In Adorno’s viewpoint, pop music makes the song seem different from all others, but in reality, they are all standardized. Adorno contends that pop songs are pseudo-individualized, which means the elements of a song make it seem different from others to make people believe they have a vast range of choices, but in reality, the choices are illusion (“On Popular Music” 25). Pseudo means fake, so pseudo-individualization means fake individualization. Some elements/features such as a singer’s voice and the subject of a song are included in order to make songs seem different from others, and it leads audiences to believe that they have a variety of choices. But, in reality, the choices are not truly given because content still stays same previously released pop songs.
Based on Adorno’s idea, “Most Girls” makes the song different by utilizing the unique subject of the song. To be more specific, “Most
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While most pop songs have sexy or charm image of girls, “Most Girls” shows all different types of images of girls. For example, based on line number one, two and twenty of the lyrics, some girls wear tiny dresses, but some girls wear jeans or sweatpants (“Most Girls”). Line number three and twenty-one says that some girls sleep late and kiss new guys every single night, but some girls study all night. After suggesting all different kinds of girls’ image, Steinfeld says that all different kinds of girls (most girls) should be admired because they are strong, powerful and amazing, which is described from line number nine to eleven and from twenty-seven to twenty-nine in the lyrics (“Most Girls”). Her admire intensifies as she relates to the audiences by saying that she would like to be one of audiences (most girls).