WEBVTT - Christina Aguilera: Fighter

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<v Speaker 1>For so many of her prime years, Christina Aguilera had

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<v Speaker 1>been compared to her contemporaries for better and for worse.

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<v Speaker 2>Comparison that thief of joy, and after her biggest rival

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<v Speaker 2>and earliest friend became America's favorite train wreck slash punching bag,

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<v Speaker 2>comparisons still haunted all that Christina did.

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<v Speaker 1>Following the success of the throwbacky Back to Basics in

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and six, Christina released a Greatest Hits album

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<v Speaker 1>with two new, more electronically focused tracks.

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<v Speaker 2>The songs gave us a hint at where Christina's head

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<v Speaker 2>was at musically, our girl was staying curious and looking

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<v Speaker 2>for new sounds. The follow up to Back to Basics

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<v Speaker 2>was on its way.

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<v Speaker 1>Titled Light and Darkness, the album would explore duality, not

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<v Speaker 1>just musically but thematically, but for reasons unknown, the project

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<v Speaker 1>was scrapped.

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<v Speaker 2>Rumor has it that the label was afraid that the

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<v Speaker 2>album would draw comparisons to Beyonce I Am Sasha Fears

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<v Speaker 2>had just and obviously we just can't have two pop

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<v Speaker 2>divas exploring their two sides.

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<v Speaker 1>God forbid two women talking about themselves at the top

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<v Speaker 1>of the charts. So instead, the follow up to Back

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<v Speaker 1>to Basics would be titled Bionic.

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<v Speaker 2>And after being delayed by two months, Bionic was released.

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<v Speaker 2>To critics, do you mean crickets? Oh well both? Bionic

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<v Speaker 2>was Christina's first album not.

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<v Speaker 1>To go platinum, just like they thought Christina was chasing

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<v Speaker 1>the Latin explosion with Mire Flejo. The critics heard the

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<v Speaker 1>synthpop direction of Bionic and could only think of one thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Lady Gaga, the fame Monster wasn't even a year old.

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<v Speaker 2>Poor Christina didn't have a chance, and the music video

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<v Speaker 2>for her lead single did not help matters.

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<v Speaker 1>If you look at the video, you would instantly go, wait,

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<v Speaker 1>does that go like if you were on let's just

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<v Speaker 1>say you didn't have your okay, if I didn't have my.

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<v Speaker 2>Contacts in Yeah, no, but it's bad. Like it's literally

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<v Speaker 2>a knockoff like legit.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's not a good knockoff.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes knock ups you're like, hey, that's not bad, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that have budget. Yeah no, it definitely gives me. And

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<v Speaker 1>the song we're talking about in the video that we're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about is not myself Tonight. And if you kind

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<v Speaker 1>of do a little side by side screenshot of that

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<v Speaker 1>with Bad Romance, you're gonna understand exactly what we're talking about.

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

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<v Speaker 1>after calling Aguilera has been along with other names that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to mention, actually encouraged followers to boycott

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<v Speaker 1>the album and trash Christina, how about Perez's trash yuck?

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<v Speaker 2>This was the same game of apples to oranges the

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<v Speaker 2>press had played with her and Brittany, but this time

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<v Speaker 2>actively weaponized and so Bionic.

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<v Speaker 1>Ticked I hate us back then, h I hate us

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<v Speaker 1>like we need to make it up to her. By

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<v Speaker 1>the way again, hindsight is twenty twenty and in recent

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<v Speaker 1>years critics have been much kinder to this album. But

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<v Speaker 1>the damn it which was done, and while there is

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<v Speaker 1>a happy ending, the twenty tens, for the most part,

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

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm Joseph Carrio and this is Becoming an Icon.

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<v Speaker 1>A weekly podcast where we give you the rundown on

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

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<v Speaker 2>And given the world some extra level.

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<v Speaker 3>Sit back and get comfortable.

