If Leona Lewis’s conveniently leaked song with Justin Timberlake isn’t enough to hype you up for her sophomore album, a few more juicy details will do the job. The album will be called Echo and it’s bound to get a release soon. It will come with a coffee table book about her rise from Pizza Hut waitress to international diva. Of course, it will be a more “mature” record and will have all kinds of wonderful ballads rejected by Celine Dion and Whitney Houston.
First and foremost, a diva is not “a female version of a hustler,” as Beyonce would like you to believe. It’s actually quite the contrary. It means an woman of outstanding talents and a knack for perseverance. It’s about wisdom, strength, nerve and talent. Sadly to say, Vh1 is about to relaunch Divas Live for 2009 and the line-up has no divas at all. The stars are Jordin Sparks, Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Leona Lewis and Miley Cyrus (a diva? really!?). None of which have the age or wisdom to be divas just yet. They all have the potential, don’t get me wrong. They’re just not what a diva is. Bring me Whitney, Mariah, Janet, Madonna, Diana, Donna, Chaka, Pat or Cher. Hell, even Christina, Beyonce or Britney would do.
This time the hopeful opted for a song from Cats (titled “Memories”) and she did well as everyone anticipated. She walked in looking fierce if not a little angry and for all of those people talking about a make-over, I don’t see that much of a change. And, being a pop fan I don’t know how much I can relate to her broadway-ness. She seems more confident this time and hopefully she will continue her winning streak. She will: this story is rated “volcanic” on google search engines. Everybody is looking for the video to watch what she will do next. It seems like Simon Cowell has found his newest cash cow, now that Leona Lewis is on hiatus.
