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Joss Stone “not bothered”
Posted in Joss Stone, Music People, News, Performance on the January 28, 2008
Critics and fans alike panned singer Joss Stone, following an infamous display at the Brits in 2007, as she unveiled a new haircut and an American accent. However, although she now admits to being shocked at the response, Stone says in a new interview that she’s not really bothered.
At the end of the day, I don’t give a f**k if people have a problem with my accent. That’s all I can say about it. The words I say do not change”, she explained. “If the way that it sounds is skew-whiff and you don’t like it, don’t listen. I’m not being a cruel person by sounding a different way.”
The singer has seen her pop profile and album sales plummet in the UK since being relaunched for last year’s “Introducing Joss Stone” album. However, her fan base in the USA, where the record was made, remains steady.
Speaking about the backlash, she continued: “I made my album with a bunch of Americans. When people go to Australia for two weeks they come back sounding Australian - but the whole world doesn’t turn round and say, ‘Well, f**k you.’ Which is basically what England had done. Obviously not everybody in England. But the big press people. They were just like, ‘You know what? We’ve decided we don’t like you anymore.’
I always though Joss was such a polite and innocent type of girl. Oh well, fair enough.