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Tila Tequila: The ‘Snakes on a Plane’ of music?
We’ll know after today whether the “Queen of MySpace” Tila Tequila can use her massive friends list to parlay herself a music career. Her song “I Love U,” produced by Lil Jon (“YEEAHH!”) hit iTunes today, and the diminutive self-promoter has been relentless in getting the word out.
If you’re on her friends list (full disclosure: I’m one of her nearly 1.7 million “Friends”), you’ve been bombarded with bulletin posts from her with subject lines like, “OMG ARE YOU GUYS AWAKE???” and requests to get the word out about the new song.
I heard one of her earlier amateur videos on her profile page a few months ago … well … let’s just say that Celine Dion and Beyoncé have nothing to worry about.
But even if the single does well, will Tila’s novelty soon wear off? Is the whole thing a nonstarter, an Internet-only phenomenon that won’t translate to online 99-cent sales? (And yes, this does remind me an awful lot of the week leading up to the underwhelming theatrical release of “Snakes on a Plane.” Remember all that hype? Oh, how we miss you, 2006.)
The fact that Tila is getting press at all (in the New York Times, no less) is a kind of triumph for social networking. Yes, you can live the dream if your dream is to be overexposed and slightly undertalented online.
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By Bvone
March 1, 2007 7:46 PM | Link to this
I love you for writing this...i was scouring the internet for someones objective take on her new music...Im not the only one who thinks her music is amateur at best.