It would be absurd if pop stars by defintion could not explain semiconductor physics. Like how a snake wearing boots is absurd.

Dr. Brian May comes to mind...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_May#Scientific_career

Maybe not so absurd.

Also, Todd Rundgren used to be a registered Apple developer. We'd see him moseying around the WWDC, every year.

You are being pedantic, but I’ll play along. Absurd has multiple meanings. It can mean nonsensical, but it can also mean utterly ridiculous or silly. Under those other meanings I believe the pop-star-physics-professor still qualifies.

It sounds pedantic, but "absurd" is fundamentally different from "rare". A lot of baggage comes from flagging something as absurd, instead of just unexpected or uncommon. Winning the lottery isn't absurd, having 3 pairs of some chromosome isn't either, and being a successful pop singer with an academic background isn't either, it's just rare.

It IS pedantic, because we are talking not of pop stars in general, but Britney Spears specifically.

Very heteronormative even for 2000