Celebutante
Duration: 3:51
Track number: 10
Times played live: 0
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
A critical commentary on the superficiality and destructive nature of modern celebrity culture. The term **'Celebutante'**—a person famous for being rich or for their social media presence—is portrayed as desperate for attention and validation ('craves the attention,' 'lives for the likes'). The song warns of the inevitable end of this manufactured fame, describing the figure as a 'synthetic, poisoned pearl.'
Lyrics
You say you're a model, it's evident you've never met
A mirror you didn't love
You say you're an angel with your halo, and your crown
As you fly up to the Sun, and melt your wings
It's not a want, it's an obsession
You wanna hear the people screaming out your name
Whispers at night in your midnight confessions
You'll do anything for fame, célebutante
Célebutante
You say you're an actor, well, then come set-up the stage
Put the cast right where you want, show us what you got
You say you're in movies, always dropping names of
So-called-semi-almost-famous friends, it never ends
It's not a want, it's an obsession
You wanna hear the people screaming out your name
Whispers at night in your midnight confessions
You'll do anything for fame, célebutante
(Fame) to teach the unteachable
(Fame) to reach the unreachable
(Fame) to beat the unbeatable
(Fame) to keep the unkeepable
(Fame) the tighter you hold on to
(Fame) the more everything slips away
All the right hungers, all the right thirsts
All the right aches, the pains, and the hurts
All the right gossip, all the right trends
All the right knives in the backs of your friends
Musicians

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