Transnational Cooperative Pop Songs: Analyzing the Ice Cream Music

Analyzing the Ice Cream Music
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This paper will use media and cultural theories to assess the transnational cooperative pop songs. The two models will further be utilized to analyze challenges to modern society and music production mechanisms. The question to be tackled in the paper is whether transnational collaborative pop music is a result of artifacts of cultural or musical stylistic fusions. The essay is expected to establish if the international musical sovereignty is contributed to by western hegemony. It will further identify whether the governing power of international song styles is disintegrating or expanding. The paper is further expected to establish whether the transnational collaborative pop music pushes the melody lyrics and styles of minority culture to advanced status. Compared to musicology, the above study question is not a research of academic music theory, such as the fusion of various widespread tones, amplitudes, and frequencies between two nations. It stresses interpreting and assessing the influences of transnational cooperative pop music on race and society in a cultural environment.
The selected music for study in this paper is the Ice Cream. This is a song by Selena Gomez, a U.S. artist, and the Blackpink group, whose members are located in South Korea. The analysis of this song will be based on the cultural aspects of transnationalism and the developmental status of global music. Both Selena Gomez and Blackpink members utilize the pop music genre. This style originated in the U.S. and the UK in the 1950s. Pop music is the genre of popular songs that produce the most hits with high sales. It is specifically designed for commercial success and mass appeal. Pop music genres also utilize any musical characteristics and instruments. They are usually about 2 to 5 minutes.[Mauch, Matthias, Robert M. MacCallum, Mark Levy, and Armand M. Leroi, "The evolution of popular music: USA 1960–2010," Royal Society open science, (2015), P. 567-891.]
The musicians mentioned above conform to the above defining characteristics of the pop music genre. They all have a catchy melody and good rhythm that connect to the song's instrumentals. The musicians use words that are easy to remember and sing to promote commercial success. The Ice Cream by Blackpink and Selena is about three minutes long, supporting the above statement about the length of pop music.
The quality of vocals in the Ice Cream song is what the pop audience single out as the object of enjoyment. Blackpink and Selena Gomez have used a technique closer to speaking than singing. They have not utilized the clipped consonants and lengthened vowels employed in classical music. The five artists have further used speech quality voices in the music rather than the upper register, making it more interesting.[Walter Benjamin, 'radio Benjamin', Ed. By Lecia Rosenthal, (2014), p. 336-359.]
Familiarity with the pop music genre among all musicians in the Ice Cream song made it easier for them to collaborate and work together. In a speech, Selena Gomez noted that working with Blackpink was not challenging. She added that despite speaking a different language and having a varying culture from the Korean gr...