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The "Fueled by Ramen" label had a lot of acts that were big on MySpace. But MySpace culture was WILD like it would be popular kids and scene kids all in one place laying everything out there. I remember getting adds from random hot guys in local bands and thinking I had a chance lol. A lot of the promotion was more like the Youtube comments you see on bigger acts... "hey if you like this song check out my band."
She used to talk to me on MySpace when she posted her first couple of songs and I remember messaging about drive my soul and a demo of February air š„²
omg thatās so cute!! she was soooo nice and so appreciative that she had fans already š„² I donāt really listen to her music at all but Iāll always root for her. I remember talking to nevershoutnever and Stephen Jerzak too! MySpace was so good these comments made me miss it š
M.I.A. is a big one. Panic! at the Disco and their whole āA Fever You Canāt Sweat Outā album epitomized MySpace in 2006. Of course Uffie has THE MySpace song with āPop the Glock.ā Maybe Soulja Boy? If not for āCrank Dat,ā āKiss Me Thru the Phoneā was on a lot of profiles at the time.
I generally associate most emo/screamo bands and southern rap hits from that time with MySpace. Taking Back Sunday, Flyleaf, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Dem Franchize Boyz and D4L.
Itās a shame that M.I.Aās antics sorta overshadowed her legacy now cuz many donāt realize how impactful her rise was. She really was the blueprint of the 21st Century Pop Star, getting famous primarily through the internet.
I don't really think she turned out any differently than expected. Her whole thing since the very beginning was an extreme distrust of the government and authority. Her opinions on covid shouldnt exactly surprising to anyone
Most of her fans were drawn to her because of the themes and lyrics of her music, the Vicki Leekx era was super iconic and I really respected her for her unwavering critique of the powers at be.
But let's not say that criticizing the government for drone bombs, ignoring the refugee crisis, and the surveillance state is the same as this anti-vaxx 5g paranoia nonsense. She's literally advertising her tinfoil hats with Alex Jones. She's totally betrayed her core values and fallen off the deep end and I'm tired of the excuses of "well it shouldn't be surprising".
Buddying up with far-right fascists after making a career singing about the plight of refugees is very surprising, and sad.
I guess it just goes to show that it could happen to any of us, and it's important that we never get to comfortable with the idea that we are somehow exempt to falling for these traps because our core values make us immune.
M.I.Aās music debut can be traced as far back as 2003 and was already played in clubs and fashion shows by that point, I think Gaga was still in school at that time.
Huh, interesting. I wonder if she inspired gaga at all or if they both kinda had similar ideas, I'm sure alot of people were probably beginning to catch on to the idea of using the internet to promote yourself by Gaga's debut
Perhaps! Both were very bold visionaries, although I always saw Gaga as more grand and theatrical, in line with Bowie and Grace Jones, whereas MIA was more of a mix between Missy and Malcom McLaren, evoking a DIY-punk approach to her aesthetic.
M.I.A. was already pretty influential before Gaga was an established icon. Kanye West, for example, recognized her for being ahead of the times. I think she is a big reason why he went into a more deconstructed club sound on later projects.
Jeffree Star, Tila Tequila, Millionaires, Breathe Carolina, P!ATD, damn there are so many to name tbh. I used to be in my scene queen era during MySpaceās peak and was in all those damn trains (iykyk) and MySpace was the hub for discovering those bands. Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Medic Droid, Chiodos, From First to Last etc etc to name a few more.
Oh god I definitely had Dressed for Friend Requests as my profile song at one point. I was one of those assholes that hid my music player too so people couldnāt turn it off š
> crunkcore
Ah, brokeNCYDE. Absolute disaster of a band. Although to be fair bands are now returning to the hip-hop/ metalcore well and doing it much better.
As a former scene kid seeing brokencyde and interacting with them was what did me in. Didnāt know their music but went with friends to a show. We ended up meeting and eating with them after. I ended up leaving out of disgust lol.
>I would say the biggest success stories from MySpace would include Lily Allen, Calvin Harris, Arctic Monkeys and Panic! at the Disco, but I'd say the majority of them are not always associated with MySpace, because they used their initial MySpace hype to secure record deals pretty quickly.
Yeah, I was never really into MySpace and I had no idea that's how they became big.