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<v Speaker 2>Because we are going in the only way we know how.

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<v Speaker 1>With Buena buenasriesas some me and a lot of opinions

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<v Speaker 1>as we relive their greatest achievements on our journey to

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<v Speaker 1>find out what makes them still iconic.

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<v Speaker 2>So, I know you think I've been a slot for

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<v Speaker 2>strip this whole time, but you are, but not exclusively.

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

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<v Speaker 3>Is it Christina Aguilera's.

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<v Speaker 2>Share.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a must see.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a classic.

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<v Speaker 3>Cult classic, I think, is what you mean?

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<v Speaker 2>It's educational? Who among us knew what air rights were

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<v Speaker 2>before seeing Burless?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, who even knew that anything that happens in

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<v Speaker 1>this movie could ever happen in La. It's so campy,

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<v Speaker 1>it's so good, it's visually incredible. It makes a zero sense.

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<v Speaker 1>It is escapism and its purest form.

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<v Speaker 2>So wait, try to reconstruct a story from memory, though,

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<v Speaker 2>crush MEI okay?

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<v Speaker 3>So here's like the cliff notes.

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<v Speaker 1>Christina is basically a cocktail waitress with a big voice

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<v Speaker 1>and big dreams of being discovered in a star and

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<v Speaker 1>she ends up getting a waitressing job, a cocktail waitressing

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<v Speaker 1>job in a burlesque club that is owned and and

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<v Speaker 1>managed by Share, and she wants to be one of

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<v Speaker 1>the girls on stage. But the girls are like, no, bitch,

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<v Speaker 1>you're just a cocktail waitress. Say the fuck off our stage.

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<v Speaker 1>But she has a better voice than them, she's prittier

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<v Speaker 1>than that, she can dance better than them, and so

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<v Speaker 1>finally she gets her.

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<v Speaker 3>Big shot and like what happens.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course she becomes like this huge draw and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna spoil it for you, but hold on, the

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<v Speaker 1>club's in trouble. The club is in trouble, and share

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<v Speaker 1>what like in what world is share in this movie?

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<v Speaker 3>Like who got this movie made?

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<v Speaker 1>I need to have that producer on my team so

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<v Speaker 1>that I can get all my good ideas made.

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<v Speaker 3>Anyway, point is it was really.

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<v Speaker 1>Interesting to me that at that point in her career

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<v Speaker 1>Christina was like, pause, I want to act in a

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<v Speaker 1>movie that's not that great.

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<v Speaker 2>Like, honestly, we need to give burlesk a whole episode

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<v Speaker 2>of the show because it's just.

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<v Speaker 3>Iconic bonus content for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>But although Burlesque is a bona fide camp classic, the

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<v Speaker 1>movie's promotion schedule ended up crashing headlong with Christina's tour

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<v Speaker 1>for Bionic and one had to go.

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<v Speaker 2>Not to sound like pres Hilton, please don't but if

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<v Speaker 2>she were ten years younger, she could have totally done

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<v Speaker 2>them both. Remember how she made her throat bleed.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like promotion for the film, the schedules are

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<v Speaker 1>wild and she'd probably have to be in two places

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<v Speaker 1>at the same time, And ultimately the tour was canceled

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<v Speaker 1>due to a lack of rehearsal time.

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<v Speaker 2>Christina promised to reschedule the tour for twenty eleven, but

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<v Speaker 2>it never happened. Bionic, Christina's a lowest selling album, never

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<v Speaker 2>got a tour.

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<v Speaker 1>You could say that times were tough for Miss Aguilaira

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<v Speaker 1>and didn't stop with her career. Towards the end of

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<v Speaker 1>twenty ten, Christina confirmed that she and her husband, Jordan Bratman,

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<v Speaker 1>had separated. The divorce proceedings would stretch on through twenty eleven.

