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kate nash won’t put out
for fame, that is. unlike her pop tart counterpart pop stars, kate is happy to keep things covered up as she’s determined to be a positive role model for her fans, a responsibility that she takes very seriously. and in this day and age where showing massive amounts of skin is in, ms. nash is a breath of fresh air in the music scene and definitely someone today’s teens can—and should—look up to.
“i was asked about why i don’t care about being sexual,” kate recently told the sydney morning herald. “about why i haven’t used my body to further my career. maybe something was lost in translation, because he was in austria, but he said: ‘being naked and getting your body out is a cool and fun and easy way to further your career, so why don’t you do this?’
“there is pressure for women. if you’re female, sex sells. you probably will get more attention if you have a sexier image but it’s just not who i am.”
and tuff titties applauds you on your stance, kate. calling on old school doo-wop bands like the supremes and martha and the vandelles as her influence, the singer evokes the same sugar and spice and everything nice associated with her mentors’ heyday. while fellow brit singer amy winehouse claims similar artists as her influences exemplified by her exaggerated cat eye and her modern mess of a beehive, amy added some breast implants as well as her highly publicized dabblings in drugs—i mean, it was her song “rehab” that propelled her to fame after all. then beyonce’s video for “why don’t you love me” nodded to the housewife era that january jones’ character betty draper has reacquainted us with on mad men—of course, sexing it up by revealing some leg in hot pants and showing off lots of cleavage to boot.
thing is, somewhere between the supremes generation and today’s, women lost a lot of clothing along the way and it’s somehow become acceptable for women to leave their houses without their pants (thank you, lady gaga). so much material, in fact, has been eschewed in women’s fashion that if you decide NOT to hop on the bare-it-all bandwagon you’re deemed prude or old-fashioned. we need more women like kate who don’t feel they need to adhere to “industry standards” and just do, dress, act, etc, however they feel comfortable, which seems to be kate’s mantra. “it’s not really me to act like a stereotypical sexy pop star,” says kate. ”i’d feel like an idiot. you’ve just got to be yourself and that confidence in being yourself can be sexy.”
and really, if you’re a musician, why is it that you need to sell an image, aka your body, in an effort to top the charts when it’s a song or melody you’re hoping to infuse the world with?
