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The reason why Poppy inspired me so much is because she was never able to stand up and speak out due to her being bullied and her music now is her outlet for her emotions and frustration which also means her songs are personal. Mariel Loveland. (2021). The Tragic, Real Life Story Of Poppy. Nickiswift.com. https://www.nickiswift.com/188505/the-tragic-real-life-story-of-poppy/. I believe that when an artist can write music that they have a personal connection with, it's so admirable because vulnerability is something that can attract such a large audience.

According to two sources one being wikipedia (which isn't quite reliable) and the other source being a website called Inflooenz. Her main inspirations according to wikipedia ‘she told Tiger Beat her musical inspirations are Cyndi Lauper and Elvis Presley’. To support an article such as wikipedia which isn't reliable i found an article that talked about the songs that changed her life which included 2 david bowie songs. Jake Richardson. (2020). Poppy: The 10 songs that changed my life. Kerrang.com https://www.kerrang.com/poppy-the-10-songs-that-changed-my-life . Poppy also posted a TikTok about David Bowie in regards to the celebration of his 75th birthday, she states "David Bowie to me is a superhero"

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The reason Lady Gaga had such an influence on me was because I saw a video of her performing when I was young. As I got older I fell in love with her art even more, but for a different reason. Her lyrics, which makes sense as one of her influences is Freddie Mercury Daily Record. (2012) My new album is all about the dark side of celebrity, says Lady Gaga. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/my-new-album-is-all-about-the-dark-side-of-celebrity-1043313 . Lady gaga has also stated that she was influenced by Elton John and Michael Jackson. 'Lady Gaga has credited Sir Elton John with saving her when she was struggling with drink and drugs. The Bad Romance hitmaker, who is godmother to the Bennie and the Jets star's two sons, realised she needed help after she passed out drunk on the lawn at her boyfriend Taylor Kinney's brother's wedding.' The Sydney Morning Herald. (2014) Elton John saved Lady Gaga from Drug and Alcohol Demons.  https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/elton-john-saved-lady-gaga-from-drug-and-alcohol-demons-20141124-11shju.html

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Cyndi Lauper is a pop icon with her hit song that almost every teenage girl listened to in the 80’s ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’ influenced Poppy at a very young age due to her dad telling stories of him being on tour and helping Cyndi and her team with drum beats as he was a pretty successful drummer. Before poppy started her career in music, she practiced dance for 11 years whilst her father trained her in vocals. Her dream was to be a dancer as her dad also helped The Rockettes similar to his involvement with Cyndi Lauper.

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Most artists would answer that their musical influence would be David Bowie. David bowie was famously and best known for his shifting personae and experimenting with different genres throughout his career. Poppy is influenced by bowie in the way of his sentimentality, creativity and differences in his artistry, and along with that most of her albums are so different to each other and she also left her previous online persona of herself when she was originally just making surrealism youtube content.

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Elvis was known as “the king of rock and roll” he made a mixture of genres for his music including blues, country, tin pan alley ballads, gospel and of course rock and roll. In a way poppy most likely looked at Elvis as influential inspiration because of his wide variety of music he has released and written, hence why poppy has made pop song, rock songs, nu metal and is indulging in heavier music and is writing from a more emotional side of things.

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Elton John, A musical genius and legend. A pianist and composer and his first hit song that has now been listened to by millions ‘Your Song’ written by his lyricist and best friend since the very start of his career, Bernie Taupin. Elton John is very charismatic and extroverted, but he was also a lover of Elvis Presley and in his own way created his own genre of rock and roll but with more energy. Elton Johns creativity and Journey was influential to Gaga because she always referred Elton as her mentor and they’ve had a connection since the early years of her career. She writes music to get people dancing and also to get people thinking. She shares the creativity of both Bernie and Elton, and the bubbly personality with Elton John.

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Similarly to Elvis, Michael Jackson also made a title for himself. He was known as ‘The King of Pop’. Michael Jackson made his music debut in a boy group with 4 of his other talented brothers. Soon enough Jackson 5 was widely known across the world of music and became super successful. As time went on Michael began releasing some music of his own and coming out with his biggest hit of all time, you know it ’Thriller’. Lady Gaga was inspired by Michael Musically and fashionably. Michael Jackson was always outstanding with the clothing he wore on stage and the dazzling attitude he’d held onto since being in Jackson 5 and comparing to the stage presence lady gaga shows, there is much similarity and visual influence.

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Freddie mercury is incredibly influential to most famous artist and many upcoming artist to this day. Freddie started his career as a young man when he first met Brian may the guitarist and Roger Taylor the drummer of their band Smile. Freddie (Farrokh Bulsara) Then became the singer and changed the band name to ‘Queen’ and coming out with their song Bohemian Rhapsody which made him a star. His flamboyancy, stage presence and journey inspired Lady Gaga from the very start of her career, her stage attitude was very much like the way Freddie mercury presented himself.

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Elton John is a name that everyone knows. He is incredibly influential to so many people for so many reasons like music, being open about his sexuality, addiction recovery and to people that come from a small music scene, he gave them hope. Elton John had a specific look or a certain hook that was recognised by his audience and that was the glasses he wore. He wore a different pair of glasses for each of his performances. In a way, Lady Gaga did something similar by putting her thumb and index finger together in a circle over her eye. In multiple videos, interviews and even performances both Lady Gaga and Elton John are seen performing together and are both very appreciative of each other. The way Elton John started his pathway was through classical music and had perfect pitch which is interesting since most of his music was the rock and roll of the time. Needless to say, Elton John was ahead of his time with the music he created, it was soulful, it was uplifting and storytelling and a lot of his work needs to also be recognised that Bernie contributed so much to the lyricism to his music but it would not of had the same effect without the amazing piano work of Elton John.