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EDNOTE. Read the 1st paragraph and for a new take of LO--the last.
http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2004/02/1812.cfm
Katy Rose Tempts The Humbert Humberts Of The Music World
Wednesday February 18, 2004 @ 04:00 PM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff
Katy Rose
"Katy Rose, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Kay-tee-Rose: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three on the teeth. Kay. Tee. Rose."
Male-oriented music magazine Blender gave "Because I Can," her diary-like bad girl debut, a glowing four stars. Men▓s site Bullz-eye.com praised the 17-year-old▓s take on adolescent angst and excitedly anticipate the day that she▓ll blossom into maturity. Even Billboard▓s review trotted out the words "old soul." And while the preceding quote is actually the opening paragraph of Nabokov▓s most (in)famous novel with Katy▓s name replacing a certain other nymphet▓s, it▓s really not that outlandish an idea. She▓s already been called Lolita a few times.
While the Britneys of the world have always tried to deny their appeal to older men, the very mention of the idea makes Rose smile.
"I like that. I can see where people find that," says the pop-rock ingenue. "I am who I am and I▓ve always had this type of charisma. I▓ve always drawn people to me."
It may sound like an arrogant claim, but Rose does have a certain charm. Some are drawn to the way her music addresses the struggles and loves of a teenage girl▓s life in an open and almost confessional tone. Other are enchanted by her clever lyrics, her obvious intelligence and the hard-earned wisdom that belie her still-tender age. Even more are aroused by her somewhat provocative photos, especially the one that features the young blonde looking thoughtfully out of a window, clad only in a KISS t-shirt and a girlish pair of white cotton panties. It▓s quite easy to see why the girl might notice people gravitating to her. Of course, it▓s even easier to see why the name Lolita started coming up in the first place.
According to Katy, though, there are some important ways in which she▓s different from the nymphet image. While Lolita is often perceived as a great seductress (depending on your reading of the book), Rose sees herself as the one being seduced.
"I think Lolita had a really evil streak where she would lead men on. I▓m not really like that," she explains. "I▓m just the type of person who so willingly lets down the wall around my heart when I find someone that I really think is a really wonderful person and I always end up getting my heart broken, whereas Lolita breaks hearts."
≈Sarah Kurchak
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