In the minds of many singers, there are only two kinds of people in the world: Fans and haters. Fans lap up and support everything they do. Put out a crappy single? Who cares?! Said celebrity totally looked hot in the video so that makes up for it. Haters are the rest of the world. People who judge you based on your merits. People who may or may not like every song you put out.
Why can't the "haters" just make life easier for all musicians and just stop being critical? Readers, you're in luck as this week, the "hater" whine comes in three different flavors.
Christina Aguilera clapped back at "critics" of her "racy" music video for her new single "Not Myself Tonight." She predictably defended the raunch factor in her video as an expression of her sexuality and dismissed critics as wanting her to be a stay-at-home soccer mom. Forget the virgin/whore dichotomy, Xtina has set up the soccer mom/dominatrix dichotomy. Source: MTV.com
Aguilera — who, in previous interviews, has cited her two-year-old son, Max, as an inspiration for the songs on her upcoming Bionic album — said that she doesn't think the video is inappropriate, and added that just because she's a mother, it doesn't mean that she's not also an artist, one who deals honestly and frankly with the subject of sexuality.
'[Max] is going to grow up in a household where he knows mommy expresses herself artistically and some of that will have to reflect itself sexually too, at times," she said. "He's going to learn to respect the fact that women are allowed to express themselves and not feel shameful about their bodies or their sexuality.'
Okay, so when Max has little Susie from First Grade tied up with a bedazzled ball gag in her mouth and her hands tied behind her back, Xtina's not gonna say nothin', right? A woman that rejects the exhibitionism of the "Not Myself Tonight" video isn't necessarily ashamed of her body or sexuality, she just might think it's more dignified to express those things in private and avoid exploiting them in a bid for attention. Just food for thought.
In a PR stunt with puns that totally went right over Chris Brown's team's head, the "Forever" singer was booked to sing the national anthem at a....wait for it....BOXING match. Yes, the singer performed over the weekend at the Floyd Mayweather and Sugar Shane Mosley boxing match, but his performance left a spoiled taste in many of the viewing audience's mouths.
Chris looked shaken, not stirred, as he rushed through a shaky rendition of the national anthem. He was a jumbled bundle of nerves and it showed in his body language and voice. The internet made its opinion known loud and clear, which of course sent up the bat signal for Chris to reach out and tweet someone. On his Twitter account, Chris bemoaned his less-than-perfect performance and chastised all the haters for picking on lil' ol' he.
Oh, Chris, no woman, no cry. The "I'm human" and "I'm not perfect" pleas are signs that you should probably take a time out from celebrity. You're a professional singer, if you have an off night vocally, you should expect people to say something. Just like if you hired a chef and he jacked up your dinner, you'd probably be agitated that someone who makes living cooking, went so off-track. So stop getting sensitive, Chris, when people tell you that your grits have gone sour.
And lastly, the garbage pail kid known as Ke$ha, let all the cynics out there know that her life is, like, fabulous and stuff. In response to the chattering on the web about her god-awful SNL performances, Ke$ha drops a few f-bombs and feigns indifference. How original. Source: MTV.com
"I actually don't read anything, because I feel like the haters really like to hate out loud, [and] that people who love sometimes love quietly. So I don't really listen or look at anything," she told MTV News at last weekend's Bamboozle Festival in New Jersey. "[But] in general, f--- the cynics. Go be cynical. ... I'm having a good time. Like, who would you rather hang out with: that cynical dude or, like, me with my laser beams?"
At least she admits to not reading much. That much is clear every time she opens her mouth and battles with the English language to utter something coherent. Teenagers and youngsters have often been labeled as "care-free" but Ke$ha takes care-free and contorts it into straight-up, self-glorifying ignorance which she wields as a weapon against thought, substance and talent. The scary part? So far, she's winning.
