this is why I hate britney spears....

That's true to the core.

Sure, Britney may have some talent somewhere, but i have yet to see it. The truth is, i'm not a fan of western pop music at all so it's obvious that i won't be liking Britney but i can't even remember the last time i heard a song (can they really be called songs?) by her that actually sounded even half decent.

Why, aswell, does she have to wear the minimum amount of clothes possible eh? I'll admit, Britney isn't (or at least wasn't) bad looking, but now she's descended to the level of Christina Aguilera who at least has some talent inside her.

I've noticed though how all of this is being directed towards Britney, but i feel i should point out that it's a trend that runs in a lot of western pop. I'm constantly seeing pop singers wearing less and less clothes to try and gain more popularity, and sadly it seems to work.

Comparing Britney to Ayu though, that's just dumb. On one hand we have good songs, pure talent, extremely good looking and no need to strip down to nothing more than just a bra and a belt. Whereas on the other hand we have Britney who doesn't have any of these qualitys (ok she's pretty, i'll give her that. Big deal).

Image is nothing, thirst...er, music is everything...or something
 

Yeah, whether we like it or not, image does play a part in music. Granted, it doesn't factor in largely when it comes to certain genres, but in the pop world, its role can be quite huge.

Britney has the best marketing team in the world, and i dont know how you can like pop music and not think britney's song were a little bit catchy.

image is music today and has been for a while.

also to point out what happened to rolling stone? it used to be a fairly decent magazine (and im talking a couple years ago now) but now it's just going down the drain.

:) thats what i'm saying. i mean when i first heard "baby one more time" it was on the radio. i didnt even know who she was. i liked it alot... :(

truly unnecesary...
No more good songs so she resorts to nudity:rolleyes

*break downs*

That's too heavy for little Rins-chan... I ever knew that she's a dump ***** (gomen, gomen, gomen...) but that's too much...
She looks like a monkey and now she's undressed...

ja ne

I think she looks great on the cover, but the inside pic doesn't look so hot (though I gotta say, she bounced back into shape like nobody's business because she DOES work her booty off)
And in case no one noticed, this is Rolling Stone magazine, it's supposed to cause shock, dismay, and controversy amongst people. It's actually kinda sad that Brit gets all the flack for sexy stuff, I mean, every other pop star has posed provacatively, too (Christina, Jessica Simpson, etc). Then again, this is just my two cents and I happen to love it when ppl are fearless and don't care what others think.