Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor: Blog task

Audience

1) What do we know about the Arctic Monkeys audience? Think demographics, psychographics and how they got into the band.
Psychographic groups might include Reformers and Explorers

2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor?

indie rock and alternative music,

3) Pick out three particular shots, scenes or moments in the video that would particularly appeal to Arctic Monkeys fans. Why did you choose those moments?

Tv studio and pubs 

4) How did fans take a leading role in making Arctic Monkeys famous back in 2005?

promotion of their debut EP 'Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys

5) How are fans positioned to respond to the band? What does Arctic Monkeys want fans to think about their video?

Arctic Monkeys want fans to think critically about their video and to possibly interpret its meaning or message in various ways, 

Industries

1) How did the Arctic Monkeys first achieve success and build up their fanbase?

A series of demo recordings

2) Why was P2P file sharing and MySpace an unexpected aspect to Arctic Monkeys' early success?

It allowed their music to be heard by a much wider audience and peer to peer 

3) How does the rise of Arctic Monkeys differ from how BLACKPINK were formed and became famous?

first bands that took advantage of the internet to gain more popularity, mainly growing on the platform MySpace

4) Who is Arctic Monkeys record label and how many copies did they sell of their debut album? Why did they choose an independent record label?

360,000 copies in its first week, 

5) Looking at the wider music industry, has the internet been a positive or negative development for record companies and artists? Why?

it also drastically devalues the resulting music to the point that it almost cancels out any chances there might have been to allow more people to use it as a profession