How far can someone’s personhood be distorted through the lens of the observer? What human privileges are gained and lost through these perceptions? In answering these questions, we can turn to Pop Stars. Pop music is a generational, cultural, and societal touchstone, and the stars who produce it are unique in their fame; their medium turns them into symbols rather than people, able to ascend the status of ‘human’ and become gods to be revered adoringly by their fans. On the other hand, being celebrities places them under the watchful eye of the public and the media, wherein the constant surveillance and high expectations revoke certain human privileges, such as privacy, decency, and compassion. In studying the parallels between the superhuman qualities of a pop star’s existence, comparisons can be made between fan devotion and religious worship. Concert posters reframed in the context of a church flier show how a concert is not too different from a congregation. Fan rules for consuming a pop star’s music can become a bible with the right amount of aesthetic deviation. The subhuman existence of a pop star is shown in a deconstructed tabloid magazine, separating the objectively ridiculous language used in media from the humiliating and exploitative photographs it’s commonly used to describe. The eye-catching headlines paired with pictures of pop stars looking like caged animals shows the bizarre phenomenon of tabloids trivializing human lives to sell a product.