How dear anyone ever mention BNL and boy bands in the same breath! Blasphemy!
Folks, Brit doesn't have implants. If you look at the difference between her publicity photos two years ago (she was 16) versus current photos, you have to consider that she just grew up. My better half went through the same thing over the same time period (and nature was far too generous). She just grew up, like most teenage girls do.
As far as talent goes, I wouldn't say that the pop girls and boy bands are talent-free. Some of what they do (especially the boy bands) is contrived, in that they were formed to make cash, but these guys work their butts off to be what they are. And despite the myth, many of them are involved in the writing of their music, more and more as they evolve.
Besides, when every other sector of music is sucking like an industrial strength Hoover, the return of true top 40 isn't such a bad thing.
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Jeff
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