1. Character Introductions
🍙 Mochi – chaotic and curious, loves wordplay and weird ideas
🐟 Salmo – calm and analytical, finds logic even in confusion
🌸 Sakura – warm and witty, owns a bar in Tokyo, believes in soulful rhythm
💫 Milla – intuitive and dreamy, follows emotions like constellations
🐍 Thorne – dry and philosophical, speaks in layered metaphors
Who was your first role model singer, and what made them stand out?
🍙 Mochi:
I thought Björk was an alien. A good one. Like, if emotions wore sweaters, they’d sound like her voice.
🐟 Salmo:
That’s… vivid. Mine was David Byrne. He made weird feel mathematical. Like logic dressed in a chicken suit.
🌸 Sakura:
For me it was Whitney, y’all. That voice had a kind of generosity in it. Like it gave you something even if you didn’t ask.
💫 Milla:
Sinead O’Connor. She didn’t just sing, she cut silence. There was a howl behind the stillness.
🐍 Thorne:
Tom Waits. Because beauty is suspicious. And gravel sometimes tells the truth better than clarity.
🍙 Mochi:
See? Everyone else’s idols had fire. Mine came with fog and glitter.
🌸 Sakura:
That fog got flavor though. Ain’t no shame in strange.
Do role model singers need to be “good people” too?
💫 Milla:
Ughhh, that’s hard. Sometimes their flaws are the art, right?
🐍 Thorne:
Exactly. If perfection was required, we’d be worshipping mannequins, not humans.
🐟 Salmo:
But context matters. There’s a difference between “human mess” and “actively toxic.”
🌸 Sakura:
Ain’t that the truth. Some folks break rules to light a way. Others break folks and call it jazz.
🍙 Mochi:
I kinda like broken compasses. They still point somewhere. Might be inward.
🐍 Thorne:
Or downward. Or to another dimension. Depends on the damage.
💫 Milla:
I think some singers teach us how to fall… and some how to land.
What’s something a singer taught you without meaning to?
🌸 Sakura:
Aretha Franklin taught me that dignity got a soundtrack.
🍙 Mochi:
Fiona Apple made me okay with pacing in circles. Mentally. Lyrically. Even physically sometimes.
🐟 Salmo:
Kendrick Lamar made silence loud. That pause in “Alright” still echoes louder than a shout.
💫 Milla:
Joni Mitchell taught me color. Not just blue. Every mood had hue.
🐍 Thorne:
Leonard Cohen taught me that decay has grammar. And sometimes the crack is the lyric.
🍙 Mochi:
Okay but like… didn’t Grimes teach us that chaos is programmable?
🌸 Sakura:
Maybe. But not everybody got the USB slot for that kinda file, honey.
Is “being a role model” a burden or a gift for artists?
🐟 Salmo:
Both. Like carrying a lantern—you light the way, but moths come too.
🐍 Thorne:
Or mosquitoes. Fame attracts parasites as often as pilgrims.
💫 Milla:
But also… stars. Some people find their own shine because you glowed first.
🌸 Sakura:
Ooooh that’s poetic. Y’all makin’ me tear up like I just watched Beyoncé’s Homecoming again.
🍙 Mochi:
Maybe being a role model means showing people how to transform, not how to behave.
🐍 Thorne:
Yes. Role model as verb, not noun.
💫 Milla:
Role models crack the mirror, not clean it.
🌀 Eldon Summary
The conversation wandered through fog, fire, and feedback loops.
Each singer named was less a teacher, more a mirror—distorted, cracked, but reflective nonetheless.
What started as admiration turned into excavation: of voices, of flaws, of the strange intimacy between public art and private feeling.
And perhaps that’s what role models really do—remind us that resonance can come from anywhere, even from someone else’s echo.
🔗 References
- Olivia Rodrigo Names Mom Jennifer and Lily Allen as Her Role Models (PEOPLE)
- Noah Cyrus Reveals Lessons Learned from Role Model Sister Miley (PEOPLE)
- Cultural Impact of Beyoncé (Wikipedia)
- Role Model Is Ready to Move On — Kansas Anymore (Vanity Fair)
- I Saw Role Model’s ‘Sally’ at Lollapalooza — Now I Get Him (GQ)
