In pop culture today, society idolizes a variety of different Hollywood stars, runway glamour, and big-named artists. All of the superstar celebrities introduced in modern culture helps contribute to the blossoming livelihood of the entertainment industry.

The red carpet stars featured in current media outlets are constantly being deemed either talented demigods or wastes of space. His inability to blossom into anything other than a teenage dreamboat including even the easiest acting gigs displays Zac Efron’s mediocrity.

Despite the stereotypical white-girls stationed across America worshiping him, Efron peaked during the filming of “High School Musical”; however on the opposite side of the spectrum lays Chris Pine. Not only has his phenomenal style of acting been unmatched, his fashion choices and outer appearance is breathtaking in itself. In addition, Pine’s portrayal of any acting roles given are unmistakable, realistic yet surreal.

In the fashion industry it’s common knowledge that models are important regarding commercial endorsement, unfortunately conventional values dictate that outer beauty sells. I’ve accepted the fact that I will never see an advertisement without a neck-craning-double-taking-holy-moly type human. That level of perfection will always be unobtainable—unless the commercial is a satirical type ad displaying the beauty in imperfections. For instance, the Glad Hefty garbage bag commercial features three get-me-my-defibrillator guys, as well as what would be expected in everyday life—an average-Joe. Although the intention of the advertisement was not to promote inner-beauty, it does attack the beauty industry—idolization is pointless. Beauty is a gray area that eventually fades away.

Music should create an electrical current of creativity, yet there are the various figures in the industry who try to fabricate the raw emotion. They focus more on synthesizing bells and whistles of the performance.

Beyonce’s latest self-titled album incorporates the ideal image of women as imperfect as well as underlining concepts of feminism—especially composed in “Pretty Hurts” as an analysis on body image while showcasing the negative impact of pageantry. Beyonce’s unique interpretation of sound has stimulated a variety of veteran artists to continue molding music into a medium to express their poetic darkness while destructing boundaries.

However, artists like the once creamy-dreamy-teen-sensation Justin Bieber generates a repetitive, generic sound that, personally, makes me want to take a fork, shove it into my eye and twist. His contribution to the progression of pop music is so miniscule it’s laughable. Shockingly, his lead single “boyfriend” topped charts in United States and Canada, yet lyrically it’s immature and instrumentally two-dimensional—if someone needed a torture method, this song on repeat is perfect. He completely disregards laws and morality, such as his drinking and driving fiasco, and spitting on one of his fans. Disgusting.

In the end popular culture has influential ties, unfortunately celebrities fail to comprehend that their actions affect today’s youth regarding their own aspirations and life choices. Although idolization is futile, it’s important, as individuals, to not revolve life around these stars and mimic their actions; it’s our responsibility to bloom into our own persona. Whether famous or not, we’re role models to someone. Stop. Drop. And roll away into your individuality.