I think you guys are reading a bit too much into this.
It's like this. The video was NOT overly sexy. She worked up to where she is. With her second, self-titled album, it was a bit edgier than the first, then Dignity, which was a bit more dance pop, however she wrote or co-wrote all of the songs, and I found the lyrics to be much more honest than previous efforts, despite the dancey music. Then, she did War, Inc., which if you haven't seen, you should...it'll shock you how good she is in the movie. Also, she has Gretta and Safetey Glass coming up...both dramas. It's like, you guys expect her to be where she was when she WAS doing Lizzie McGuire, yet some of you fail to realize, that, she's in her 20's now, and STILL manages to avoid the whole "Britney" scandal type of issues.
As for the Reach Out video...it's sexy, but not too over the top.
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