I've never heard her and only barely seen her (I'm getting old!), but if you are correct, Murph, and I suspect you are, then she could be one of the poster children for everything that is wrong with the music industry today. Too much emphasis on the visuals and the production, and too much creating/packaging a pop star rather than finding the true talent that stands on its own.

Geez, I sound like Grampa Simpson. "Back in my day, we called Shelbyville Ogdenville ..."

Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.