Christina Aguilera's new album will be sick!!!

[TallGuyCM]

Sushi every time I scroll down past one of your posts I think of Caligula with those dumb emoticons. Get rid of them!

[Red.Sonja]

It seems that this could be more Goldfrapp than Christina, I think.

[caco0283]

Thank you. Thats exactly why I hate it.

You are so sad. You don't like something cos you are assuming someone is trying to fit into a market? You aren't even giving the music a chance. You must live a sad hipster life...i feel bad for your current/future children

[boarderwoozel3]

The record labels can only contain "indie electronic music" to the extent that the "indie electronic" musicians let themselves be contained. Christina Aguilera is not an "indie electronic" musician; she's a mega pop star who (assuming the theories about this are true) wants to make an album that is far more interesting than anything she's done in the past. If she pulls it off, then what's not to like? If this waters down The Knife or Bjork or Aphex Twin or anything else that it's trying to sound like in your eyes, that's your shortcoming.

Also, the quotation marks above are used to highlight Sarah Palin baby terminology.

Simmer down hombre. You're reading all kinds of nonsense into this.

I was making an observation about popular culture. Indie, as a trend, is becoming increasingly contained and resold to us as alternative. There is no debating this. Look no further than Urban Outfitters, American Apparel or even Nordstrom. How about Phoenix, Grizzly Bear and Arcade Fire in TV commercials? Fortunately cultural texts are polysemic so they can never be fully contained anyway.

How I feel about that is irrelevant, thus, I didn't share my opinion. And of course this isn't going to cheapen work by Bjork, The Knife, and Aphex Twin. Where did that come from anyway?

[schoolofruckus]

Thank you. Thats exactly why I hate it.

Will you still hate it if Goldfrapp comes out next week and goes "This isn't Christina Aguilera, goddammit - it's me!", and then releases an album and a series of videos and a tour that all fit this aesthetic. Will you still hate it then? Because then it's totally not the same thing as some marketing guy in zajaa's office telling a former Mouseketeer to go "weird" and "indie"?

[zajaa]

I bet you really suck at your job.

Nope. I bet you're a christina aguilera fan though.

[humanoid]

I'd rather find out who it really is before formulating a very strong opinion about it.

[Red.Sonja]

You are so sad. You don't like something cos you are assuming someone is trying to fit into a market? You aren't even giving the music a chance. You must live a sad hipster life...i feel bad for your current/future children

haha your kidding me right? you are the one that created a thread about a girl who sang "i'm a genie in a bottle"

[microcuts]

Because the artist determines whether or not it's any good?

[wmgaretjax]

Nope. I bet you're a christina aguilera fan though.

Nope. But I sure as hell don't underestimate the people that are in my industry.

[boarderwoozel3]

I'd rather find out who it really is before formulating a very strong opinion about it.

For this particular case, sure. But from a cultural rhetorician's vantage point the general sentiment still stands.

[Queenie Cupcakes]

Aguilera's camp has denied it:

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/163...ady_gaga.jhtml

Because while we don't know much about the "Iamamiwhoami" series, according to Aguilera's publicist, "Iamamiwhoami" is "100 percent not [Christina] ... not sure why people think it is."

[Red.Sonja]

Will you still hate it if Goldfrapp comes out next week and goes "This isn't Christina Aguilera, goddammit - it's me!", and then releases an album and a series of videos and a tour that all fit this aesthetic. Will you still hate it then? Because then it's totally not the same thing as some marketing guy in zajaa's office telling a former Mouseketeer to go "weird" and "indie"?

I'm not really into Goldfrapp, just if I were to guess, first person that comes to mind when I watched those vids was Goldfrapp.

[TallGuyCM]

The chick in the first video really looked like her.

[caco0283]

haha your kidding me right? you are the one that created a thread about a girl who sang "i'm a genie in a bottle"

No I'm serious. Yeah she did Genie in A Bottle but she also walked out during the Grammy's and did this tribute song for James Brown....say what you want about her first album but this shows how great of a voice she has




I don't know why I'm wasting my time....you are too cool to admit you can even appreciate something like this

[captncrzy]

Whoever it is, I'm interested enough in it to find out.

No way it's CA, though.

[schoolofruckus]

Simmer down hombre. You're reading all kinds of nonsense into this.

I was making an observation about popular culture. Indie, as a trend, is becoming increasingly contained and resold to us as alternative. There is no debating this. Look no further than Urban Outfitters, American Apparel or even Nordstrom. How about Phoenix, Grizzly Bear and Arcade Fire in TV commercials? Fortunately cultural texts are polysemic so they can never be fully contained anyway.

How I feel about that is irrelevant, thus, I didn't share my opinion. And of course this isn't going to cheapen work by Bjork, The Knife, and Aphex Twin. Where did that come from anyway?

What I object to is the implication that anyone would ever think that "indie" (a term that I loathe) is some noble, rebellious subculture that fights the good fight against the corporate way. It has ALWAYS been "sold to us as an alternative". Pop music is pop music, and Phoenix, Grizzly Bear, and Arcade Fire are 100% pop music. They were when they started, and they probably always will be. The fact that these bands were hatched in environments with more street cred than a corporate office in Orlando ultimately means very little, because the music they're making is tailored for mass consumption. And I say this as someone who loves Grizzly Bear, enjoys the hell out of Phoenix, and was a cultish fan of Arcade Fire prior to "Neon Bible". All three of these bands deserve to be hugely successful, and if Christina Aguilera really goes out and makes an album that fulfills the promise of these video clips (as opposed to just a standard assembly-line pop album that pretends to sound like this), then she deserves all the success she gets as well.

[schoolofruckus]

I'd rather find out who it really is before formulating a very strong opinion about it.

This is where the problem lies. It's not "finding out who it is" that you should hold out for; it's hearing the album. The album is what will ultimately matter, not the identity of the performer.

[BlackSwan]

It's not Goldfrapp... two songs from her new album are out already.

[captncrzy]

Little Boots? (according to some on the youtube channel)

[hawkingvsreeve]

I'm intrigued either way, regardless of who it is. In fact I hope it's Christina, because I like a good chunk of her music. So it's pop music. Who cares? If the songs are good, then it's worth the time.

I think think the teeth comparison picture seals the deal that it's her.

[humanoid]

This is where the problem lies. It's not "finding out who it is" that you should hold out for; it's hearing the album. The album is what will ultimately matter, not the identity of the performer.

I'm not really "holding out for" anything...I'm curious who it is and what the music sounds like...I just meant that I don't want to get particularly riled up over anything based upon mere speculation.

[wmgaretjax]

It's not Goldfrapp... two songs from her new album are out already.

hypothetical.

[BlackSwan]

Doubtful... her first album was released less than a year ago.

[hawkingvsreeve]

That last video is pretty sweet.

[schoolofruckus]

I'm not really "holding out for" anything...I'm curious who it is and what the music sounds like...I just meant that I don't want to get particularly riled up over anything based upon mere speculation.

Fair point.

[chairmenmeow47]

At least this new concept album may stop people from talking about Lady Gaga so much.

and at least it would be made by someone actually worth looking at. that dirty video is so hot :x

[hawkingvsreeve]

People on the youtube channel are trying to claim it's Karin. The voice in these videos sounds NOTHING like her. People are dumb.

[caco0283]

If it is her I think she should of performed like these videos for Hope for Haiti instead of like this.....even though I love this performance

[BlackSwan]

hypothetical.

I was addressing the none hypothetical posts. Some people have been guessing that it is Goldfrapp.

and at least it would be made by someone actually worth looking at. that dirty video is so hot :x

Can't disagree there.