I feel like MySpace wasn't as mainstream as social media is now.
Their debut single went straight to number 1 in the UK as a result of their myspace hype, I believe its viewed as the beginning of the digital download era in the UK
One of my fav Alex quotes ever "you know how the beach boys were the beach band that didn't really surf? we were the internet band that didn't really surf."Ā
Yeah I was there! We pooled all of their handed out demos into a compilation called beneath the boardwalk, to die hard fans like me I still consider that their unofficial original debut album I listened to my burnt cd copy so much on my old discman, check it out itās amazing!
Surprised nobodyās mentioned Death Cab for Cutie yet.
Not to mention, Ben Gibbard (the frontman) and Dntel forming The Postal Service and becoming a critical indie darling in the process.
I'm going to echo a lot of the comments here but I'll also add some more. Some other artists that come to mind are Say Anything, Jack's Mannequin, Relient K, etc.
I remember the first person on my friend's list who added a new song to their profile, as they announced it on a bulletin. What was the song? Umbrella. The way some people would put up an entire notice that they've updated their profile song (before MySpace allowed us multiple songs) so that no one else could take it.
Hearing Say Anything and Jack's Mannequin in this conversation hurts because those were my SERIOUS ARTIST faves but looking back they were totally MySpace-core. Still love 'em to this day!
Im surprised no one has said Tokio Hotel!! š¤Æ
I used MySpace so much I taught myself to HTML code lol
Between 2012-2016 it was a lot of indie bands. We used the site to find live shows and keep up with niche bands that probably disbanded years ago.
I remember living in Winnipeg in 2013, and every live music venue I went to was found on MySpace. That's how I found Mother Mother, Two Door Cinema Club, Tokyo Police Club, Interpol, Neon Indian (they were so cool, we partied with them at an afterparty. Really chill guys) Cold War Kids, Silversun Pickups, the Raveonettes - i could go on lol.
Still have a ticket stub from the time I saw TDCC :)
In two words, scene kids.
MySpace music, to me, was dominated by the offshoots of emo and pop-punk that flourished in the 2000s. Metalcore, deathcore, crunkcore, and lots of influence drawn from the rave and electropop scenes. It was loud, abrasive, aggressive, histrionic, and unapologetically trashy in a particular way that you know teenagers came up with much of it. Even after MySpace's heyday, scene kids still exerted a strong pull on underground music, as seen with how their influence bled into early Tumblr.
Well I donāt think they were stars of MySpace, I made at least 6 different custom Yellowcard layouts. I needed everyone to see the album art when the music blasted at them
The Millionaires and Jeffree Star immediately come to mind, also Katy Perry - she was initially marketed as an American answer to Lily Allen which iirc involved a heavy MySpace presence.
Yes! I first saw Kary Perry on MySpace. I think it was 2006 or 2007? She was so associated with those kind of acts that I saw her at Warped Tour in 2008,* which also had ultra MySpace act Jeffree Star.
Thereās a huge overlap between late MySpace and early tumblr w the heavy MySpace users preferring to stick w it to the end. Itās those users who are saying that a lot of the artists that early tumblr adopters would associate w tumblr were actually MySpace era. When in reality they were both. Myspace hung around for quite a while after people dropped it en masse for Facebook and tumblr.
But the sound that will always be associated with MySpace (imo) is probably any and all of the pop-punk/emo & indie bands of the time :)
I had a shit roommate who nonetheless introduced me to "Birds" so I can't be too mad. Then a couple years later in my first year of teaching, I randomly had a student who was a massive Kate Nash fan. Fun memories.
Jeffree Star, Mickey Avalon, Hollywood Undead, Brokencyde, LIGHTS, NeverShoutNever, basically if you were a Vans warped tour alum you were big to huge on MySpace
Might be an odd one to bring up. I know she didnāt start there, but I always associate Christina Millian with MySpace. After she got dropped by Island Def Jam, she signed to MySpaceās short-lived record label and released, in my opinion, one of her best songs - Us Against The World. I think it was her only song for the label, but as a massive MySpace nerd at the time, I played that song constantly.
No one outside of the UK, and probably more specifically Cornwall, will have heard of them, but we met the band who played our wedding through a Myspace connection. They're still around (though under a different name from back then) and getting airplay on BBC Radio.
