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Sex `lame and low` for new teen pop icons: Indian Express
New York, July 25: Since Britney Spears arrived on the music scene three years ago, pop music has moulded its teen queens according to three b`s - blondness, beauty and bustiers.
New York, July 25: Since Britney Spears arrived on the music scene three years ago, pop music has moulded its teen queens according to three b’s — blondness, beauty and bustiers.
But a new crop of female singer-song writers is challenging the notion that you have to bare your navel and cavort in tight clothes to be sexy and successful in the music industry.
Over the last year, Michelle Branch, Vanessa Carlton and Avril Lavigne have been dominating the charts by putting more of the focus on their music. ‘‘I’m just saying I don’t want to sell sex,’’ says Lavigne, a 17-year-old from Ontario, Canada, whose debut disc, Let’s Go, has gone gold in a month’s time. ‘‘I feel that’s sort of lame and low. I’ve got so much more to say.’’
But a new crop of female singer-song writers is challenging the notion that you have to bare your navel and cavort in tight clothes to be sexy and successful in the music industry.
Over the last year, Michelle Branch, Vanessa Carlton and Avril Lavigne have been dominating the charts by putting more of the focus on their music. ‘‘I’m just saying I don’t want to sell sex,’’ says Lavigne, a 17-year-old from Ontario, Canada, whose debut disc, Let’s Go, has gone gold in a month’s time. ‘‘I feel that’s sort of lame and low. I’ve got so much more to say.’’