‘Bionic’ really slapped Aguilera’s face badly. Don’t give me the whole lame ‘In this age it’s hard to sell CD’ treatment. I mean, selling 111K with promotional performances on American Idol and Oprah was embarrassing compared to Ms. Britney who didn’t even promote ‘Blackout’ (she was on ‘Vagina showing’ mode then) and managed to sell 290K in the first week of release. Why it failed? Aguilera was too artistically desperate. Aguilera sells her voice frankly, and to create an amateur electronic-driven album with lame beats spreading like third stage cancer was stupid of her. Her ballads: ‘Lift me up’ and ‘You Lost Me’ (third official single) was the stand-out tracks of Bionic because it highlighted why she’s our generation powerhouse voice (which she’ll likely score nods for Pop Vocal Album and Performance at the 2011 Grammys), but sadly these tracks musically sounded like album fillers since ‘Life me up’ was produced by her career’s most pivotal and lifesaver collaborator, Linda Perry. Aguilera and Perry should have re-defined music with a new catchy iconic vocally gifted ballad since today’s mainstream music is defined with dance-beats from Gaga and bratty attitude from Ke$ha. We want ‘Beautiful’ or even the ancient‘I Turn to you’ ballad of hers. Learn from what Beyonce did with ‘I Am…Sasha Fierce’. Beyonce highlighted her strength, and not put herself in a position competing with an artist like Gaga, because it’s simply impossible right now. Aguilera also wantedBionic to lean on futuristic electronica sounds, but her producers was all over the place. How the hell could you use Christopher “Tricky” Stewart and Polow da Don to produce 70% of the album when their most success happened with simple R&B Pop tracks? It’s like asking Ryan Tedder to write a heavy metal ballad for Ozzy Osbourne. Aguilera is getting all of this wrong. RCA records now has to cross their fingers that Aguilera’s acting debut in ‘Burlesque’ is an success because if not then say hello to the failing Diva just like the ‘Mariah Carey Glitter-gate’ era.
“Christina could s**t in a bottle and her fans would still love it” said Australian songstress and Bionic producer Sia. And Aguilera indeed managed the shit part.
Lights and Gaga.
Kristoffer.
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