She ain't no Hollaback Girl

A few years ago, Gwen Stefani told us she was "Just a Girl." Well, Little Miss Modest couldn't have been more wrong. In the past fifteen years or so, the chick has put out six records with her band No Doubt (which became uber-famous only after she joined the band as their lead singer,) and three solo albums ("Love, Angel Music, Baby," "The Sweet Escape," and "Wind It Up.") The albums have won her five Grammy nominations. In addition to this, she's also launched her own clothing line, L.A.M.B., which is incredibly successful, and has also recently put out her own fragrance, "L, a L.A.M.B. Fragrance." In 2004, she made her acting debut, with a short role in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator, playing the original blonde bomsbell, Miss Jean Harlow.

Says askmen.com: "She's a walking, living, breathing testament to the word "adrenaline." If we didn't know better, we'd assume she drinks 20 cups of coffee a day. But her natural high-octane energy is her endearing quality."
(Couldn't have said it better myself)

So why do I think she's special enough to be a Killer Queen? Well, she is hands-down one of the most creative (mainstream) artists out there, being able to go from ska/punk to reggae to driving pop/funk, all of it making pretty much everyone wanna drop everything and dance (don't pretend like you don't know, this shit is *bananas*) She has a killer sense of style, and manages to look absolutely fabulous, without having to show everyone her chest/legs/bootie/etc. And in an age where every popstar and her mother is being charged with DUI and/or cocaine possession, has filmed their own sex tape, and has decided that wearing underwear is so last year, Gwen Stefani has managed to stay blissfully level-headed and arrest-free.

So Gwen Stefani, *Thank You!* for teaching young girls everywhere that it's so much better to be yourself and be original, than it is to do what everyone else is doing, just because it's "cool."


p.s: Don't forget the Harajuku Girls! Margaret Cho can criticize them all she wants (she called them "modern-day geisha") but I would have no problem getting paid to follow Gwen Stefani around and be human artwork.