Bette Midler has slammed pop stars in today’s landscape, especially “Bang Bang” singer Ariana Grande, for using too much sex appeal to sell albums.
Midler called it “ridiculous” that artists with such beautiful voices feel the need to use sex to sell their music.
“It’s terrible! It’s always surprising to see someone like Ariana Grande with that silly high voice, a very wholesome voice, slithering around on a couch, looking so ridiculous,” she told The Telegraph.
She went on to call it “silly beyond belief,” perhaps blaming her management team.
“I don’t know who’s telling her to do it. I wish they’d stop. But it’s not my business, I’m not her mother. Or her manager. Maybe they tell them that’s what you’ve got to do. Sex sells. Sex has always sold,” she said.
Midler has one modern song on her album of covers It’s the Girls!, and that’s TLC’s “Waterfalls” from the ‘90s.
She left modern artists like Grande with some advice, saying, "Trust your talent. You don't have to make a wh-re out of yourself to get ahead. You really don't."
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