"When I Grow Up..." by the Pussycat Dolls

When I Grow Up is the Pussycat Dolls’s latest single. I didn’t even know they were working on new material until I saw the video in PC Richards. So being a fan of bubblegum pop and burlesque, I youtubed the video last night to get a closer look.

As expected, navels, fishnets, and overly-amped up hair jiggle their way through the five-minute video. It’s fun to watch, though certainly not as good as Buttons, my favorite video in the Dolls’s repertoire. I’m sure it will make it on TRL.

Other than the fact I found the video visually stimulating and physically motivating (it makes me want to get my ass in the gym), I did find that the lyrics related to our society’s current state of mind—one that’s self-promotional at best and self-obsessed at worst.

But I ain't complaining
We all wanna be famous
So go ahead and say what you wanna say
You know what it's like to be nameless
Want them to know what your name is

Not too far back, I read an article that talked about a little girl who, when asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, replied that she wanted to be famous. She had no idea how she was going to become famous, just that she wanted to be famous. The strange thing is that with the help of social networking sites like facebook and myspace, she can be famous without having an ounce of talent or drive.

Tila Tequila became famous for having the most friends of myspace. Now the “baddest bitch” has a record deal, was on the cover of the May issue of Blender, and her MTV reality show, A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, is in its second season. (Apparently, the last shot didn’t go down as well as the bisexual mistress had planned.) Her myspace music page has been viewed over 140 million times and she has 3.5 million fans. Kristin C from Laguna Beach is traipsing her way through her second music video, Gavin Degraw’s In Love With a Girl. Her nemesis LC is even like, more famous, and involved in a feud with reality tv star and consort Heidi, who also has a record deal. WTF. I’m not saying that these people aren’t deserving..okay…I am saying it: They don’t deserve it. Whatever happened to talent and hard work? Or, at the very least, sleeping your way to the top.