Career Driven Nu-Girl Just Wanna Have Fun

Philip Brasor of the Japan Times gave his thoughts on the ‘nu-girls’, which include Michelle Branch, Vanessa Carlton, and Avril Lavigne. Brasor writes, “While the media prefers to look upon them as being career-driven, it’s obvious that ‘nu-girls’ still just wanna have fun. They also wanna express all those messy emotions that girls love to express, but the problem for teen confessional songwriters has always been that they have too many romantic feelings but not enough romantic experience.” Read more.