Let's Give 'Em Something to Talk About
So a couple of days ago I was speculating that Clay Aiken needed to somehow shatter the stereotypes associated with his old image to move forward with his new music, and lo and behold on last night's American Idol 5 finale with 200 million people watching per Ryan Seacrest:
Shock. And. Awe.
On the Clay Aiken fanboards I read, people have speculated about this strategy for some time now, but all of us fans have been thinking it would be more a reveal of the Clay Aiken "we know" as fans to the general public. But he surprised us too. I consider myself a pretty dedicated but decidedly reserved fan of Mr. Aiken who is cool and calm with most career decisions he makes, and the bit on AI hit me like a truck. When the impersonators' segment started I was sinking into gloom thinking "Oh no, here comes a horrible Clay impersonation" *cringe, cringe* "They're going to make Clay's appearance this awful joke" *can barely watch, let alone listen* and then Clay took the stage and I was like WTF?!?! for at least twenty minutes after looking at his hair. Just totally shellshocked.
After some of the feedback from general public, long dormant fans, and even the media came in stunning favor of his new look and showed that people actually understood that Clay was re-establishing his image apart from the ridiculous stereotypes loosely based on his appearance three years ago, my brain started resuming its normal functions. And you know what? I think it's brilliant. Tons of people are talking today about Clay's new look and he's very much been jolted back into the public consciousness again with tons of buzz. Just in time for a new album release announcement, perhaps? Well played, Team Clay, well played.
As for me, I'm slowly coming around to the new haircut. It's kinda endearing after you watch the segment back ten times. And the initial horror of having the impersonator guy sing with Clay has somehow been replaced by an appreciation of how genuinely surprised and happy the kid was at meeting his idol and how professionally and kindly Clay responded. It's sweet really. And squee! Clay's back!
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Shock. And. Awe.
On the Clay Aiken fanboards I read, people have speculated about this strategy for some time now, but all of us fans have been thinking it would be more a reveal of the Clay Aiken "we know" as fans to the general public. But he surprised us too. I consider myself a pretty dedicated but decidedly reserved fan of Mr. Aiken who is cool and calm with most career decisions he makes, and the bit on AI hit me like a truck. When the impersonators' segment started I was sinking into gloom thinking "Oh no, here comes a horrible Clay impersonation" *cringe, cringe* "They're going to make Clay's appearance this awful joke" *can barely watch, let alone listen* and then Clay took the stage and I was like WTF?!?! for at least twenty minutes after looking at his hair. Just totally shellshocked.
After some of the feedback from general public, long dormant fans, and even the media came in stunning favor of his new look and showed that people actually understood that Clay was re-establishing his image apart from the ridiculous stereotypes loosely based on his appearance three years ago, my brain started resuming its normal functions. And you know what? I think it's brilliant. Tons of people are talking today about Clay's new look and he's very much been jolted back into the public consciousness again with tons of buzz. Just in time for a new album release announcement, perhaps? Well played, Team Clay, well played.
As for me, I'm slowly coming around to the new haircut. It's kinda endearing after you watch the segment back ten times. And the initial horror of having the impersonator guy sing with Clay has somehow been replaced by an appreciation of how genuinely surprised and happy the kid was at meeting his idol and how professionally and kindly Clay responded. It's sweet really. And squee! Clay's back!
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