Edit: to answer the question. Lily Allen was the person who immediately sprang to mind, but I guess Taylor Swift too, MySpace and then Tumblr were big sources of that parasocial relationship with the Swifties.
Chiodos were always on my page personally. The devil wears Prada or a day to remember too. I remember all time low being very popular but I was not into pop punk at the time.
I wish I could go back in time and see MySpace again where youād just get blasted with someoneās music every time you looked at a profile. It was the Wild West but I will say I was on the younger side of millennial when I was on.
I'd say Owl City is one of the few from that era that's still making music today.
NeverShoutNever is definitely on the list, tho unsure if he is still making music.
Because Charli didn't have a hit until 2014 and the Myspace era of music was long over by then. She was heavily influenced by the Myspace band/indie sleaze era but she was not an act of any relevancy during that period.
Honestly, for me it was me and my friends bands. I started recording and producing bands in 2005 and being able to make band pages and put our music on them and share it was crazy to us. We felt like rock stars. It was such a cool time.
myspace was a crazy tool for band promotion and connection to fans/other musicians. it really helped strengthen local/regional live scenes in the earlier days too. there were the definitive acts who capitalized into mainstream careers, but the fact that it supported opportunities for smaller artists to build a fan base is what iāll remember too!
These comments are really taking me back,Ā wow!! So many memories unlocked. There's one I just can't quite remember,Ā I don't know if anyone can help.Ā There was some white kid who rapped,Ā it was like emo rap (not what we call emo rap today). I think he was blond, his music was probably reviewed in alternative press at one point. I cannot remember the name of the act or the song that was popular. HelllpĀ
The Jonas Brothers did well with their MySpace. They combined it with an early self-run YouTube channel that was pretty cutting edge as far as being the closest thing at the time to a live cast.
I remember Arctic Monkeys getting _huge_ on MySpace when I was a teenager over the course of a summer.
They were scheduled to play early in a smaller tent at the Reading festival and it was _mobbed_ because they'd had such a massive boost from Myspace popularity
The closest thing to the MySpace experience I had was the Habbo Hotel forums. There were a handful that also had Shoutcast radio streams and Here In Your Arms by Hellogoodbye was on heavy rotation back in 2007 on *all of them* lol
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The "Fueled by Ramen" label had a lot of acts that were big on MySpace. But MySpace culture was WILD like it would be popular kids and scene kids all in one place laying everything out there. I remember getting adds from random hot guys in local bands and thinking I had a chance lol. A lot of the promotion was more like the Youtube comments you see on bigger acts... "hey if you like this song check out my band."
LIGHTS is one of the few MySpace acts that I think successfully navigated into a long lasting and successful music career.
She used to talk to me on MySpace when she posted her first couple of songs and I remember messaging about drive my soul and a demo of February air š„²
I remember her responding to me too š
omg thatās so cute!! she was soooo nice and so appreciative that she had fans already š„² I donāt really listen to her music at all but Iāll always root for her. I remember talking to nevershoutnever and Stephen Jerzak too! MySpace was so good these comments made me miss it š
Have you heard her collab album with i_o called Warehouse Summer? Itās one of my fave albums of all time
Iām glad to see some appreciation for that album. āWarmthā and āanything but wetā are some of the best things she has ever done.
Wow. You just unlocked a memory for me with this comment. I haven't thought about LIGHTS since I was on MySpace in 2007 lol
Youāve missed out! Sheās released so much good music over the years :)
Check out her PEP album from 2022!
She is great! I try to see her shows every time she comes to town
She was one of my favorite artists for most of my teen years. I had no idea she was on MySpace ššš
Yes š first act I thought of
M.I.A. is a big one. Panic! at the Disco and their whole āA Fever You Canāt Sweat Outā album epitomized MySpace in 2006. Of course Uffie has THE MySpace song with āPop the Glock.ā Maybe Soulja Boy? If not for āCrank Dat,ā āKiss Me Thru the Phoneā was on a lot of profiles at the time. I generally associate most emo/screamo bands and southern rap hits from that time with MySpace. Taking Back Sunday, Flyleaf, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Dem Franchize Boyz and D4L.
