No, you can't buy fame (re: the Stella Lefty debate)

Re: the Stella Lefty discourse TIME STAMPS + TOPICS: 0:00 - Introduction 2:40 - What is a nepobaby, by definition?  5:30 - The Rise of Stella Lefty  6:33 - Who is Stella Lefty’s family? 8:10 - Chappell Roan being accused of nepotism  8:46 - How should we define fame and how do we measure it 10:55 - How did one find fame before the rise of social media and tiktok?  12:50 - How record labels used payola to make artists famous  16:40 - Stella Lefty’s switch to country music  17:48 - The 5 marketing levers that helped make Stella Lefty famous 21:20 - Her family didn’t change. Her genre changed* 23:00 - “You have to be polarizing to be popular”  - Contagious book by Jonah Berger  24:50 - Polarization creates Radicalization  28:32 - No, you can not buy fame  29:18 - How do you get famous if you’re not a nepobaby THANK YOU FOR 500+ REVIEWS ON SPOTIFY FOR THE PODCAST ❤️ Let's hit 1,000 by the end of 2026: https://open.spotify.com/show/3WMVk1vVWPwjTDuvCR45KJ Help me hit 100k followers on IG by the end of 2026! https://www.instagram.com/cocomocoe/?hl=en If you made it this far, you're already a Coconut — so make it official. 🥥 Subscribe to the channel and drop a comment below telling me which artist you think is about to take off. I read them all and it might just land them in the Middle Row seat. Follow me for more: Instagram | @cocomocoe TikTok | @cocomocoe Email | [email protected] Add the official Middle Row playlist to your library on Spotify to hear what songs and artists I think are going to break big next:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/19x3n1ZRyN4eeikwSy8sL9 Executive Producers: Coco Mocoe & Trinna Tracy Videographer: Operation Podcast Editor: Coco Mocoe Creator: Coco Mocoe Filming Location: Spotify Theater, Los Angeles