Heidi Montag's Breathtaking Performance

Oddly enough this is my second blog about Heidi Montag.

I would like to comment, not on Heidi and her performance at the Miss Universe pageant, but rather on the news coverage of her performance. Apparently, Mrs. Montag "tried to be" Britney Spears circa 2000 but "was" Millie Vanilli circa 1989. The public lashings from her uninspired performance have not stopped since.

Now, I don't want to defend Heidi Montag because I think she is utterly talentless. But come on, people. It's pop music from an ex-reality show co-star. Were you planning on being wowed?

And really, it's not even the ex-reality show co-star thing that sets the expectation. I'm sure that at some point, with the huge volume of reality shows being produced, there has to be a few cast members with genuine talent. The thing that should set the expectation level is the fact that it's pop sex music. She is swimming in an ocean of facade and artificiality.

This musical styling is made not because it's been rattling inside the heart and mind of an aspiring singer/songerwriter. It was made to be produced, packaged, and consumed. That's it. Heidi Montag didn't lie awake for weeks on end writing down lyrics like:

If you're in it for real
Go ahead, put it in me
I know that you want me
So take me

Heidi Montag probably didn't know this song existed until a week before she recorded it in a studio. So why does this matter? What about the performance?

Well, as I stated before–she's utterly talentless. So that's why she lip synced it. There's no way in hell she could have actually sang and danced like that in a live performance. But I don't think people should be as angry with her as they are. There was no effort or motivation put into producing the song that she sang or any future songs that she plans on singing, except to make money. It's sex pop. I mean, if the song and dance were entertaining enough, then sex pop wouldn't also come along with skimpy outfits. You wouldn't need it. Why should it have been a great performance? It's just to be consumed anyway. There's no art to it. I'm not saying everything has to be some artistic endeavor but this is clearly a sex pop song for teenage girls. How much gusto do you think she was willing to put into it? How spectacular were you people expecting it to be? And yes, Britney Spears put on a great performance at the MTV VMAs in 2000. And her mind and spirit have been slowly breaking down ever since.

Maybe Heidi is trying to protect her psyche. Who knows?