ASTROWORLD TRAVIS SCOTT MERCHANDISE PROFESSIONAL
Why would a would-be professional singer opt to go in front of an audience as a green-skinned cartoon character instead of, you know, just singing? The first hour of the show’s two-part, two-night premiere (only Wednesday’s premiere episode was available to critics) doesn’t touch on the pandemic, a plausible reason to not want to enter an arena at the moment. It’s a trippy fantasia, a soothingly deadening way to pass an hour it’s a silly show with a flimsy conceit that tries earnestly to sell you on its promise.
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Contestants strap into bulky, complex-looking greenscreen suits that enable them to perform as video game-like avatars: superhuman beings with neon skin and pastel mohawks, protruding horns and costumes that catch flame. It abides by the tenets of all post– American Idol televised music contests - there are elaborate nights of auditions, treacly piano notes signaling emotional cues, a cadre of celebrity judges that restate the show’s name over and over and over again - but Alter Ego bills itself as the first truly digital one. The show is clearly desperate to cling to The Masked Singer‘s meme-fueled success, and the breathless marketing materials insist it follows a revolutionary concept. Artists keep offering “ virtual experiences,” livestreams, and festivals over screens - maybe in-person performance is passé in pandemic times.Īlter Ego, a new singing competition show from FOX, offers its own form of futuristic music-making into the fray. Travis Scott brought Astroworld into Fortnite. Who needs live music, anyway? ABBA’s going on tour in hologram form.
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