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<v Speaker 2>The same year the Bionic tour was supposed to be

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<v Speaker 2>rescheduled for. Christina would state quote, things were so unhealthy

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<v Speaker 2>and unhappy for both Jordan and me. I knew it

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<v Speaker 2>had to end. When you're unhappy in your marriage, your

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<v Speaker 2>children are the ones who suffer. That's the last thing

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted.

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<v Speaker 1>For my son, considering, you know, the home that she

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<v Speaker 1>grew up in. It makes perfect sense that her attention

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<v Speaker 1>was not on her career at this moment. She would

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<v Speaker 1>also state, although Jordan and I are separated, our commitment

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<v Speaker 1>to our son Max remains as strong as ever.

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<v Speaker 2>Our girl needs a win.

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

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday No. The same year as her divorce, Aguilera was

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<v Speaker 1>chosen to sing the national anthem at Super Bowl forty five.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I mean she's got this right. She's saying at

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<v Speaker 2>sporting events in Pittsburgh all the time, she's their lucky charm.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Well, unfortunately she fucked up the larraa no oh.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know the people who like football, you know

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<v Speaker 1>how they get about the national anthem. So twenty eleven

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<v Speaker 1>was Christina's no good, very bad year, and that's probably

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<v Speaker 1>why she was drawn to the stability of a hot

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<v Speaker 1>new show on NBC called The Voice. Before the Masked

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<v Speaker 1>Singer and all that jazz, there was the Voice.

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

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<v Speaker 1>In the very first season, Christina Aguilera was selected to

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<v Speaker 1>be one of the shows four coaches.

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

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<v Speaker 2>yourself why would Christina choose to relive her failed run

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<v Speaker 2>on Star Search, But from the other side of the

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<v Speaker 2>judge counter.

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<v Speaker 1>One answer could be money, but the other might be

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<v Speaker 1>the opportunity to cultivate a protege or two.

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<v Speaker 2>The Voice gave Christina the opportunity to mentor young talent

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<v Speaker 2>and stay in touch with the next generation of music

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<v Speaker 2>lovers and be a shady binge to Adam Levine.

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<v Speaker 1>Honestly, the Voice might have been the best place for

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<v Speaker 1>her to channel that mean girl Exstina.

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<v Speaker 3>Energy from her stripped days.

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<v Speaker 1>Who doesn't like a little healthy competition, even if you've

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<v Speaker 1>never seen international TV sensation The Voice or even a

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<v Speaker 1>commercial for it.

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<v Speaker 3>Here's the spark notes.

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<v Speaker 1>First contestants audition for four pop stars turned music coaches

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<v Speaker 1>who sit in swivel chairs with their backs turned to them.

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<v Speaker 2>If a coach likes what they hear, they push a

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<v Speaker 2>big red button to thring their chair around and see

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<v Speaker 2>who's singing. The contestant then gets to pick their coach

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<v Speaker 2>among the button pushers, and each coach ends up with

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<v Speaker 2>the team of contestants. Then we get a season long

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<v Speaker 2>singing tournament for Christina.

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<v Speaker 1>This was a let them come to me approach to

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<v Speaker 1>fostering proteges, and she picked contestants who would let her

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<v Speaker 1>stick to what she knew, singers with formidable vocal range,

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<v Speaker 1>who could riff, and it was.

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<v Speaker 2>A safe way to stay in the spotlight, no shade.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking of did you watch her on the Voice?

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<v Speaker 1>I did, but I watched it not because I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to see her coach and mentor.

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<v Speaker 3>I actually just wanted to see the looks.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, I just wanted to see it because I

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to see what she was like.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I do think that the Void is that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of vehicle for an artist that allows you to see

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<v Speaker 1>a much more.

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<v Speaker 3>Stripped down version of them.

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<v Speaker 1>It's very authentic, right, Yeah, it's in the moment. It's

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<v Speaker 1>in the moment you're reacting. I mean, it's not live.

