The “West End Girl” Effect: Why Heartbreak Sells

The biggest pop-culture stories of the moment are increasingly built around a familiar formula. Artists take something painfully private, make it specific and let the audience do the rest. Lily Allen’s “West End Girl” may be the clearest example yet. In the attention economy, celebrity heartbreak can be an extraordinarily powerful form of promotion. How […] The post The “West End Girl” Effect: Why Heartbreak Sells appeared first on Our Culture.