Rachel Platten Can Be More Than A One-Sided Pop Star
FUSE TV - Rachel Platten Can Be More Than A One-Sided Pop Star
Buckets of pink confetti were fluttering down on my head as I slurped up the last few drops of my $10 cran vodka. The drink was called “Fight Song”—named after the anthem that Rachel Platten was busting out in front of us with all her strength, pumping her fist in the air with the endurance of someone who does a lot of cardio. I was packed close to the front of the stage along with other Platten-heads on the first night of her two sold-out shows at Irving Plaza in New York last March; Platten, in faux-fur vest and bejeweled leotard, not only performed "Fight Song," but exposed her other sides of herself. There was anger, loss, confusion—sides of Platten we didn't hear through her radio singles. And as I screamed the chorus of her claim-to-fame track in a haze of happiness, confetti landing in my drink, I thought: Why isn’t Rachel Platten the biggest pop star in the world right now?
Her major label debut, Wildfire, was certified gold, and her breakout single was certified platinum (Plattenum?), but Platten is not, for all intents and purposes, a “big” pop star right now. Nobody’s gossiping about her exploits or putting her in fashion campaigns. No one speculates about her marriage. Instead, we just listen to her music. Imagine that.
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