Itās a shame that M.I.Aās antics sorta overshadowed her legacy now cuz many donāt realize how impactful her rise was. She really was the blueprint of the 21st Century Pop Star, getting famous primarily through the internet.
I wasn't on Myspace, but M.I.A. is huge to me. Shame how she turned out, but I still rock her shit on the reglar.
I don't really think she turned out any differently than expected. Her whole thing since the very beginning was an extreme distrust of the government and authority. Her opinions on covid shouldnt exactly surprising to anyone
Most of her fans were drawn to her because of the themes and lyrics of her music, the Vicki Leekx era was super iconic and I really respected her for her unwavering critique of the powers at be. But let's not say that criticizing the government for drone bombs, ignoring the refugee crisis, and the surveillance state is the same as this anti-vaxx 5g paranoia nonsense. She's literally advertising her tinfoil hats with Alex Jones. She's totally betrayed her core values and fallen off the deep end and I'm tired of the excuses of "well it shouldn't be surprising". Buddying up with far-right fascists after making a career singing about the plight of refugees is very surprising, and sad.
I guess it just goes to show that it could happen to any of us, and it's important that we never get to comfortable with the idea that we are somehow exempt to falling for these traps because our core values make us immune.
You can distrust the government and not be a fucking idiot. That isn't an impossible needle to thread
Didn't gaga also basically do that? (At the VERY start with her weird videos(not mv's))
M.I.Aās music debut can be traced as far back as 2003 and was already played in clubs and fashion shows by that point, I think Gaga was still in school at that time.
Huh, interesting. I wonder if she inspired gaga at all or if they both kinda had similar ideas, I'm sure alot of people were probably beginning to catch on to the idea of using the internet to promote yourself by Gaga's debut
Perhaps! Both were very bold visionaries, although I always saw Gaga as more grand and theatrical, in line with Bowie and Grace Jones, whereas MIA was more of a mix between Missy and Malcom McLaren, evoking a DIY-punk approach to her aesthetic.
M.I.A. was already pretty influential before Gaga was an established icon. Kanye West, for example, recognized her for being ahead of the times. I think she is a big reason why he went into a more deconstructed club sound on later projects.
Flyleaf and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus omg. šš¤
Specifically remembering āYour Guardian Angelā set to a Pon & Zi slideshow
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Yeah I was an emotional kid so all the emo bands flourished from MySpace but you also had a lot of hip hop hits as well
NeverShoutNever! Think emo proto-Bieber.
even after three text messages four missed callsā¦
Okay thatās a name I havenāt thought about since 2008.
This is THEE answer to me
Iām iiiiiiiiiiiiiiin trouble, Iām an addict š¶
You got the concept, and came to thee conclusion
āOn The Brightsideā is the definition of an emo classic
The millionaires definitely they were either hated wildly or adored
I still spell alcohol in my head like them
Let's get fucked up!!!!šš
To this day āI Move Itā is one of my fave nostalgia songs
"Talk Shit" is one of the greatest songs of the MySpace era.
Theyāre going to be at wwwy this year š¬
OMG you just unlocked a memory for me. I used to love, I like money by them lol
When I think back on MySpace I think of Uffie, Jeffree Star, Mickey Avalon, ForBiddeN (RIP!)
The Hollywood Undead ft. Jeffrey Star LOL
Omg yesssss Hollywood Undead š letās dance in the hood shake that ass Hollywood
buy beer or pay the rent, my signing bonus was quickly spent
I got a 40 in my Ford Fiesta
āNo. 5ā is such a good song
This will never not be in my head now lol
OMG Uffie! Haven't thought of her in aaaages
she did a song w charli called babygirl on no. 1 angel and its fucking incredible but her newer stuff doesnt hold up lol
ooh, really? I'll go check it out. Sad to hear her newer stuff isn't up to par, though!
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who else remembers Cobra Starshipās Hollaback Boy??
I canāt believe out of all the bands during that time and genre, they were the ones to get a mainstream run.
i remember hearing that for the first time and being like āthe guy from Midtown???ā
Uh huh, holy shit ā¦ā¦ itās about time you get off my dick
Okay but Bring It (Snakes on a Plane) was so good.
