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posted by [identity profile] alexmacpherson.livejournal.com at 05:29pm on 23/06/2009
Yeah, I can't work out whether it's a ham-fisted attempt to be ~controversial~ or if she genuinely is this thick.

Also: what irks even more is that she's sold as a 'meaningful' artist, someone who says smart things and makes smart music not like that meaningless pop pap. And she's certainly sold as a strong female figure. And she definitely THINKS she's smart, and that her opinions matter. And yet she comes up with bullshit like this, and it's Nicole Scherzinger who's setting feminism back 100 years? GNNNNGGHHHH.
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posted by [identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com at 05:52pm on 23/06/2009
Also, Luke Turner says she is 'surprisingly smart' at the beginning of the article - I'd have thought he'd been doing this long enough by now (or perhaps he just doesn't interview that many female role models?)
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posted by [identity profile] alexmacpherson.livejournal.com at 05:58pm on 23/06/2009
If I see him soon I'll have words with him about that.

Good(ish) news: I immediately fired off a pitch to the Grau blog calling La Roux out on this, but apparently they've got one coming already, so it's been noticed elsewhere too. (ish) only b/c they got there before I did, though I did get a separate pitch accepted this morning so oh well.
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posted by [identity profile] friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com at 08:47pm on 23/06/2009
Well, he's certainly gone down in my estimation!
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posted by [identity profile] friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com at 08:36pm on 23/06/2009
if she genuinely is this thick

I'm kind of leaning towards that interpretation, myself.

While I do actually quite like bits of her stuff, I must be honest (the remixes, yes!), I really don't get the idea of her as being a "serious" artist or saying anything "meaningful". I find the idea of her being sold as such....weird, tbh. If she thinks she's smart, it's possibly a delusion common to a lot of reasonably privileged girls with a performance background - I've known a few.

For some reason, she's now become a sort of 21st century Louise Wener in my head (cos I can definitely see the similarities, IYKWIM). Daft views on feminism, overly strong investment in own cleverness, fairly fluffy pop songs which weren't quite as good as they should have been, yet still sold as Proper Music, Not Manufactured Rubbish.

I expect to see a series of lite novels by Elly within 5 years! Something like this, maybe. Or, more likely (and less fortunately), something like...this.

*shudders*
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