It sold well, but suffered a slight drop compared to her debut album's sales. And while she only released two singles from this record — "L.
Debuting at only number four on the Billboard , it sold only , units in its first year according to Reuters — comparatively, her earlier output sold in the multi-millions. Ultimately, it was the last record she'd release through Geffen Records. As MTV News highlighted, her performance was so well-received Just Jared called it "flawless" that she reprised the role in her Broadway debut Broadway documented a snippet of her performance.
For me, it wasn't like I ever wanted to have my name in the papers. It was usually like, 'Oh, no! And I know what the celebrity life is like, so I tried to bring a little comedy to that. However, when she performed the role again at the Hollywood Bowl, she was met with mixed reviews. Variety provided perhaps the harshest critique, noting that, "If Ashlee Simpson possessed a sense of her life hanging in the balance when she assayed Roxie Hart in Gotham and London, it's gone now, replaced by mugging.
She whispers her way through the songs, her aim better when plugging boyfriend Fred Casely than when hitting the high notes. Meanwhile, the LA Times allowed for these technical issues and raved, "Simpson was terrific, turning out what was probably the most vivid performance in the production However, her performance faced negative criticism and her character was eventually written off the show after only 12 episodes.
According to an anonymous on-set source who tattled to Us Weekly , "They hired her because they needed a good name to help create buzz. But she was embarrassingly bad. Producers cut her down as much as possible. However, the producers claimed this was always the plan. As MTV News notes, Executive Producer Todd Slavkin explained Simpson's character "would be instrumental" as a suspect in the murder mystery, and that once it "was solved, she would go on her way.
That was the original plan going into the development of the show. Simpson released this statement in support: "Having the chance to play Violet on 'Melrose Place' has been a thrill. Although I always knew her story would come to a final, insanely unpredictable end, playing a creepy, unstable character was something I always wanted to do, so I jumped at the chance. Thanks to the CW and the entire cast and crew of 'Melrose Place' for allowing me this opportunity!
While she kept hush on any details, she let slip that the music would reflect a 90s sound an era she dearly missed , emphasizing that it would be both "kooky" like her and "folky". The following year, she followed through on this promise with the independently released, Linda Perry-penned, electro-pop single "Bat for a Heart.
It's more of an electronic feel. However, reception of the song could be considered mixed, at best. For example, Pop Dust's review, which probably gave the most consideration to the music and lyrics, contained confused expressions, such as "What in blazes? After "Bat for a Heart" inevitably failed to chart, gain commercial success, or garner positive reviews, plans for the album were seemingly indefinitely put on hold.
Simpson's been involved in various long-term, high-profile relationships over the years, but it was her eventual marriage to and divorce from Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz that overruled her publicity for most of her career, with the media seeming more interested in her love life than her artistic endeavors. As People documented, Simpson and Wentz began dating in They married two years later in May in a private ceremony officiated by Simpson's father.
However, as People reported, the two divorced in , with Simpson filing due to "irreconcilable differences".
Thankfully, they remain on good terms as friends and continue to successfully co-parent their son, Bronx. As Wentz told People , he has "nothing but love and respect" for Simpson. Following a "bumpy" relationship, the two broke up a year later, with a source telling People , "Vincent has been working a lot, so he hasn't been able to spend as much time with Ashlee, which has caused some problems It was a mutual agreement to split.
People broke the news back then, documenting the two going on various dates in the LA area. Between Simpson getting to know and partying with Ross' family and Ross spending quality time with Simpson and Wentz's son Bronx Mowgli , Ross confirmed at the premiere of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire that "I'm so in love and we've got amazing things going on.
And we inspire each other. Amidst this considerable whirlwind of a romance, the happy couple announced their engagement on Twitter in January Ross initially shared a photo of the two, captioned with "The love of my life said YES!!!!!! Hallelujah Hawaii!!!!! The two married later that year on August 31st, as People announced, at Diana Ross' Connecticut home.
Jessica Simpson, who had thrown Ashlee a Bohemian bridal shower earlier that month, was the matron of honor. And as E! Which made them, at that particular moment in celebrity culture—celebreality, as VH1 branded it—somehow seem more authentic. If Jessica was a manufactured star, at least she was one that Americans felt like they knew. So the Newlyweds ratings were massive. Though Autobiography is a better pop album than its place in history would indicate, Ashlee came off as more prefab: a second version of the Simpson brand, but edgy and with dark hair!
She was obviously supposed to be the anti-Jessica who people who liked Jessica could still love. Even the steps taken to make her a star—giving her an MTV show of her own being paramount—felt like a retread. What worked for Jessica must work for Ashlee, right? After her fall, Ashlee could best be compared to a later up-and-coming at the time performer who experienced disaster on the Studio 8H stage: Lana Del Rey.
In both cases, you've got a dark, moody singer with industry connections who got unmercifully ripped for her poor performance. Never mind that plenty of other artists have bombed on SNL remember Karmin?
No, because they felt so manufactured, Ashlee and Lana were easy targets. But while Lana worked the backlash into her shtick—odd and affected works for her—Ashlee's disaster revealed her to be a patchwork pop star.
Unlike her sister, she was no longer relatable. She was a product of the machine. Maybe that's why Ashlee's album sales cratered on her sophomore effort; when the wrong track played on SNL , America saw the seams. And they didn't like what they saw. Yet the SNL debacle didn't only hurt Ashlee's success. Not long after, the Simpson dynasty began to crumble. Correlation does not prove causation, of course Exactly one year to the month after SNL , Jessica announced her separation from—and subsequently divorced—Nick Lachey.
After the divorce, she started dating Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and was promptly blamed in the press for his poor play. Lmao how do you censor this song pic.
Props to whoever on Karmin's team scrubbed the internet of the duo's "SNL" performances in , making them virtually impossible to find, save for pirated rips on third-party sites.
Singer Amy Renee Noonan's constant mugging to the camera, paired with cutesy dance moves and victory-roll hair, elicited far more groans than cheers from critics. Few artists in recent memory have had a quicker fall from grace than Azalea, the Australian rapper who notched three top-3 hits in five months in — "Fancy," "Black Widow" and Ariana Grande's "Problem" — only to get canceled for her controversial comments about cultural appropriation and history of racist and homophobic remarks.
Appearing on the sketch show in to promote debut album "Autobiography," Simpson seemingly flawlessly performed hit single "Pieces of Me. Rather than request to start over or go on with the show, Simpson simply shrugged and did an aimless jig, before retreating off stage as the show cut to commercial. It's safe to say Simpson's career never quite recovered from the infamous moment, which in retrospect, was admirable for the sheer chutzpah it took to just quit before even singing a single note.
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