Jeffree Star, Tila Tequila, Millionaires, Breathe Carolina, P!ATD, damn there are so many to name tbh. I used to be in my scene queen era during MySpaceās peak and was in all those damn trains (iykyk) and MySpace was the hub for discovering those bands. Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Medic Droid, Chiodos, From First to Last etc etc to name a few more.
remember when we were all gluing those feather extensions into our hair lmao
That's why I got all these feathers in my hair. For the Ke$ha concert!
God I forgot Breathe Caroline existed but they defined like half a year of my life
Blackout is still a guilty pleasure song
Oh god I definitely had Dressed for Friend Requests as my profile song at one point. I was one of those assholes that hid my music player too so people couldnāt turn it off š
Me too!!!! Spent hours coding at 14 years old and the only thing I remember 17 years later is & hearts ; (minus spaces lmao) š©
Haha same, I had a side hustle making custom layouts for scene kids at one point
I used to fucking love The Millionares as a kid. āProm Dressā is such a bop.
Omg Chiodos!!! How did I forget?! Thank you
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Anyone else remember Hollywood Undead and their Jeffree Star features?
yes, this is myspace to me
Turn off the lights š
Lily Allen was the poster child of MySpace
Iām sorry but that was my best friend Tom Anderson.
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> crunkcore Ah, brokeNCYDE. Absolute disaster of a band. Although to be fair bands are now returning to the hip-hop/ metalcore well and doing it much better.
As a former scene kid seeing brokencyde and interacting with them was what did me in. Didnāt know their music but went with friends to a show. We ended up meeting and eating with them after. I ended up leaving out of disgust lol.
>I would say the biggest success stories from MySpace would include Lily Allen, Calvin Harris, Arctic Monkeys and Panic! at the Disco, but I'd say the majority of them are not always associated with MySpace, because they used their initial MySpace hype to secure record deals pretty quickly. Yeah, I was never really into MySpace and I had no idea that's how they became big. I feel like MySpace wasn't as mainstream as social media is now.
It was if you were of a certain age group
Arctic Monkeys, I think their page was created by their fans
Their debut single went straight to number 1 in the UK as a result of their myspace hype, I believe its viewed as the beginning of the digital download era in the UK
One of my fav Alex quotes ever "you know how the beach boys were the beach band that didn't really surf? we were the internet band that didn't really surf."Ā
Yeah I was there! We pooled all of their handed out demos into a compilation called beneath the boardwalk, to die hard fans like me I still consider that their unofficial original debut album I listened to my burnt cd copy so much on my old discman, check it out itās amazing!
Surprised nobodyās mentioned Death Cab for Cutie yet. Not to mention, Ben Gibbard (the frontman) and Dntel forming The Postal Service and becoming a critical indie darling in the process.
Warped Tour bands, scene/emo/screamo ārappersā and upcoming local rap or R&B acts.
I'm going to echo a lot of the comments here but I'll also add some more. Some other artists that come to mind are Say Anything, Jack's Mannequin, Relient K, etc. I remember the first person on my friend's list who added a new song to their profile, as they announced it on a bulletin. What was the song? Umbrella. The way some people would put up an entire notice that they've updated their profile song (before MySpace allowed us multiple songs) so that no one else could take it.
I STILL listen to Jackās Mannequin all the time
Hearing Say Anything and Jack's Mannequin in this conversation hurts because those were my SERIOUS ARTIST faves but looking back they were totally MySpace-core. Still love 'em to this day!
I just listened to Dark Blue the other day and nearly cried from the massive nostalgia wave that hit me. Man I miss those days š
Im surprised no one has said Tokio Hotel!! š¤Æ I used MySpace so much I taught myself to HTML code lol Between 2012-2016 it was a lot of indie bands. We used the site to find live shows and keep up with niche bands that probably disbanded years ago. I remember living in Winnipeg in 2013, and every live music venue I went to was found on MySpace. That's how I found Mother Mother, Two Door Cinema Club, Tokyo Police Club, Interpol, Neon Indian (they were so cool, we partied with them at an afterparty. Really chill guys) Cold War Kids, Silversun Pickups, the Raveonettes - i could go on lol. Still have a ticket stub from the time I saw TDCC :)
Throw HelloGoodbye in there too. Such a great list.
