can she dance?

does she write her own stuff?

does she rap?

does she design clothing?

can she act?

is she blowing up on Twitter?

how many views do her YouTube videos have?

does she have an interesting backstory we can exploit?

does she play an instrument?

...and on and on.

the game has changed since 1983. Whitney helped spur the change.

and if she came out as a Whitney 2.0 clone...she'd just be near the front of a long line of women who (think they can) sing (nearly) as well as Whitney. that wouldn't make her particularly special.

which is why i keep saying if i'm her A&R, i'm only interested if she's got everything Whitney had PLUS something Whitney never had. and it'd be even better if she had something no other popular mainstream act has right now.

fuck you.