There is no redeeming value--either in terms of musicality or content-- to the over-produced, hyper-sexualized tweenie-bopper genre. Let her be a trendsetter by developing her own unique style.
But but but but... what if that IS her style?
Among older (maybe 4th/5th grade, middle school, etc) kids, there is actually a subset of kids to whom Piano Guys are very much a thing.
Indeed. My DD10 has taken an opportunity to show Piano Guys to every kid who comes over for the last couple of years.
Which brings me to another point, because all of us old fuddy-duddies have to be careful not to overlook the social currency of YouTube. We have to treat it just like TV... there's a lot of inappropriate material, but as long as they stay within appropriate boundaries, they should be allowed to explore. My DD enjoys (and shares with her friends) song parodies (especially Minecraft ones), people playing Minecraft (especially this Tobuscus guy, who also does the aforementioned song parodies), fail videos, and kids filming themselves doing gymnastics.
My goodness, YES.
DD decided all on her own that Bieber and most of the former-Disney set were nothing but over-produced trash...
and that Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga, and Adele had
real talent. It doesn't mean that she likes everything that they do, just that she doesn't roll her eyes at it or cringe about the social justice issues involved in such factory-produced material.
Youtube-- well, I'm sure that she has SEEN some occasionally inappropriate material-- frankly, we've been in a continuous arms race since she was about 6yo in order to keep SOME controls on internet usage.
But she isn't drawn to that really nasty stuff, doesn't care for it, and when she encounters it-- SHE self-regulates. In a hurry.
Niki Minaj? DD's opinion is that this is just--
sad. In the same way that Lindsey Lohan or Miley Cyrus news is "sad."
In related news (since someone else expressed an appreciation for Weird Al upthread):
Black Death (Hollaback Girl parody)My DD discovered these when she was in World History in high school, but she would have thoroughly enjoyed them as young as 6 or 7. They are very much in the tradition of
Horrible Histories. They are downright CLEVER, as well-- and DD, like most of the kids on these boards,
loves clever.
There are a few dozen of those:
https://www.youtube.com/user/historyteachers/videos(The story of
why the female teacher featured in those surprisingly good production quality videos started making them is a really neat aspect of the series, as well.)