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<v Speaker 1>And they say that they feed them lines in all

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<v Speaker 1>of this drama. But point is you got to just

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<v Speaker 1>see her being her, and she is kind of bitchy

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<v Speaker 1>in a good way, like she's.

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<v Speaker 2>Really funny and she I think she was just.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I mean bitchy, good direct direct quick like could

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<v Speaker 1>read can read you, And I don't mean the exactly

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't mean it about the contestants.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean with her fellow judges.

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<v Speaker 1>Like she could read their bs and call them out

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<v Speaker 1>on it, which I love.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And The Voice gave Christina seven seasons of consistent exposure

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<v Speaker 1>and an opportunity to work with the next generation of vocalists,

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<v Speaker 1>not just as a coach, but as a collaborator.

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<v Speaker 2>In the first season, she's saying beautiful on stage with

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<v Speaker 2>one of her finalists, Beverly McClellan.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's not all.

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<v Speaker 1>The Voice also gave Christina an opportunity to organically jump

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<v Speaker 1>on a Maroon five track alongside fellow coach Adam lebin.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't skip many Christina tracks, but when I do,

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<v Speaker 2>it's the one with Adam Lebine.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to join you on that.

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<v Speaker 1>But anyway, Moves Like Jagger was the biggest hit Christina

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<v Speaker 1>had had in five years, charting at number one in

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen different countries, including the US.

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<v Speaker 3>I Hate Us, I still hate Us.

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<v Speaker 2>So The Voice was a bit of a lifeline for

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<v Speaker 2>Christina's career, and when it came time to drop a

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<v Speaker 2>new album, the show even gave her a stage to

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<v Speaker 2>debut her lead single.

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<v Speaker 1>Her follow up to Bionic twenty twelve's Lotus was themed

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<v Speaker 1>around rebirth. Christina wanted to move on from the hardship

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<v Speaker 1>of her No Good, Very Bad. Twenty eleven, she.

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<v Speaker 2>Debuted the lead single your Body on stage on The Voice,

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<v Speaker 2>and the track hit number one on the US Dance

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<v Speaker 2>Club Song Chart, a welcome change from Moves Like Jyer.

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<v Speaker 1>While the singles performed well as an album, Lotus wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>really enough to bring Christina back to the highs of

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<v Speaker 1>her two thousands platinum age. Rcia was unwilling to put

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<v Speaker 1>much promotion behind it, possibly still apprehensive over the drama

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<v Speaker 1>surrounding Bionic and.

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<v Speaker 2>The fans weren't having it, but Christina released a statement

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<v Speaker 2>to everyone, upset about the lack of support, saying music

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<v Speaker 2>and an artist's truth and identity cannot be defined on

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<v Speaker 2>a chart or review or with an award. It's good

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<v Speaker 2>to care, but being rewarded by material things isn't why

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<v Speaker 2>I remain in the business. It's the love of creating, expressing,

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<v Speaker 2>and connecting with myself and others.

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<v Speaker 1>Christina would leave The Voice in twenty sixteen after winning

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<v Speaker 1>the series with her contestant Alison Porter, making her the

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<v Speaker 1>first woman coach to win the show. Christina's next moves

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<v Speaker 1>a return to touring and two more albums. Never one

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<v Speaker 1>to shy away from the truth, Christina described her time

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<v Speaker 1>on The Voice as a hamster wheel.

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<v Speaker 2>When our girl is done, she's done. After gaining a

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<v Speaker 2>reputation as the shadiest coach on the show for good

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<v Speaker 2>or bad, she kept the season finale by joining Ariana

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<v Speaker 2>Grande on stage for Dangerous Woman.

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<v Speaker 1>Extina had been chipping away at two new albums as

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<v Speaker 1>far back as twenty fourteen. Four years later, she gave

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<v Speaker 1>us Liberation.

