-sex reassignment ako. Wala pa naman ako dun.”

Are you really having a sex reassignment?

“As a transgender, it’s important for me to feel complete, to feel whole. Everything matters, not only the way we dress up; ang puso, isip at damdamin namin ay lalake kami. Iba-iba kami. A lesbian is different from a transgender. Ang lesbian, they know in their heart na babae pa rin sila. May lipstick lesbian, ‘yung hindi halata kasi babaeng-babae ang dating. May butch, yung nagdadamit babae, nagku-cross-dresssila. Transsexuals are those that have undergone sex reassignment.”

So are you serious about having sex reassignment?

“Not anytime soon. I’m in the transition process, kumbaga nagbibinata pa lang ako, hehehehe!!! I’m just enjoying everything, all the changes. That will happen but as I’ve said, not anytime soon. Kumukuha pa ako ng lakas ng loob.”

You’ve been taking hormones. Doesn’t it affect your voice?

“The hormones are being injected every three months. I had my second shot last week. No effect on my voice; only the range will change. If I hit high notes, high notes na ‘yon ng lalake, hindi sa babae.”

So talagang happy ka na ngayon?

“Yes, I feel so free, so happy, so relaxed. Before, every time I performed as Charice, I was careful about my movement, parang lahat may wall…teka, ano ba itong ginagawa ko, baka may mapansin sila. May mga anxiety akong ganoon, may halong pagkukunwari; ingat na ingat ako.”

In short, you were not your real self.

“Even when I came out as a lesbian, I knew that I was not really a lesbian. At that time kasi, you are either tomboy or bakla. I was afraid that I might be bullied. Yon lang ang nire-recognize nila. They were not yet talking about transgender or the other types. Now, there’s LGBTQI.”

How old are you now?

“I’m 25 na.”

You mean to say that in the past 20-plus years you were pretending to be somebody you were not?

“I felt like I was in a movie.”

How old were you when you realized that you were, uhm, different?

“I was five years old, I was in Grade One. Never akong nagka-gusto sa lalake, I never had a crush on a guy…as in never! My crushes were girls. First crush ko nga si Donna Cruz. My brother and I used to play a game; siya ang artista at ako ang bodyguard at driver. He even gave me a name, Jeric Taperas. I didn’t know where he got that name. As early as that time, I knew deep in my heart that I was a boy.”

Oh so you started early, huh!

“Yes. What people knew was the Charice na girlie-girlie but what they didn’t know was that as soon as I got home, I would take off my girlie-girlie dress at pinapalitan ko ng damit panlalake.”

Have you had a girlfriend?

“When I was 13…kaklase ko, hehehe!!! Puppy love, ganoon!”

And when did you lose your innocence?

“Ano po ‘yon?”

Kelan ka na-devirginize?

“Ha?” (Long silence) “Next question, please. Hehehehe!!!”

Anybody in your family or those around you that must have influenced you?

“I’m not sure, pero ayoko naman sabihing wala.”

Your lola is so funny. Maski anong gawin mo daw, babae ka pa rin at magkakaroon ka pa rin ng regla.

“No more like that. When you’re having hormone injection, wala nang ganoon.”

How is your life now?

“Enjoying life as a man. Enjoying everything new, ‘yung mga hindi ko naranasan bilang lalake.”

And enjoying time with your new love. What happened ba between you and Alyssa? Did you really quarrel about money, mga ganoon?

“Nothing like that happened. We parted amicably.”

What about your differences with your family?

“Well, we are a typical family. Minsan may hindi pagkaka-intindihan, you know. Minsan OK, minsan hindi.”

You were not able to save daw because you are waldas (spendthrift)?

“Who said so? As if they know me well, as if they are sleeping with me. Yes, I am waldas because I buy things that I need for myself, my clothes, my music equipment, and other things I need for my career. It’s my money and I spend it the way I want to.”

How do you see yourself 10 years from now, padre de familia?

(Laughs) “Maybe. I will still be performing and having my own studio.”

At this point, something dropped, creating a loud bang. Charice, er, Jake, reacted by breaking into a little scream. I teased him, “Uy, babae ka pa rin ha!” He laughed and said, “Hindi, pare, ha! Hehehehe!!!”

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What i just want to say in this article is that we should let him do his choices. The guy already spent 20 years of her life pretending to be a girl that she doesn’t really like. We are already on a fast phase and we should be more supportive and accepting when it comes to our brothers and sisters who are making a big changes in their lives. We should support them because those changes will make their life happier. Here in the Philippines, being in a LGBTQ community is a tough choice because they get bullied, they get discriminated, and most of the people that surrounds them doesn’t even support them. The last thing they need is getting insulted from us. And plus they’re human beings, like all of us they have feelings and they deserve to be treated with respect. they haven’t done anything to harm us and why can’t we just accept the fact they chose to be that way and we can’t do anything about it. Most LGBTQ members are successful because of the hard stuff they go through and maybe if we fully accept them the world would be a better place.

 -Alysia Ichinose