r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Ultrimus-Prime • 1d ago
miscellaneous Media Made to Prove the Haters Wrong
Tunak Tunak Tun (Daler Mehndi) Critics claimed his music videos were only popular because they featured attractive women dancing. Mehndi responded by making a music video featuring nobody except multiple green-screen versions of himself. It became a massive hit and his most famous song.
Five Nights at Freddy’s - Scott Cawthon previously made a family-friendly game called Chipper & Sons Lumber Co. Critics complained that the characters looked like creepy animatronics. Rather than abandon that visual style, Cawthon decided to turn them into an actual horror game using scary animatronics.
Superman Kingdom Come - Mark Waid and Alex Ross were reacting to the 1990s trend of increasingly violent, cynical superheroes.
Their story deliberately challenged the belief that traditional superheroes like Superman were outdated. It portrayed the consequences of abandoning heroic ideals and argued that compassion, restraint, and morality were still essential to superheroes.
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u/JeffButChinese 1d ago
I just watched a video with Akon talking about sticking his neck out to Interscope Records on behalf of Lady Gaga.
Akon's label, KonLive, is a joint venture to have Akon help develop artists under the Interscope umbrella. Gaga was signed to it in 2007 and was mainly writing songs for other artists. Akon loved her voice on reference tracks and her ability as an artist. Gaga recorded Just Dance, and Akon sent it to head of Interscope Jimmy Iovine. Jimmy liked the track and wanted to give it to The Pussycat Dolls.
Akon apparently passionately pleaded about how impressive Gaga was and bet his label on her success. Saying something like "The Pussycat Dolls are already all-stars, this is the kind of track that creates a new all-star." Jimmy said okay let's do it, and the rest is history.