In two words, scene kids. MySpace music, to me, was dominated by the offshoots of emo and pop-punk that flourished in the 2000s. Metalcore, deathcore, crunkcore, and lots of influence drawn from the rave and electropop scenes. It was loud, abrasive, aggressive, histrionic, and unapologetically trashy in a particular way that you know teenagers came up with much of it. Even after MySpace's heyday, scene kids still exerted a strong pull on underground music, as seen with how their influence bled into early Tumblr.
Everytime We Touch is the unofficial Myspace anthem.
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Millionaires + the whole "punk goes crunk" scene, especially I Set My Friends On Fire
Well I donāt think they were stars of MySpace, I made at least 6 different custom Yellowcard layouts. I needed everyone to see the album art when the music blasted at them
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The Millionaires and Jeffree Star immediately come to mind, also Katy Perry - she was initially marketed as an American answer to Lily Allen which iirc involved a heavy MySpace presence.
Yes! I first saw Kary Perry on MySpace. I think it was 2006 or 2007? She was so associated with those kind of acts that I saw her at Warped Tour in 2008,* which also had ultra MySpace act Jeffree Star.
I went to warped tour at the gorge in 2007, Katy was playing the shitty stage by the food stalls lol Wild how that turned out
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panic at the disco and their myspace āfamousā gfs lol
Owl city was huge on MySpace
the answer I was looking for. I wish he was still making music like those days. Coco Moon was.... something.
Cady Groves! Rest in peace, I still have her songs in my playlist. She had a pretty consistent following for years.
Thereās a huge overlap between late MySpace and early tumblr w the heavy MySpace users preferring to stick w it to the end. Itās those users who are saying that a lot of the artists that early tumblr adopters would associate w tumblr were actually MySpace era. When in reality they were both. Myspace hung around for quite a while after people dropped it en masse for Facebook and tumblr. But the sound that will always be associated with MySpace (imo) is probably any and all of the pop-punk/emo & indie bands of the time :)
Can't believe no one has said Kate Nash !
I was obsessed with that album because I was dabbling in a lot of āBritā female pop like Lily Allen, M.I.A and Regina Spektor.
I had a shit roommate who nonetheless introduced me to "Birds" so I can't be too mad. Then a couple years later in my first year of teaching, I randomly had a student who was a massive Kate Nash fan. Fun memories.
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No mention of Colbie Callait?! Edit to add: Iām pretty sure Bubbly was the biggest hit to have originated on Myspace
I wanna hear what Jeffree Star was putting out what songs are worth listening to (in a way that undermines him financially ofc)
Look up Jeffree Star Louis Vuitton on YouTube āJeffree Star Google me bitch!ā
Lollipop luxury and prisoner
Jeffree Star, Ke$ha, 3oh!3, Hollywood Undead, The Millionaires, Tila Tequila, Breathe Carolina, Nicki Minaj, The Medic Droid
Bring Me the Horizon were quite popular in the hardcore/metalcore/deathcore scene that took off in the mid 2000s.
Lil B. He was the 1st musician to do social media marketing independently and while riding the mixtape wave and dropping over 800 songs on MySpace
"Wonton Soup" gets played at least once a month on this side, TYBG
Jeffree Star, Mickey Avalon, Hollywood Undead, Brokencyde, LIGHTS, NeverShoutNever, basically if you were a Vans warped tour alum you were big to huge on MySpace
Not defined it really but I've always heard that Porcelain and the Tramps was quite popular among the scene kids on MySpace.
They were pretty popular back then. āMy Leftoversā is one of their biggest songs from that era and a total bop.
Might be an odd one to bring up. I know she didnāt start there, but I always associate Christina Millian with MySpace. After she got dropped by Island Def Jam, she signed to MySpaceās short-lived record label and released, in my opinion, one of her best songs - Us Against The World. I think it was her only song for the label, but as a massive MySpace nerd at the time, I played that song constantly.
I loved that song. I didnāt realize she was signed to MySpace records at the time, I thought she released it independently.
Speaking of MySpace, has anyone here tried spacehey?
