She's the cover girl on Maxim this month. She's very girl-next-door, only all airbrushed up. (Note to Maxim: There comes a point when it's too much and women look like they're made of plastic. Playboy has been making this mistake for decades.) She has a couple of tattoos too, which is cool.
The problem is that she's got a bit of an attitude. Not bad, per se, because I'm all for speaking your mind, it's just she says things from a very young perspective. For example, she pretty much disses Jewel for taking a bit of a dance direction in her last album. I was wondering, as an artist, if you were Jewel, would you want to make Pieces of You Part 4? I sure as hell wouldn't.
She also dissed Jewel for licensing the song in TV spots. There's the real sign of a mature musician though. If you're old enough to know better, you know that getting paid beats being hungry because of your fierce integrity.
I still like Michelle, and she's still on my short list of celebrities that I find attractive, but I wish she'd be a little nicer to other artists.
Oh, we share the same birthday. I'm exactly ten years older than her.
I'm not sure why it's OK for people to change their tastes in music, but it's not OK for artists to do it.
There is nothing wrong with artists changing their tastes in music. Genesis, Shakira, and more recently Rod freaking Stewart are some that come to mind. But it looked as if Jewel was chasing after a new audience or looking a new sound, and unfortunately lost some of her fans because she looked like something she wasn't.
Artists can grow musically and still keep the same perspective, for instance (dare I say) Garbage, my group Pearl Jam, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and 311. That's why there still around.