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Speaker 1: Following the success of the throwbacky Back to Basics in

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Speaker 1: Titled Light and Darkness, the album would explore duality, not

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Speaker 2: Rumor has it that the label was afraid that the

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Speaker 2: And after being delayed by two months, Bionic was released.

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Speaker 2: To critics, do you mean crickets? Oh well both? Bionic

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Speaker 2: Poor Christina didn't have a chance, and the music video

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Speaker 1: If you look at the video, you would instantly go, wait,

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Speaker 2: Contacts in Yeah, no, but it's bad. Like it's literally

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Speaker 1: And the critics, well, they didn't mince words, including Prez Hilton, who,

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Speaker 2: This was the same game of apples to oranges the

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Speaker 1: would not be kind to our girl. I'm your host Lilianavsquez.

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Speaker 2: And I'm Joseph Carrio and this is Becoming an Icon.

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Speaker 1: A weekly podcast where we give you the rundown on

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Speaker 1: how today's most famous Latin v stars have shaped pop culture.

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Speaker 2: And given the world some extra level.

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Speaker 2: Because we are going in the only way we know how.

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Speaker 1: With Buena buenasriesas some me and a lot of opinions

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Speaker 1: as we relive their greatest achievements on our journey to

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Speaker 2: So, I know you think I've been a slot for

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Speaker 2: There's another Christina project I've been dying to talk about.

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Speaker 3: Is it Christina Aguilera's.

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Speaker 2: Share.

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Speaker 3: It's a must see.

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Speaker 1: Of course she becomes like this huge draw and I'm

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Speaker 2: Christina promised to reschedule the tour for twenty eleven, but

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Speaker 1: You could say that times were tough for Miss Aguilaira

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Speaker 1: Well, there's still a cherry on top of his shit.

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Speaker 1: Sunday No. The same year as her divorce, Aguilera was

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Speaker 2: It still is The Voice. Honey. We're on season twenty five, and.

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Speaker 1: In the very first season, Christina Aguilera was selected to

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Speaker 2: Okay, if you've never watched the Voice. You might ask

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Speaker 2: The Voice gave Christina the opportunity to mentor young talent

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Speaker 1: Honestly, the Voice might have been the best place for

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Speaker 1: This was a let them come to me approach to

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Speaker 1: No, I mean bitchy, good direct direct quick like could

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Speaker 1: And The Voice gave Christina seven seasons of consistent exposure

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Speaker 1: The Voice also gave Christina an opportunity to organically jump

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Speaker 1: Christina would leave The Voice in twenty sixteen after winning

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Speaker 2: When our girl is done, she's done. After gaining a

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Speaker 2: To promote the album, Christina appeared on the cover of

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Speaker 3: Just when people say no makeup, they don't usually.

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Speaker 2: Mean they just mean the real high fashion no makeup makeup,

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Joseph, Like Runaway no makeup.

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Speaker 2: This look defined Liberation, an album dedicated to freeing herself

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Speaker 2: Rolling Stone called Liberation Christina at her peak. BuzzFeed called

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Speaker 2: The Liberation tour wasn't an arena tour like back to basics,

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Speaker 1: That would be me cheering in the audience. The Liberation

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Speaker 1: other half was the Spanish language double album Aguilera, her

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Speaker 2: And everyone came through for this one. Becky g osuna

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Speaker 1: Aguilera is a marathon of Latino musical stylings from urbano

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Speaker 1: three parts, La Fuersa, La tormenta, ilalouse, signifying empowerment, vulnerability,

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Speaker 2: The album closes with nois quetextrane, the haunting ballad about

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Speaker 1: In May of twenty twenty four, Aguilera parted ways with RCL,

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Speaker 1: Her new home is fifty twenty Records, a Regazon label

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Speaker 2: I can't stop talking to since Domas recommended her.

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Speaker 4: Hey, Kuti Putti, remember what we talked about with Daddy Yankee,

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Speaker 4: Those indie labels with major label distribution, creative freedom and

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Speaker 2: Ching Mommy's Home y'all, and she's doing whatever the f

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Speaker 3: Are we gonna talk about playground?

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Speaker 2: I mean, is this safe?

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Speaker 1: Are you asking me if this is a safe space

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Speaker 1: to talk about vibrators?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, this is a safe space.

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Speaker 1: Christina founded a sex brand. And by the way, she's

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Speaker 1: not her Hello. Yes, and she's not the only one. Oh,

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Speaker 1: did you know Selena has one Gomez? Can you imagine

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Speaker 1: if she had a vibrator called.

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Speaker 2: I'm deleting.

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Speaker 1: We've got Selena dabbling into this business.

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Speaker 3: Jemi Leva, I.

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Speaker 2: Don't know Demi Levado had something as something.

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Speaker 3: I am here for this.

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Speaker 2: I love that.

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Speaker 3: I love these latinas being like, no, no, no, no, no.

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Speaker 1: Sex is good, sex is enjoyable, It's pleasurable.

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Speaker 1: I also want to take us back to that infamous

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Speaker 2: She can be who she is without comparisons to anyone else.

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Speaker 2: And while she and you know who still follow and

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Speaker 1: On her social media, Christina shared an open letter supporting

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Speaker 1: And the music industry is almost designed to make you

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Speaker 2: Time and again. Christina has caught her way back from

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