When the head of Taylor Swift’s label, Scott Borchetta, defended his artist’s less-than-perfect Grammy perfoemance, Kelly Clarkson was not pleased. Scott said,  “This is not American Idol. This is not a competition of getting up and seeing who can sing the highest note. This is about a true artist and writer and communicator. It’s not about that technically perfect performance.”

Kelly’s response:

Wow…..Dear Scott Borchetta,

I understand defending your artist obviously because I have done the same in the past for artists I like, including Taylor, so you might see why its upsetting to read you attacking American Idol for producing simply vocalists that hit ‘the high notes’. Thank you for that ‘Captain Obvious’ sense of humor because you know what, we not only hit the high notes, you forgot to mention we generally hit the ‘right’ notes as well. Every artist has a bad performance or two and that is understandable, but throwing blame will not make the situation at hand any better. I have been criticized left and right for having shaky performances before (and they were shaky) and what my manager or label executives say to me and the public is “I’ll kick butt next time” or “every performance isn’t going to be perfect” ……I bring this up because you should take a lesson from these people and instead of lashing out at other artists (that in your ‘humble’ opinion lack true artistry), you should simply take a breath and realize that sometimes things won’t go according to plan or work out and that’s okay.

Sincerely,

One of those contestants from American Idol who only made it because of her high notes

You know how Lady GaGa calls her fans “Little Monsters?” Well, check out her new tattoo:

She Tweeted about it:

“look what i did last night. little monsters forever, on the arm that holds my mic. xx”

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Now we know why we haven’t heard from Heidi or her creepy husband Spencer for a while…she looks like a totally different person!

Katy Perry and Russell Brand got engaged on New Year’s Eve, and now we get a good look at her new rock:

Just in time for the playoffs, check out the Chargers Super Bowl song by local artist Timz:

Lady GaGa is Polaroid’s new creative director and inventor of specialty projects.

She says, “The Haus of Gaga has been developing prototypes in the vein of fashion/technology/photography innovation - blending the iconic history of Polaroid and instant film with the digital era - and we are excited to collaborate on these ventures with the Polaroid brand. Lifestyle, music, art, fashion: I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer, and to - as my father puts it - finally have a real job.”

With a real business card!

This is just not fair. I mean, the woman is 40-years-old with 2 kids!