Now it may be Carrie Underwood’s turn…
In this week’s “Entertainment Weekly” cover story, Carrie talks about haters, the pressure on her second CD, and even what happened with the quarterback of America’s team…And because I read the magazines so you don’t have to, here are some of the highlights…
“Carnival Ride” is a country record with no pop songs like “Some Hearts” had. Carrie said, “I want to be a country artist in a country world with country fans”…
About the scrutiny over this CD, Carrie said, “I’ve learned this, that haters wanna hate. You could sing a song perfectly, you could write the songs perfectly, and some people are absolutely going to hate you”…
On her critics: “You can call me ‘not country’ until your face is blue, but I sing country music…Every single person in the music industry knows if they had a chance like [“Idol”], they’d take it. And I’m sorry, anybody who says I took a shortcut, they are insane. We didn’t take the easy way; if anything we took a more difficult way. It was just unconventional, therefore it must be wrong”…
Carrie also revealed that Arista wanted her to record pop versions of some of the country tracks on “Some Hearts,” but she said no. “I didn’t have to put my foot down, thank goodness. I hate it when country artists do that…It’s like, ‘All right, it’s not good enough for everybody this way, so let’s change it to make it good enough.’”
When the interviewer points out to Carrie that when Shania Twain did that, it made her a superstar, Carrie responds, “I liked the original country version. On all the ones that she redid.” When asked if she was worried when “Before He Cheats” became a pop hit, Carrie said she wasn’t because “we didn’t change the song”…
I absolutely agree with her and I applaud her stand (Clearly, she was right.). The haters are just going to have to get over themselves…
So what was the deal with Carrie and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, who escorted her to the ACM Awards? Carrie swears they were never a couple. “At one point, it seemed like that’s where it was headed, but point blank, he is about football. I don’t know if it’s that I’m not quite his type or whatever, but I don’t think he’s at the point in his life where he would be willing to sacrifice football. He hated so much that people thought that he was paying more attention to me and that was causing him not to do well.”
I’m afraid that’s what happens, Carrie, when you try to date the quarterback of a Jerry Jones-owned team…
By the way, the “New York Post” has reported that Carrie is now getting cozy with Chace Crawford, who plays Nate on “Gossip Girl”…
Don’t forget that Carrie’s CD, “Carnival Ride” hits stores this Tuesday. You can pick up a special edition CD/DVD with four acoustic songs and interviews with Carrie and her producer exclusively at Target…
