"No tan glamuroso en absoluto": Las consecuencias de la fama y el estatus de celebridad en de The Cranberries
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https://doi.org/10.24162/EI2023-11440Palabras clave:
The Cranberries, Dolores O’Riordan, rock, letras de canciones, música, psicología, fama, celebridadResumen
The Cranberries son considerados una de las mayores bandas que ha dado Irlanda. Desde 1993 hasta 2019, año en que se separaron después de la muerte de su cantante Dolores O’Riordan, lanzaron ocho discos de estudio y varios de sus singles, como “Linger” y “Zombie”, se convirtieron en auténticos éxitos. Después de dos discos muy bien recibidos por la crítica, su tercer trabajo To The Faithful Departed (1996) fue objeto de reseñas muy duras por parte de la prensa, ya que se consideró que sus letras eran por lo menos superficiales. Por consiguiente, el tercer álbum de The Cranberries ha sido analizado de este modo a lo largo de los años. El presente artículo pretende ofrecer un análisis nuevo y exhaustivo de To The Faithful Departed, centrándose en el impacto emocional que tuvo el estrellato en los componentes del grupo y, por lo tanto, en las letras del disco. El propósito del siguiente análisis es ofrecer una mayor comprensión sobre cómo To The Faithful Departed refleja el estado emocional de una banda que acababa de convertirse en celebridades dentro de la industria de la música. Este artículo puede considerarse innovador por dos razones: primero, porque el estudio académico sobre The Cranberries es nulo y, segundo, porque ofrece una nueva lectura de su tercer disco To The Faithful Departed.
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