Tatu

What kind of person listens to t.A.T.u.? Honestly now, let's dissect this. Who listens to a bad pre-packaged pop duo whose only schtick is that they're good-looking fake Russian lesbians? Their main fan base probably consists of sad, lonely men who have nothing else to do but sit pathetically in their parents' dark and murky garage. And apparently there are quite a few of those men, because despite their clear lack of talent, t.A.T.u. still has a record deal and is still selling decently well.

This past month, t.A.T.u. released Dangerous and Moving, the follow-up to their infamous debut album 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane. Since their first album, t.A.T.u has had a few crazy years, during which they publicly denied their lesbianism and one of them had a baby. But now they are claiming that they've "grown up" and have passed their juvenile angsty attitudes. And while it's great that they might have matured, their music hasn't. It's still as bad and derivative as before, with the same poorly-written lyrics and terrible beats.

And yet they're still popular. Well, if anything, that should be an indicator of the state of today's mainstream music. But I guess it keeps that legion of lonely, dirty men happy.