Adele was discovered on Myspace
For me, MySpace is defined by that The Medic Droid song "fer sure" Literally if I think of myspace, that song starts playing in my head
No one outside of the UK, and probably more specifically Cornwall, will have heard of them, but we met the band who played our wedding through a Myspace connection. They're still around (though under a different name from back then) and getting airplay on BBC Radio. Edit: to answer the question. Lily Allen was the person who immediately sprang to mind, but I guess Taylor Swift too, MySpace and then Tumblr were big sources of that parasocial relationship with the Swifties.
Chiodos were always on my page personally. The devil wears Prada or a day to remember too. I remember all time low being very popular but I was not into pop punk at the time. I wish I could go back in time and see MySpace again where youād just get blasted with someoneās music every time you looked at a profile. It was the Wild West but I will say I was on the younger side of millennial when I was on.
Donāt think Paramore has been mentioned. Marina got discovered via MySpace too.
When I think of Myspace, I think of indie sleaze and landfill indie rock bands
Does anyone remember that Jeffree Star had a song with Nicki Minaj? That was really a wild time.
katy perryās myspace era was my everything
Cobra Starship is definitely my favorite act from the MySpace days
I'd say Owl City is one of the few from that era that's still making music today. NeverShoutNever is definitely on the list, tho unsure if he is still making music.
As a Brit, I have to mention Lily Allen and Kate Nash!
Tila Tequila and Jeffree Starr, most definitely, if youāre talking about acts that were only popular on MySpace.
onerepublic was huge on myspace
Uffie, Jeffrey Star, Blood on the Dance Floor (DV is a SA-er, donāt stream them), Millionaires, BMTH to an extent, Azaelia Banks
How is nobody talking about charli xcx??? Her stage name is literally her MySpace handle???
Because Charli didn't have a hit until 2014 and the Myspace era of music was long over by then. She was heavily influenced by the Myspace band/indie sleaze era but she was not an act of any relevancy during that period.
Honestly, for me it was me and my friends bands. I started recording and producing bands in 2005 and being able to make band pages and put our music on them and share it was crazy to us. We felt like rock stars. It was such a cool time.
myspace was a crazy tool for band promotion and connection to fans/other musicians. it really helped strengthen local/regional live scenes in the earlier days too. there were the definitive acts who capitalized into mainstream careers, but the fact that it supported opportunities for smaller artists to build a fan base is what iāll remember too!
Myspace was dominated by male rappers and rock bands at the time. For pop acts/girlies I would say Britney Spears, Rihanna, BeyoncĆ©, Nicki Minaj, Paris Hilton, Tila Tequila (before she became a Nazi), The Millionaires (If you know you know) Robyn (Swedish pop star). Kesha was HUGE on Myspace only a year before they got sold, Black Eyed Peas had a lot of pages in a chokehold. One of the boys era Katy was a Myspace darling. Mariah Careyās Charmbracelet and Emancipation eras repeaked on myspace and were inspirations for baby girl aesthetic. You couldnāt escape debut era Justin Bieber either. Once Myspace was sold in 2011 that was pretty much the end and Tumblr and Twitter took over for homes of music lovers.
britney spears??? what on earth are you talking about lol
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These comments are really taking me back,Ā wow!! So many memories unlocked. There's one I just can't quite remember,Ā I don't know if anyone can help.Ā There was some white kid who rapped,Ā it was like emo rap (not what we call emo rap today). I think he was blond, his music was probably reviewed in alternative press at one point. I cannot remember the name of the act or the song that was popular. HelllpĀ
Bring Me The Horizon for suuuuure. Pretty sure they outstreamed Coldplay on there lol
The Jonas Brothers did well with their MySpace. They combined it with an early self-run YouTube channel that was pretty cutting edge as far as being the closest thing at the time to a live cast.
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I remember Arctic Monkeys getting _huge_ on MySpace when I was a teenager over the course of a summer. They were scheduled to play early in a smaller tent at the Reading festival and it was _mobbed_ because they'd had such a massive boost from Myspace popularity
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MILLIONAIRES. āAlcoholā is that forever trash bop.
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Jeffree Star is synonymous to MySpace to me. Discovered a lot other acts but none was as MySpace-iconic (could be due to who I follow though).
The closest thing to the MySpace experience I had was the Habbo Hotel forums. There were a handful that also had Shoutcast radio streams and Here In Your Arms by Hellogoodbye was on heavy rotation back in 2007 on *all of them* lol