Spring Break
Paris Hilton "Paris"
Heiress Records
Melissa Murtaugh
Issue date: 11/9/06 Section: Features
Paris Hilton's first album "Paris" is a perfect example of why this heiress is famous and it is not for her talent.
This album took two years to record as Hilton continually delayed the release date to continue working on it. This album was not worth the wait.
However, it is surprising that "Paris" is not completely horrid, as many anticipated.
"Paris" has a surprisingly fresh pop sound.
The credit is probably not likely because of Hilton or her extraordinary talent, though. Instead, the album's success is most likely because of Hilton's reputation and the technical staff who helped produce it.
Everyone knows who Hilton is, even those who do not follow pop culture. This heiress has created quite a reputation for herself.
However, Hilton is viewed as stuck up and promiscuous, which she demonstrates through her media interactions.
The songs on this album reflect Hilton's personality. Many of them contain lyrics with sexual references and are shallow.
The songs are about her and how she feels, without little consideration to other people or even how conceded she sounds talking about herself.
In the song "Turn You On," Hilton starts the song with "Everybody's looking at me/but that's alright I like attention/clubs not hot until I walk through" and continues shortly after with "I'm sexy and you know it/Sorry I turn you on."
Lyrics like this reinforce that Hilton is shallow, but they also work well with the club scene, which is what this album is meant for.
The audience of this album seems like it should be for teenagers, as it is consumed by light and airy vocals and beats. This album screams "play me on a large pop radio station."
However, the lyrics for many of the songs would probably not be considered appropriate for youth and public radio, which should have been thoroughly anticipated from Hilton.
Touting her phrase "that's hot" at the beginning of the album, Hilton sets the sexy tone for the rest of the album.
This album took two years to record as Hilton continually delayed the release date to continue working on it. This album was not worth the wait.
However, it is surprising that "Paris" is not completely horrid, as many anticipated.
"Paris" has a surprisingly fresh pop sound.
The credit is probably not likely because of Hilton or her extraordinary talent, though. Instead, the album's success is most likely because of Hilton's reputation and the technical staff who helped produce it.
Everyone knows who Hilton is, even those who do not follow pop culture. This heiress has created quite a reputation for herself.
However, Hilton is viewed as stuck up and promiscuous, which she demonstrates through her media interactions.
The songs on this album reflect Hilton's personality. Many of them contain lyrics with sexual references and are shallow.
The songs are about her and how she feels, without little consideration to other people or even how conceded she sounds talking about herself.
In the song "Turn You On," Hilton starts the song with "Everybody's looking at me/but that's alright I like attention/clubs not hot until I walk through" and continues shortly after with "I'm sexy and you know it/Sorry I turn you on."
Lyrics like this reinforce that Hilton is shallow, but they also work well with the club scene, which is what this album is meant for.
The audience of this album seems like it should be for teenagers, as it is consumed by light and airy vocals and beats. This album screams "play me on a large pop radio station."
However, the lyrics for many of the songs would probably not be considered appropriate for youth and public radio, which should have been thoroughly anticipated from Hilton.
Touting her phrase "that's hot" at the beginning of the album, Hilton sets the sexy tone for the rest of the album.
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