I was thinking on the bus this morning that a surefire way of getting r stevens to sell would be vicious popbitch rumours (spilling over into the tabs as well). maybe not with immediate effect - in fact in the short term there'd be a lot of nasty jokes, and the perception that her popularity was on the wane - but the comeback should be v successful indeed.
britney, xtina, sugababes, tatu, even girls aloud - gossip and rumours have had the effect of giving them enough personality/sense of a real life person behind the music for them to appeal to people for whom that matters (ie most people unfortunately). as much as i love r stevens, it's impossible to discern ANY personality in her voice at all - and she's not even a robot like britney, neither is her singing endearingly amateur like the aloud and sugababes, she's just a girl who hits the notes. it could be anyone.
i think what this proves is that for the public at large it can never just be about the music.
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Date: 2005-10-12 11:29 am (UTC)britney, xtina, sugababes, tatu, even girls aloud - gossip and rumours have had the effect of giving them enough personality/sense of a real life person behind the music for them to appeal to people for whom that matters (ie most people unfortunately). as much as i love r stevens, it's impossible to discern ANY personality in her voice at all - and she's not even a robot like britney, neither is her singing endearingly amateur like the aloud and sugababes, she's just a girl who hits the notes. it could be anyone.
i think what this proves is that for the public at large it can never just be about the music.