Remember how Shirley Temple used to trot around dancing “On The Good Ship Lollipop?” You probably don’t. But the point is – our planet’s slow descent into cultural purgatory means that today’s child star has turned in their hair ribbons and ring curls for a blowout and traded their tap-dance choreography for dancing in cha-cha shorty shorts with moves that seem to cry out for a stripper pole.
Don’t let her dance moves fool you. Jenna Rose is 12 years old. Just weeks ago she was a wholesome young whippersnapper with a wildly succesful video-gone-viral tune called “My Jeans.” But unbeknownst to us, she and some producer were already plotting her turn towards the tawdry… her new song O.M.G. will probably get lots of traffic… not just because it’s uncomfortable, and riding the recent wave of ‘is this really happening’ music videos that have made her and Rebecca Black (in)famous. I’m sure she’s a very nice young girl with a very big dream. I’m not trying to be a hater, but this whole thing freaks me out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDulhduiDQw
This was not an appropriate way for her to showcase any talent she may have. This is way over sexualized, she’s twelve. She should not be dancing and singing about this. Its just giving creepy people ammo to look at little girls, and its pretty shameful her parents permitted this. Who knows if she can sing? Neither song showcases this, both also have her lip syncing which makes it look strange since its clear that she has a lisp. It looks like she just can sing on tune but doesn’t have an amazing voice—the music industry is for really original ideas or really talented production or vocal/dancing/choreographing skills. She doesn’t seem to fit into any of this.
My Jeans was a ridiculous song, but way more appropriate for her age although odd in and of itself.
I hope that her parents help her find a way to make her happy without exposing their child to the music industry. They need to learn to manage her career –this is not it the above video. A start would be letting her sing in talent shows and stuff but she’s not a strong enough singer to be producing albums. There are a lot of girls Maddi Jane, and Connie Talbot for example who are very talented but at the same time have parents that manage them and aren’t pushing htem into the industry, and have original voices, and strong voices.