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<v Speaker 2>To promote the album, Christina appeared on the cover of

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<v Speaker 2>Paper magazine with a natural look, zero makeup, zero retouching.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you believe that was zero makeup?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, because I think my friend Zoe Grossman shot that.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not mistaken, and it really was. It wasn't like

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<v Speaker 1>Alicia Keys pretending no makeup.

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<v Speaker 2>Well you know what, I think you could look back

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<v Speaker 2>in the ten was doing her then he might have

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<v Speaker 2>done a little face and body. Let's be honest.

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<v Speaker 3>Just when people say no makeup, they don't usually.

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<v Speaker 2>Mean they just mean the real high fashion no makeup makeup,

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Joseph, Like Runaway no makeup.

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<v Speaker 3>This is why Joseph is here anyway?

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<v Speaker 1>Look back at the cover, you guys, because it made waves,

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<v Speaker 1>and it is so easy to see why. After we

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<v Speaker 1>had the bubblegum pop look of her debut, the gritty

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<v Speaker 1>sexuality in Stripped, and the baby Jane back to Basics era,

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<v Speaker 1>and of course all of those seasons of sitting all

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<v Speaker 1>dolled up in the coach's chair, this was.

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<v Speaker 3>The Christina that no one had seen before.

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<v Speaker 2>This look defined Liberation, an album dedicated to freeing herself

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<v Speaker 2>from anything that wasn't her truth.

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<v Speaker 1>And the album liberated her in more ways than one.

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<v Speaker 1>With Liberation, Christina finally received critical recognition, free of any

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<v Speaker 1>comparisons to competing pop stars. Instead, she got nods to

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<v Speaker 1>her direct influences Whitney, Mariah, and Janet Jackson.

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<v Speaker 2>Rolling Stone called Liberation Christina at her peak. BuzzFeed called

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<v Speaker 2>it a throwback to Stripped, featuring rock, R and B, soul,

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<v Speaker 2>hip hop, regaton, and of course classic Christina ballads.

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<v Speaker 1>With her strongest artistic statement in years. Out in the world,

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<v Speaker 1>Christina finally returned to touring after a full decade away.

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<v Speaker 2>The Liberation tour wasn't an arena tour like back to basics,

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<v Speaker 2>but critics hailed it as a bona fide comeback.

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<v Speaker 1>The Houston Press called the show a form of therapy

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<v Speaker 1>for diehard Extina stands with a set list featuring blocks

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<v Speaker 1>of songs from each of her albums.

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<v Speaker 3>I say, does that sound familiar?

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<v Speaker 2>Taylor sound for Mills.

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<v Speaker 1>They also went on to call it a winning audition

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<v Speaker 1>for a Vegas residency and wouldn't you know it? In

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<v Speaker 1>twenty nineteen, Christina would begin a residency at Planet Hollywood,

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<v Speaker 1>Las Vegas.

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<v Speaker 2>Dubbed The Experience. The residency coincided with the X Tour

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<v Speaker 2>aka the European leg of her Liberation tour twenty four

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<v Speaker 2>Nights of Ecstasy. She even did songs from burlesque or

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<v Speaker 2>the real ones.

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<v Speaker 1>That would be me cheering in the audience. The Liberation

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<v Speaker 1>was one half of a creative renaissance for Christina. The

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<v Speaker 1>other half was the Spanish language double album Aguilera, her

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<v Speaker 1>first fully Spanish release since Mireflejo.

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<v Speaker 2>And everyone came through for this one. Becky g osuna

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<v Speaker 2>fini Natipaluso. The very first track samples Genie in a

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<v Speaker 2>Bottle and gives it a reggaeton beat. Lahna escapo and

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<v Speaker 2>She's here to ball.

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<v Speaker 1>Aguilera is a marathon of Latino musical stylings from urbano

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<v Speaker 1>to more traditional affair like guaracha and rancheras, separated into

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<v Speaker 1>three parts, La Fuersa, La tormenta, ilalouse, signifying empowerment, vulnerability,

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<v Speaker 1>forgiveness and closure.

