Pay No Attention to that Man Behind the Curtain

I don't remember who it was, but I seem to remember someone asking why the Gorillaz would want to hide their identities behind animated characters. It makes perfect sense to me. Why would you not want to do that? Normal rock stars have to deal with paparazzi, and fans and haters. The Gorillaz can go shopping and no one will stop them because no one knows who they are. They can have the fun (and wealth) of making art without the burden of celebrity.

I myself don't care for more than 30 seconds of attention at a time, so this concept sounds extremely attractive. I don't need to be famous. I just want my creations to be famous, or at least liked by a large number of people. If I could accomplish the latter while remaining anonymous, I couldn't be more content. I actually have entertained the thought of making videos or blogs under the identities of fictional characters and not telling even my friends about it (which I immediately realize will make it harder to generate traffic). It sounds like lots of fun. It would like I was one person on the internet and another and real life. I'd be simultaneously famous and unknown. Francis Frankson would get all the attention while I get ignored, just the way I like it. (Oh wait. I can't use that name now.)

Here's a girl living the dream, right here:

And here's a music video that has nothing to do with what I'm talking about: