Christina Aguilera rerecorded a few of her old pop hits for her new collection Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade Of Hits, exclusively at Target this coming week. She previewed a sexy electro version of "Genie In A Bottle" at the VMAs this year, which had me excited. Now I know I have to hit the Target on my lunch break next Tuesday, just because some foreign language blog has leaked a chill new mix of Christina's greatest single. "You Are What You Are (Beautiful 2008)" was described by Entertainment Weekly as "how John Lennon might've sounded if he'd lived into the age of electro" and I couldn't agree more. Over a distorted organ, blurping electronic noises and simple backbeat Xtina's synthesized vocal speak-sings the classic words that have become an anthem for the disenfranchised of the world: "You are beautiful no matter what they say" It's haunting, and thanks to a wise decision to eschew the melisma that overshadow the lyrical strength of the original, more powerful than ever.
So, forget the fact that you're overweight, you need a shave and you may never have the right to get married. You are beautiful, no matter what they say, words won't bring you down. Not today. Not any day. You are what you are, you are beautiful...
Christina Aguilera - You Are What You Are (Beautiful 2008)
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