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<v Speaker 2>The album closes with nois quetextrane, the haunting ballad about

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<v Speaker 2>her childhood that we touched back on part one. This

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<v Speaker 2>is sixteen a coming full circle, making amends with the

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<v Speaker 2>past and being unapologetically herself.

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<v Speaker 1>In May of twenty twenty four, Aguilera parted ways with RCL,

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<v Speaker 1>the label that never quite knew what to do with her.

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<v Speaker 1>Her new home is fifty twenty Records, a Regazon label

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<v Speaker 1>based in Miami and distributed by Sony.

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<v Speaker 2>Fifty twenty boaths up and coming Latin artists like Nati Beluso,

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<v Speaker 2>who's featured in Tina's last album, and Gania Oh's who

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<v Speaker 2>I can't stop talking to since Domas recommended her.

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<v Speaker 4>Hey, Kuti Putti, remember what we talked about with Daddy Yankee,

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<v Speaker 4>Those indie labels with major label distribution, creative freedom and

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<v Speaker 4>a healthy cut of those profits.

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

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<v Speaker 2>she wants in the booths and in the bedroom.

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<v Speaker 3>Are we gonna talk about playground?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, is this safe?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you asking me if this is a safe space

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about vibrators?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, this is a safe space.

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>did you know Selena has one Gomez? Can you imagine

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<v Speaker 1>if she had a vibrator called.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm deleting.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got Selena dabbling into this business.

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<v Speaker 3>Jemi Leva, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't know Demi Levado had something as something.

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<v Speaker 3>I am here for this.

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<v Speaker 2>I love that.

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<v Speaker 3>I love these latinas being like, no, no, no, no, no.

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<v Speaker 1>Sex is good, sex is enjoyable, It's pleasurable.

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<v Speaker 2>It's for both people, correct.

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<v Speaker 3>But mainly for us.

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<v Speaker 1>I also want to take us back to that infamous

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<v Speaker 1>Blender interview where Christina says that she never wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>hide her sexuality or her Latini that and now she

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<v Speaker 1>is finely in an era where she can confidently express both.

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<v Speaker 2>She can be who she is without comparisons to anyone else.

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<v Speaker 2>And while she and you know who still follow and

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<v Speaker 2>unfollow each other as time goes on. In twenty twenty one,

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<v Speaker 2>she expressed solidarity for the same woman she was once

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<v Speaker 2>pitted against, just as that woman was on the cusp

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<v Speaker 2>of liberation.

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<v Speaker 1>On her social media, Christina shared an open letter supporting

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<v Speaker 1>Brittany as she fought against her conservatorship. The letter read,

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<v Speaker 1>every woman must have the right to her own body,

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<v Speaker 1>her own reproductive system, her own privacy, her own space,

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<v Speaker 1>her own healing, and her own happiness. The person I

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<v Speaker 1>once knew has been living without compassion or decency from

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<v Speaker 1>those in control. To a woman who has worked under

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<v Speaker 1>conditions and pressure unimaginable to most, I promise you she

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<v Speaker 1>deserves all of the freedom possible to live her happiest life.

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<v Speaker 1>My heart goes out to Brittany. She deserves all the

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<v Speaker 1>true love and support in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Christina's first track as a recording artist found her wondering

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<v Speaker 2>when her reflection would show who she was inside.

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<v Speaker 1>And the music industry is almost designed to make you

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<v Speaker 1>forget who that is, but actions and choices can help

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<v Speaker 1>remind us.

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<v Speaker 2>Time and again. Christina has caught her way back from

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<v Speaker 2>dark day. That's when we can see exactly who she

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<v Speaker 2>is inside. A fighter a mother, a diva, and of

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<v Speaker 2>course an icon.

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<v Speaker 1>On the next Becoming an Icon rock Mexicano Royalty Mana.

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