{"id":19995,"date":"2016-05-04T12:53:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T11:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=19995"},"modified":"2016-05-04T12:53:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T11:53:34","slug":"mimi-larue-is-more-than-just-product-with-satirical-look-at-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/05\/mimi-larue-is-more-than-just-product-with-satirical-look-at-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Mimi LaRue Is More Than Just &#8216;Product&#8217; With Satirical Look at Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20013\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/05\/mimi-larue-is-more-than-just-product-with-satirical-look-at-life\/mimicountryusflag\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/MimiCountryUSFlag.jpg?fit=3840%2C5760&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3840,5760\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MimiCountryUSFlag\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/MimiCountryUSFlag.jpg?fit=640%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20013\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/MimiCountryUSFlag.jpg?resize=640%2C959&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"MimiCountryUSFlag\" width=\"640\" height=\"959\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Described as &#8220;what the love-child of Ali G and Lady Gaga would look and sound like&#8221;, Mimi LaRue is a satirist whose humorous takes on different genres are similar in style to Weird Al Yankovic &#8211; but more controversial.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Country Star&#8217; takes a hilarious look at country music, but with a bitter sweet edge &#8211; examining the sexual inequality\u00a0in the genre, as well as the difficulty of getting into the industry in the first place. LaRue has a singing style which is easily adapted to whichever she is satirising.\u00a0True, the lyrics are explicit &#8211;\u00a0but there&#8217;s humour behind them and Mimi could easily find her way onto Saturday Night Live or the like.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_38499\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cLwedp88Kl8?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Country Star - Mimi LaRue\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/cLwedp88Kl8\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mimi takes a turn about with her next parody, slicing right through mainstream pop music, with &#8216;Product&#8217;, a lighthearted dig at the likes of Lady Gaga, Sia, Meghan Trainor, and others.\u00a0Again, like &#8216;Country Star&#8217;, LaRue hits at the music industry &#8211; this time the world of manufactured pop:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_72909\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xDR7LXfWKu4?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Product - Mimi LaRue\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xDR7LXfWKu4\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mimi doesn&#8217;t let Hip-Hop get away with it either. &#8216;Filler&#8217; is a cutting critique on the popular style, in a song that doesn&#8217;t say much at all about anything &#8211; but that&#8217;s the joke of it all &#8211; she even says it in the lyrics, that &#8220;you&#8217;ve been played by LaRue, cos even though I&#8217;m saying blah blah blah blah blah, you&#8217;re busy groovin like wah wah wah wah wah&#8221;. Interjecting throughout the video are random words on the screen, like, &#8216;Teacup&#8217;, &#8216;Lamp&#8217;, and so on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_24930\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ozQVlRKsUS8?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Filler - Mimi LaRue\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ozQVlRKsUS8\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mimi is an all-round artist: singer\/songwriter, actress, rapper\u00a0and\u00a0poet are just a few strings to her bow; she is also a handbag and fragrance designer, not to mention an aspiring superstar. Boldly making her mark\u00a0with her witty and cutting songs, she leaves us wondering what could she possibly tackle next?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find Mimi LaRue online on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mimilaruemusic\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/mimilaruemusic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUHFkDWiHwZ92otOTYw6EWQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mimi-larue\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a>. Get her music from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/Artist\/MimiLarue\" target=\"_blank\">CDBaby<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/artist\/mimi-larue\/id1042767704\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Described as &#8220;what the love-child of Ali G and Lady Gaga would look and sound like&#8221;, Mimi LaRue is a satirist whose humorous takes on different genres are similar in style to Weird Al Yankovic &#8211; but more controversial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":20011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57,9,640],"tags":[5422,5417,5419,25,721,5416,68,615,5418,5420,532,5421],"class_list":["post-19995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-ali-g","tag-country-star","tag-filler","tag-lady-gaga","tag-meghan-trainor","tag-mimi-larue","tag-new-music","tag-new-releases","tag-product","tag-satire","tag-sia","tag-weird-al-yankovic"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-5cv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":87427,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2024\/07\/weird-al-yankovic-shares-new-polkamania-medley-featuring-hits-by-taylor-swift-luis-fonsi-miley-cyrus-lil-nas-x-and-many-more\/","url_meta":{"origin":19995,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;Weird Al&#8221; Yankovic Shares New &#8216;Polkamania!&#8217; Medley (Featuring Hits By Taylor Swift, Luis Fonsi, Miley Cyrus, Lil Nas X And Many More)","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"20\/07\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cWeird Al\u201d Yankovic\u00a0celebrates ten-year anniversary of\u00a0'Mandatory Fun', with all-new polka medley, 'Polkamania!' 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